About FCA authorisation cost
Joe, who reads the FCA's fee pages and the firm-type application pages, and replies to every enquiry himself.
Why this site exists
The FCA publishes its fee for every category, but which category applies is spread across a dozen firm-type pages, and the advisers who prepare applications do not publish their own fees. This site puts the FCA's figures and the firm types side by side, every source named.
Who it is for
Founders and directors of UK firms about to apply for FCA authorisation or registration who want to know the fee before they start.
What is on this site
One question, "fca authorisation cost", answered with a quote form that works on the page with no account, 3 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.
- How much does FCA authorisation cost for my type of firm?: How much does FCA authorisation cost? The FCA's own pricing category for consumer credit, insurance, claims, debt and cryptoasset firms, with the fee.
- What it costs to have an FCA application prepared: The FCA fee is only part of the cost. Of 49 compliance consultancy and law firm pages we read, none publishes its own fee to prepare an application.
- FCA application fees: all 10 pricing categories: The FCA's application fee for each of its 10 pricing categories, £280 to £225,170, read from the FCA's own fee pages on 28 October 2026.
What it does not do
- No regulatory advice: the FCA's fees are quoted, never applied to your application.
- No paid placement, no affiliate links and no sponsored rows.
- No invented figure: an adviser that publishes no fee is listed as publishing none.
Who answers for it
Joseph Ellul-Turner, the person who reads every enquiry this site takes.
Reach us
Contact for a question about the site, or enquiries@fcaauthorisationcost.co.uk. The legal terms are on Terms and Privacy.
This is a free information site, not the FCA. When you send an enquiry, Joe, who runs this site, reads it and replies to you himself; no firm receives your details and you pay nothing to ask. It carries no advertising, no sponsored placement and no affiliate links. Every fee is quoted from the FCA's own pages with a link and the date we read them. Nothing here is legal, regulatory or investment advice, and we do not help anyone carry on a regulated activity; check the FCA's page before you rely on a figure.