Guidance

Companies House fees

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

From:
Companies House
Published
1719 June 2019
Last updated
1421 AprilAugust 2023 — See all updates

Documents

Companies House fees

HTML

Companies House fees determination (October 2022)

PDF, 312 KB, 26 pages

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email enquiries@companieshouse.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Register of Overseas Entities - fees determination (April(August 2023)

HTML

Details

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:

Not all fees are set by the above regulations. Some fees are administratively set by the Companies House fees determination (October 2022) (PDF, 312 KB, 26 pages) 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 1719 June 2019
Last updated 1421 AprilAugust 2023 + show all updates

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

  2. Register of Overseas Entities fees determination updated.

  3. 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.

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

  5. Fee added for online voluntary strike off - £8.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

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

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

  10. Latest Fees Determination (October 2020) published.

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

  12. Updated fees determination document published.

  13. 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.

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