Companies House Changes – Fees Increase effective 1 May 2024
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Companies House fees have increased as of 1 May 2024, and the increase is quite significant. This will affect all new and existing UK companies.
Last month, it cost £10 to incorporate a new company and £13 to file a confirmation statement; today it will cost you £50 to incorporate a company (£78 for same day) and £34 to file your confirmation statement electronically (£62 via paper).
A confirmation statement submitted on 5 May 2024 would be charged the new, higher fee, even if it made up to a date before 1 May 2024.
Sources say the rise in costs comes as no surprise given the increased powers and wide reforms affecting Companies House under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.
The Registrar has clarified that these adjustments are based on cost recovery to cover service delivery expenses without any added profit mark up.
Other fees increased are as follows:
| Transaction | New Fee |
| Change of Name (online) | £20 |
| Change of Name (same day) | £83 |
| Change of Name (paper) | £30 |
| Registration of a Charge (online) | £15 |
| Registration of a Charge (paper) | £24 |
| Voluntary strike off (online) | £33 |
| Voluntary strike off (paper) | £44 |
| Reduction of share capital of a company under s644 CA06 (same day) | £136 |
| Reduction of share capital of a company under s644 CA06 (paper) | £33 |
| Reduction of share capital of a company under s644 CA06 (online) | £33 |
| Reduction of share capital of a company under s649 CA06 (same day) | £136 |
| Reduction of share capital of a company under s649 CA06 (paper) | £33 |
| Reduction of share capital of a company under s649 CA06 (online) | £33 |
| Administrative Restoration | £468 |
A full list of Companies House fees as of 1 May 2024 can be found here Companies House fees - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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