From 1 February 2026, some of our fees will be changing. These include:

• incorporation digital filing fee will change to £100
• confirmation statement digital filing fee will change to £50
• voluntary strike off digital filing fee will change to £13

We’ve published a full list of Companies House fees, applicable from 1 February 2026.

Businesses registered with Companies House benefit from limited liability, easier access to credit, more flexibility in raising capital, and enhanced credibility. Our fees remain low by international standards.

We use income from our fees to incorporate companies and to publish accessible company information worth billions to the UK economy. In addition, our new and enhanced powers under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency (ECCT) Act enable us to query and remove false and misleading information from our registers. We’re building a more trustworthy environment for consumers and legitimate businesses and reducing the harm they face from those who do not meet their obligations.

We also use income from our fees to fund The Insolvency Service’s company investigation and enforcement activity. The Insolvency Service has wide-ranging enforcement powers which can be deployed to wind-up companies, disqualify directors, and prosecute those suspected of fraud, financial wrongdoing and other company offences.

We want to do even more to make sure the UK remains one of the best places in the world to start and grow a business. We’re focusing on modernising and improving our services, and we’re boosting our enforcement approach with more people, more sophisticated tools, and more approaches to quickly identify and take action against fraudulent companies. We’re also introducing compulsory identity verification from 18 November 2025 to confirm that people setting up or running a company are who they claim to be.

The work we’re doing at Companies House, funded by our fees, is creating a transparent marketplace that boosts economic confidence and disrupts economic crime by taking robust action to prevent criminals from abusing the UK’s corporate structures, giving legitimate companies the assurance they need to do business in the UK.

Read more about how we’re evolving into an organisation that supports economic growth and helps disrupt crime in our new strategy for 2025 to 2030.