Narrative
A is not . Three UK bodies are waiting to pay, but only if the client has joined them.
Here is a client who looks sorted: a single on every platform, ticking up, registered with a distributor. They are not sorted.
Right now, at least two pots of money are being generated by that music, and neither will reach the artist until they register in the right places. Not one place. Places, plural.
Three UK bodies are waiting to pay, and each handles a different right. Walk through all three (one at a time) before the question.
This is the part that is rarely explained at the start, and the part you should check first.