# FCA application fee: FCA Application Fee Categories > The FCA Application Fee Categories carries 20 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 280 to 225,170 GBP, read 28 October 2026. FCA authorisation cost · https://fcaauthorisationcost.co.uk/datasets/fca-application-fee-categories/ · computed 2026-10-29 **Range of the published figures:** 280 to 225,170 GBP (range 280 to 225,170 GBP; 20 published figures; 2 of 15 sources read publish one). 2 of the 15 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 28 October 2026. ## By category | Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources | |---|---|---|---| | category category-1 | 280 GBP | 280 to 280 GBP | 2 | | category category-2 | 560 GBP | 560 to 560 GBP | 2 | | category category-3 | 1,130 GBP | 1,130 to 1,130 GBP | 2 | | category category-4 | 2,820 GBP | 2,820 to 2,820 GBP | 2 | | category category-5 | 5,640 GBP | 5,640 to 5,640 GBP | 2 | | category category-6 | 11,260 GBP | 11,260 to 11,260 GBP | 2 | | category category-7 | 28,150 GBP | 28,150 to 28,150 GBP | 2 | | category category-8 | 56,300 GBP | 56,300 to 56,300 GBP | 2 | | category category-9 | 112,590 GBP | 112,590 to 112,590 GBP | 2 | | category category-10 | 225,170 GBP | 225,170 to 225,170 GBP | 2 | ## Every figure, with its source One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. | Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read | |---|---|---|---| | [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees) | 225,170 GBP | category-10 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee) | 225,170 GBP | category-10 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees) | 112,590 GBP | category-9 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee) | 112,590 GBP | category-9 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees) | 56,300 GBP | category-8 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee) | 56,300 GBP | category-8 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees) | 28,150 GBP | category-7 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee) | 28,150 GBP | category-7 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees) | 11,260 GBP | category-6 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee) | 11,260 GBP | category-6 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees) | 5,640 GBP | category-5 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee) | 5,640 GBP | category-5 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees) | 2,820 GBP | category-4 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee) | 2,820 GBP | category-4 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees) | 1,130 GBP | category-3 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee) | 1,130 GBP | category-3 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees) | 560 GBP | category-2 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee) | 560 GBP | category-2 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees) | 280 GBP | category-1 | 2026-10-28 | | [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee) | 280 GBP | category-1 | 2026-10-28 | ## The sentence each figure was read from (20) - [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees), read 2026-10-28: "Category 10: £225,170 fee" - [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee), read 2026-10-28: "Category 10: £225,170 fee" - [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees), read 2026-10-28: "Category 9: £112,590 fee" - [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee), read 2026-10-28: "Category 9: £112,590 fee" - [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees), read 2026-10-28: "Category 8: £56,300 fee" - [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee), read 2026-10-28: "Category 8: £56,300 fee" - [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees), read 2026-10-28: "Category 7: £28,150 fee" - [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee), read 2026-10-28: "Category 7: £28,150 fee" - [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees), read 2026-10-28: "Category 6: £11,260 fee" - [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee), read 2026-10-28: "Category 6: £11,260 fee" - [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees), read 2026-10-28: "Category 5: £5,640 fee" - [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee), read 2026-10-28: "Category 5: £5,640 fee" - [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees), read 2026-10-28: "Category 4: £2,820 fee" - [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee), read 2026-10-28: "Category 4: £2,820 fee" - [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees), read 2026-10-28: "Category 3: £1,130 fee" - [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee), read 2026-10-28: "Category 3: £1,130 fee" - [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees), read 2026-10-28: "Category 2: £560 fee" - [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee), read 2026-10-28: "Category 2: £560 fee" - [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees), read 2026-10-28: "Category 1: £280 fee" - [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee), read 2026-10-28: "Category 1: £280 fee" ## Read in full, publishes no figure - [FCA: EMI and payment institution application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/emi-payment-institutions-application-fees), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused - [FCA Handbook FEES 3.3](https://handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/fees3/fees3s3), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page - [FCA Handbook FEES 3 Annex 8](https://handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/FEES/3/Annex8.html), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused - [FCA PS22/1: authorisation application fees, new structure](https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/policy-statements/ps22-1-fca-authorisation-application-fees-new-structure), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused - [FCA PS22/1 (PDF)](https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/policy/ps22-1.pdf), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused - [FCA: apply to become a consumer credit broker](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/consumer-credit-brokers), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page - [FCA: apply to become a consumer credit lender or hirer](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/consumer-credit-lenders-hirers), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page - [FCA: apply to become a claims management company](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/claims-management-regulation/apply), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page - [FCA: electronic money institution applicants](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/apply-emoney-payment-institution/emi), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page - [FCA: apply to become a debt firm](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/debt), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page - [FCA: authorisation hub](https://www.fca.org.uk/authorisation), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page - [FCA: move from appointed representative to directly authorised](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/principals-appointed-representatives/move-to-authorised), read 2026-10-28: read in full and no accepted figure on the page - [FCA: consumer credit limited permission application form](https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/forms/cc-application-for-authorisations-limited-permissions.pdf), read 2026-10-28: every candidate on the page was refused ## Methodology Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 15 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 13 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 3 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 20 figures, never sentences; 141 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): permission -> pricing category -> fee (category 1 £280 to category 10 £225,170 as the FCA states), the category for each common firm type, and the change on the previous year's table ## Sources - [FCA: authorisation and registration application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/how-to-apply/fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA: authorisation application fee](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/fee) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA: EMI and payment institution application fees](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/emi-payment-institutions-application-fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA Handbook FEES 3 Annex 1: authorisation fees payable](https://handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/FEES/3/Annex1.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA Handbook FEES 3.3](https://handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/fees3/fees3s3) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA Handbook FEES 3 Annex 8](https://handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/FEES/3/Annex8.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA PS22/1: authorisation application fees, new structure](https://www.fca.org.uk/publications/policy-statements/ps22-1-fca-authorisation-application-fees-new-structure) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA PS22/1 (PDF)](https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/policy/ps22-1.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA: apply to become a consumer credit broker](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/consumer-credit-brokers) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA: apply to become a consumer credit lender or hirer](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/consumer-credit-lenders-hirers) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA: apply to become a general insurance intermediary](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/general-insurance-intermediaries) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA: apply to become a claims management company](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/claims-management-regulation/apply) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA: electronic money institution applicants](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/apply-emoney-payment-institution/emi) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA: cryptoasset registration, how to apply](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/cryptoassets/how-apply-registration) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA: apply to become a debt firm](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/authorisation/debt) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA: authorisation hub](https://www.fca.org.uk/authorisation) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA: move from appointed representative to directly authorised](https://www.fca.org.uk/firms/principals-appointed-representatives/move-to-authorised) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) - [FCA: consumer credit limited permission application form](https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/forms/cc-application-for-authorisations-limited-permissions.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment) ## Cite or embed - The FCA Application Fee Categories carries 20 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 280 to 225,170 GBP, read 28 October 2026. - 2 of the 15 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 28 October 2026. - FCA Application Fee Categories, category category-1: median 280 GBP across 2 sources, read 28 October 2026. - FCA Application Fee Categories, category category-2: median 560 GBP across 2 sources, read 28 October 2026. - FCA Application Fee Categories, category category-3: median 1,130 GBP across 2 sources, read 28 October 2026. - FCA Application Fee Categories, category category-4: median 2,820 GBP across 2 sources, read 28 October 2026. - FCA Application Fee Categories, category category-5: median 5,640 GBP across 2 sources, read 28 October 2026. - FCA Application Fee Categories, category category-6: median 11,260 GBP across 2 sources, read 28 October 2026. - FCA Application Fee Categories, category category-7: median 28,150 GBP across 2 sources, read 28 October 2026. - FCA Application Fee Categories, category category-8: median 56,300 GBP across 2 sources, read 28 October 2026. - FCA Application Fee Categories, category category-9: median 112,590 GBP across 2 sources, read 28 October 2026. - FCA Application Fee Categories, category category-10: median 225,170 GBP across 2 sources, read 28 October 2026. Cite as: "fcaauthorisationcost.co.uk FCA Application Fee Categories", updated 2026-10-29, https://fcaauthorisationcost.co.uk/datasets/fca-application-fee-categories/. CSV: https://fcaauthorisationcost.co.uk/datasets/fca-application-fee-categories.csv JSON: https://fcaauthorisationcost.co.uk/datasets/fca-application-fee-categories.json Embed (plain HTML, static link back): see https://fcaauthorisationcost.co.uk/datasets/fca-application-fee-categories/#median