Guidance

Companies House fees

A list of all the fees Companies House charges, and how we determine these fees.

• From: Companies House
• Published: 19 June 2019
• Last updated: 25 September 2024 — See all updates

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Companies House fees

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Companies House fees determination (May 2024)

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Register of Overseas Entities - fees determination (May 2024)

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We’ll publish any changes to our fees or any new fees in this guidance.

These registration fees do not apply to documents delivered under the Companies Act 1985 or the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986. Any document delivered under these acts will be free of charge.

All statutory fees on this list have been confirmed by Parliament and are set by the following statutory fees regulations:

• The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Companies, Overseas Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/1907) as amended by The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/621)
• The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (European Economic Interest Grouping and European Public Limited-Liability Company) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/1908)as amended by The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/621)
• The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Limited Partnerships and Newspaper Proprietors) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2392) as amended by The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Limited Partnerships) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/319) and The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/621)

Not all fees are set by the above regulations. Some fees are administratively set by the under section 1063(5) of the Companies Act 2006.

This includes fees for:

• new products
• products that are in decline
• products that have a small customer base

Cost recovery principles

Companies House operates on the basis of cost recovery.

Companies House fees are linked, as required by HM Treasury guidance, to the forecast cost of providing each service and the way in which customers access them. A number of things are considered when Companies House sets its fees.

Guidance on Managing Public Money means we must set our fees to recover the full cost for each separate service - allowing for a cost of capital of 3.5%. This prohibits cross-subsidy between different services.

The Competition Act 1998 prohibits the abuse of a dominant position in a market.

Published 19 June 2019
Last updated 25 September 2024 + show all updates

1. 25 September 2024

   Removed contact centre search fees for screen prints, company reports and document images. This information is now available for free on the Companies House Find and update company information service.

2. 1 May 2024

   Companies House fees updated. Fees determination documents updated.

3. 30 November 2023

   Companies House WebCheck service has now closed.

4. 21 August 2023

   New ROE fees determination published. New fee for ROE 'application for removal' added to list.

5. 14 April 2023

   Register of Overseas Entities fees determination updated.

6. 1 November 2022

   Removed fees for contact centre services and information centre services that are no longer available from 1 November 2022. New fees determination (October 2022) published.

7. 1 August 2022

   Fee added for the Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) and ROE fees determination published.

8. 12 January 2022

   Fee added for online voluntary strike off - £8.

9. 1 January 2022

   Removed information about the DVD directory fees. The DVD directory has been withdrawn. It’s been replaced by the advanced company search on our Find and update company information service.

10. 23 November 2021

    Removed fee for dissolved company name DVD. This DVD has been replaced by the online dissolved search index on our Find and update company information service.

11. 6 January 2021

    Fee added for new Companies House service (CHS) product: For a missing image to be made available on the filing history of a company.

12. 31 December 2020

    Updated fees guidance in accordance with the end of UK transition. Removed references to SEs, EEIGs, EC Directives. New fees determination published.

13. 2 November 2020

    Latest Fees Determination (October 2020) published.

14. 24 August 2020

    Added fees for ordering certificates through Companies House Service (CHS).

15. 20 July 2020

    Updated fees determination document published.

16. 1 June 2020

    Apply to remove your home address from the public register (SR01) - fee reduced from £55 to £32 from 1 June 2020. Updated fees determination document published.

17. 19 September 2019

    Fees added for registering a CIC using online and software filing.

18. 19 June 2019

    First published.