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How much does a confirmation statement cost?

£50 online, £110 on paper.

You pay the fee once, with your first statement in each 12-month payment period. Any other statement you file in the same period has no fee.

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At a glance

Online or through software
£50
On paper, form CS01
£110, paid by cheque
Identity verification
Free through

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This entry is general information for directors of UK private limited companies, not advice about a particular company.

What to do

  1. File online if you can. It costs £50, against £110 on paper.

  2. Pay with your first statement in the payment period.

  3. If you file on paper, send a cheque. Write your company number on the back.

  4. Verify your identity first. Every director must do this before the statement is filed. It is free through .

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How it works

The fee is set by law

The fee for a company is £50 if you file online and £110 on paper. These amounts have applied since 1 February 2026. Before then they were £34 and £62.

Some Companies House fees are set by regulations that Parliament confirms. Others are set by Companies House itself. The fee is set by regulations.

Companies House publishes any change to its fees in its fee guidance.

For example

Say Priya is choosing between filing Bramley Studio Ltd's statement online or on paper.

Saved by filing online
£110 − £50
£60

Paper costs more than twice as much.

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The detail The exact rule

of Companies (Fees) (Companies, Overseas Companies and ) Regulations 2012, Schedule 1, paragraph 8, sets the confirmation statement registration fee for a company at £50.00 for electronic delivery and £110.00 for hard copy delivery. Both amounts are marked as amended with effect from 1 February 2026. The amending instrument is the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/1137), made on 28 October 2025, laid before Parliament on 30 October 2025, and in force on 1 February 2026. Regulation 3 amends paragraph 8(f): in (f)(i), the paper fee, £110.00 replaces £62.00; in (f)(ii), the electronic fee, £50.00 replaces £34.00. An earlier change was made by the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/155), in force on 1 May 2024. Companies House's fee table lists the confirmation statement at £50 online, £50 by software and £110 on paper.

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You pay once in each 12-month payment period

You pay the fee only with your first statement in each 12-month payment period.

Your company's payment period is 12 months, starting on the day it was . A new one starts on each anniversary, and the fee is due again with your first statement in it. Older companies that once filed annual returns (form AR01) have payment periods ending on the anniversary of their last annual return date.

The payment period is separate from your , which sets when your statement is due. You cannot change your payment period. You can file more than one statement in a year, for example by filing early. Filing early changes your review period, not your payment period.

For example

Bramley Studio Ltd was set up on 11 March 2024. Say Priya files on 20 March 2027 and again on 20 July 2027.

First statement
£50
Second statement
£0
Total fees
£50

Both fall in the payment period from 11 March 2027 to 10 March 2028.

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The detail The exact rule

Companies House guidance: "Your payment period is separate from your review period. It tells you when your annual fee is due." "A payment period covers 12 months starting with the date of incorporation. For older companies, each payment period covers 12 months and ends on the anniversary of the return date of your last annual return (form AR01)." "You cannot change your payment period." "A new fee will be due when your company gets to the anniversary of the 12 month payment period." Its example period runs from 1 January to 31 December 2022. Our working: on the same count, a payment period starting on 11 March ends on 10 March the following year.

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Consequences

If you get it wrong

Not filing on time is a criminal offence by your company and . A can apply until you file. Companies House says you can be fined up to £5,000, and your company may be struck off. See when your statement is due.

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The detail The exact rule

Companies Act 2006, section 853L: failing to a before the end of 14 days after the end of a review period is an offence by the company and every officer in default. In England and Wales it is punishable by a fine and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding the greater of £500 and one-tenth of level 4 on the standard scale.

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Less common situations

Your company is dormant. The fee rules set one fee for every company, or not. Paying it does not stop your company counting as dormant.

You verify your identity through an agent. Instead of , you can use an . Ask what the provider charges before you start.

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The detail The exact rule

Companies Act 2006, section 1169(3)(b)(iv): in deciding whether a company is dormant, a fee paid to for registering a is disregarded. Companies House's guide says the same: fees for filing confirmation statements (or annual returns) can be disregarded. Companies House's paper form AA02, Dormant company accounts, says a fee or penalty "for the payment of an annual return fee, change of name fee, reregistration fee, or late filing penalty may be omitted from the company records and this DCA", "if the payment was made by a third party without any right of reimbursement". That third-party condition is the form's, not the Act's, and the form names the annual return fee, not the confirmation statement fee.

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Not covered here

When the statement is due: see what a confirmation statement is and when it is due. What it must confirm: see what you must confirm. Other Companies House fees, such as for setting up a company or changing its name. Late filing penalties for accounts.

Where this comes from

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The law 13 sources
HMRC 1 source
GOV.UK 4 sources
Companies House 12 sources

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