Companies House announces fees will escalate from 2026

Companies House announces fees will escalate from 2026

Companies House has announced it plans to increase their fees. With company incorporation increasing to £100 from the current £50, and confirmation statements to £50 from £34, affecting both companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) filing digitally. While anybody still filing via paper will also see their fees shoot up. The new fees will come into effect from 1 February 2026, although the fee for a voluntary strike-off filing is being reduced!

These latest fee rises will increase costs for all entities registered, including private limited companies, LLPs, charitable companies and overseas entities. Companies House have advised that it is part of a broader initiative to clean up the company register and stamp out fraudulent companies.

These fees were last increased in May 2024 when the digital incorporation fee was increased from just £12, but that was the first change in fees for nearly a decade, and UK registration fees still remain low compared with many other countries.

The key Companies House fee changes are as follows:

• incorporation digital filing fee will increase from £50 to £100 
• confirmation statement digital filing fee will increase from £34 to £50 
• voluntary strike off digital filing fee will be reduced from £33 to £13 

Recent changes mean Companies House has been given new and enhanced powers to improve transparency and data on the company register, including ID verification for company directors, which will be mandatory for new directors from 18 November to confirm that people setting up or running a company are who they claim to be. 

Announcing the fee rises, Companies House said: ‘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.’ 

Companies House has also been given a number of new powers designed to improve the quality of data on the companies register and increase transparency.

‘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,’ Companies House said.

Companies House fee rises – February 2026

 (source – Companies House)

Filing transaction	Format	From 1 February 2026	Current fee
Incorporation	Digital	£100	£50
	Paper	£124	£71
Incorporation – same day	Digital	£156	£78
Confirmation statement	Digital	£50	£34
	Paper	£110	£62
Voluntary strike-off	Digital	£13	£33
	Paper	£18	£44