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Companies House Fees

On 5 November 2004 Parliament approved new fees for Companies House registration and information services, which took effect from 1 February 2005.

Many fees were held at previous levels or substantially reduced. Most notably where information is accessed electronically some fees were reduced by 50% or more. A simpler pricing structure was also introduced. These changes in fees were designed to increase income overall to meet the increased costs to Companies House of maintaining a larger Companies Register (currently just over 2.5 million “live” companies).

The main increase was to the fee that companies must send in with their annual return form. This rose from £15 to £30. However, the £15 fee was retained in cases where annual returns are filed electronically because electronic filings cost less to process than labour-intensive paper filings.

Information about Companies House’s WebFiling service.

There was also an increase to the fee for registering a charge. This rose from £10 to £13.

Fees for Limited Liability Partnerships were reduced to bring them into line with the equivalent fees for companies. Fees for European Economic Interest Groupings were also changed in line with the fees for companies.

	Registration	Fees from1st Feb 2005
1. Companies
	Incorporation	£20.00
	Electronic incorporation	£15.00
	Same day incorporation	£50.00
	Same day electronic incorporation	£30.00
	Change of name	£10.00
	Same day change of name	£50.00
	Same day simultaneous re-registration and change of name	£100.00
	Re-registration	£20.00
	Same day re-registration	£50.00
	Annual document processing fee payable with annual return:
	sent on paper	£30.00
	sent electronically	£15.00
	Voluntary dissolution	£10.00
	Registration of a charge per entry	£13.00

2. Oversea Companies
	Registration of a place of business or a branch of an Oversea Company	£20.00
	Same day registration	£50.00
	Change of corporate name of an Oversea Company	£10.00
	Annual document processing fee payable with Oversea Company accounts	£30.00

3. Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)
	Registration of LLP	£20.00
	Same day registration	£50.00
	LLP annual document processing fee payable with annual return	£30.00
	LLP change of name	£10.00
	Same day change of name	£50.00
	LLP voluntary dissolution	£10.00
	Registration of charge per entry by a LLP	£13.00

4. European Economic Interest Groupings (EEIGs)
	Registration of EEIG or EEIG establishment in GB	£20.00
	Change of name of EEIG	£10.00
	Registration of charge per entry by an EEIG	£13.00

5. European Companies (SEs)
	Registration of a European Company (SE):
	by merger	£20.00
	by the formation of a holding SE	£20.00
	by the formation of a subsidiary SE in accordance with Article 2(3)	£20.00
	by the transformation of a PLC	£20.00
	by the formation of a subsidiary SE in accordance with Article 3(2)	£20.00
	Registration of a PLC by conversion of an SE	£20.00
	Registration of an SE on transfer to GB	£20.00
	Application for a certificate before transfer of an SE from GB	£20.00

6. Limited Partnerships (LPs)
	Registration of a Limited Partnership	£2.00
	Registration of statement of change	no charge

7. Newspapers
	Registration for the first time of any ‘representative proprietor’	£1.00
	Registration in other cases	50p
	Submitting subsequent returns	no charge

	Information Services
	Note: The fees listed for company information applies to LLP, EEIG and SE companies where appropriate

8. Companies House WebCHeck (credit card purchases only)
	Download document images:
	Latest accounts	£1.00
	Latest annual return	£1.00
	Latest account & annual return	£2.00
	Company reports:
	The company record	£1.00
	The current appointments report	£1.00
	Monitor service:
	Per company per annum	50p

9. Companies House Direct
	Sign on	no charge
	Monthly subscription (per account per month)	£5.00
	Screen charges:
	Company indexes	no charge
	Basic company details	no charge
	History of company transactions	no charge
	Register of disqualified directors	no charge
	Insolvency details	no charge
	Company appointments	£1.00
	Personal appointments	£1.00
	Company charge index	no charge
	Charge details	£1.00
	Company reports:
	The current appointments report	£1.00
	The charges statement	£1.00
	The company record	£1.00
	Monitor service:
	Per company per annum	50p
	Document images:
	Download per document	£1.00
	Online viewing per document	£4.00
	Documents for post or fax: per document (paper)
	by post	£3.00
	by fax	£3.00
	Charges register (overnight)	£3.00
	Document packages: (up to 50 documents)
	by image download	£4.00
	by post	£20.00
	Microfiche:
	Archive microfiche (to 31.12.2002)
	by post	£9.00
	collected from Information Centre	£9.00
	Microfiche copy of a bulk shareholders list
	by post	£12.50
	collected from Information Centre	£12.50
	DVD ROM:
	DVD ROM copy of a bulk shareholders list
	by post	£8.50
	collected from Information Centre	£8.50
	Certified copy documents
	Same day post / collection	£50.00
	Ordinary service post collection	£15.00
	Certificates
	Same day post / collection	£50.00
	With fax copy (plus £3.00)
	Ordinary service post / collection	£15.00
	with additional copy (plus £10.00)

10. XML Gateway
	Monthly subscription	£5.88
	Company appointments	£1
	Document ordering per document	£1
	Personal appointments per selection	£1
		PLUS 15% off total invoice value

11. Extranet
	Monthly subscription	£5.88
	Company appointments	£1
	Document ordering per document	£1
	Charge details	£1
	Document image (online viewing)	£1
	Company reports	£1
	Document packages	£4
	Monitor request	£0.50 per annum
		PLUS 15% off total invoice value

12. Other Services and DVD-ROMs
	Company directory:
	One-off version	£30
	Annual subscription	£300
	Directory with exportable files (one off)	£1,200
	Directory with exportable files (annual subscription)	£12,000
	Change of name / dissolved companies index	£30
	Change of name / dissolved companies index with exportable files	£1,200
	Disqualified Directors (on paper)	£260
	New and surrendered names	£120

13. Bulk Data Products (all prices are per annum unless marked with )*
	Directory:
	Full snapshot*	£1,200
	Quarterly snapshot	£4,800
	Daily updates	£12,000
	Directors register:
	Full snapshot	£4,000
	Daily updates	£48,000
	LLP snapshot	£1,000
	Enhancements to the daily update product:
	with country of origin code	£1,200
	with date of last members list	£1,200
	with SIC codes	£1,200
	Charges register:
	Daily updates	£24,000
	Other products:
	SIC codes snapshot*	£150
	Change of name & dissolved snapshot	£150
	Register of disqualification orders	£600
	Companies supplement to London Gazette	£1,000
	Time critical listings file	£600

14. Bulk Image Products (all prices are per annum)
	Annual accounts	£24,000
	Annual returns	£26,000
	288s	£24,000
	287s	£6,000
	New incorporations	£4,000
	Change of name	£2,000
	Charges	£5,000
	Capital	£3,000
	Liquidation	£8,000
	Miscellaneous	£16,000
	Scan upon demand document images	£2,000

15. Certified Copies and Certificates of Good Standing
	Certified copy of document or shareholders list:
	for the first 10 pages	£15.00
	per page thereafter	£1.00
	Certificate of good standing or incorporation	£15.00
	Additional certificate (for same company)	£10.00
	Certified copy certificate, same day service	£50.00
	Additional fee for faxed copy of same day service document	£3.00
	Limited Partnerships:
	Certified copy of Limited Partnership certificate of registration	no charge
	Certified copy or extract of Limited Partnership statement: for each folio of 72 words or in Scotland of each sheet of 200 words	no charge

16. Contact Centre: +44 (0)303 1234 500
	Screen charges:
	Registered office address (per company)
	by telephone	no charge
	Screen prints (per page):
	Alphabetical index, dissolved companies, former names
	by post	£2.00
	by fax or email	£2.00
	History screen and registered office (per company)
	by post	no charge
	by fax or email	no charge
	Directors register (company based enquiry)
	by post	£3.00
	by fax or email	£3.00
	Charge details each company.
	by post	£3.00
	by fax or email	£3.00
	Company reports:
	By post
	The current appointments report	£3.00
	The charges statement	£3.00
	The company record	£3.00
	By fax or email
	The current appointments report	£3.00
	The charges statement	£3.00
	The company record	£3.00
	Document images:
	By email (post -1995 documents)
	Copy of a company document	£3.00
	Company documents by post or fax:
	Paper copy of a company document	£3.00
	Fax copy of a company document	£3.00
	Paper copy of a document not on microfiche	£9.00
	Paper copy of charges register
	by post	£3.00
	by fax	£3.00
	Paper copy of a bulk shareholder list (from fiche):
	first 20 pages	£12.50
	per page thereafter	20p
	Microfiche:
	Archive microfiche (copy of documents received up to 31.12.02)	£9.00
	Microfiche copy of a bulk shareholders list	£12.50
	DVD ROM:
	DVD ROM copy of a bulk shareholders list delivered by post	£8.50

17. Information Centres
	Screen charges:
	Company indexes	no charge
	Basic company details	no charge
	History of company transactions	no charge
	Register of disqualified directors	no charge
	Insolvency details	no charge
	Company appointments	£1.00
	Personal appointments	£1.00
	Company charge index	no charge
	Charge details (per company)	£1.00
	Company reports:
	The current appointments report	£1.00
	The charges statement	£1.00
	The company record	£1.00
	Document packages:
	Print (up to 25 documents)	£7.00
	Document orders:
	View document image	£2.00
	Print document (without viewing)	£1.00
	Inspection of information on hard	£6.00
	Paper copy of hard file document (per document)	£9.00
	Online print of document or customer photocopies from microfiche per page	10p
	Paper copy document requested and provided at a CH counter	£3.00
	Microfiche:
	Archive microfiche (copy of documents received up to 31.12.2002)	£9.00
	Microfiche copy of a bulk shareholders list collected from Information centre	£12.50
	DVD ROM:
	DVD ROM copy of a bulk shareholders list collected from Information Centre	£8.50

18. Other Prices
	Limited Partnerships hard file search	no charge
	Limited Partnership registration certificate	no charge
	Newspaper: for inspection	no charge
	Newspaper: for a copy of a return	no charge
	Archive searches	£20.00
	Companies House information days/seminars	£30.00 per person
	Bespoke Products	Various*

* Companies House will consider requests for individual bespoke products. Written details of exactly what is required will be needed in order that the product can be fully costed. All such services are charged on a strict costs recovery basis (the cost we incur in extracting and providing the information you require) plus our required return to HM Treasury of 3.5%. Please contact us at chproducts@companieshouse.gov.uk for further information.