FEES 4.2 Obligation to pay periodic fees
General
A person shown in column (1) of the table in FEES 4.2.11 R 34as the relevant fee payer must pay each periodic fee applicable to it, calculated in accordance with the provisions referred to in column (2) of the applicable65 table, as adjusted by any relevant provision in this chapter:
6565- (1)
in full and without deduction (unless permitted or required by a provision in FEES); and
- (2)
on or before the date given in column (3) of that table, unless FEES 4.2.10 R applies.
A relevant fee payer will be required to pay a periodic fee for every year during which they have the status in column 1 of the table in FEES 4.2.11 R 3434 (or in relation to collective investment schemes, for every year during which it is a regulated collective investment scheme) subject to any reductions or exemptions applicable under this chapter. If a person is the relevant fee payer for more than one status listed in column 1 of the table in FEES 4.2.11 R 34 (or in relation to collective investment schemes, the relevant fee payer for more than one regulated collective investment scheme) he will be required to pay a fee in relation to each.
656564A recognised body may also have obligations to pay fees to the FCA under other rules arising from legislation other than the Act. For example a recognised body may have an obligation to pay a fee as an approved operator of a relevant system under the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 1995 (SI 1995/3272).
Method of payment
64The FCA does not specify a method of payment for a recognised body or a designated professional body.
The FCA expects a recognised body or a designated professional body will generally pay their respective fees by electronic credit transfer.
Modifications for persons becoming subject to periodic fees during the course of a fee year64
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- (a)
42A firm (other than an AIFM qualifier, an ICVC, a UCITS qualifier, or an issuer of regulated covered bonds) which becomes authorised or registered, or whose permission and/or activities is extended, during the course of the fee year must pay a fee based on its projected valuation for the first twelve months of its new business.
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This is the valuation provided by the firm in the course of its application or if not provided at that time, the valuation provided subsequently48.
- (a)
- (2)
The calculation for the first year of authorisation or registration for:
- (a)
an AIFM qualifier, an ICVC and a UCITS qualifier is in FEES 4 Annex 4R Part 1; and
4949 - (b)
an issuer of regulated covered bonds is in FEES 4 Annex 11R Part 4.
- (a)
Calculating the fee in the firm’s first year of authorisation
42(1) |
Identify the tariff rate or rates which will be relevant to the firm as a result of its new or extended permission; and then |
(2) |
apply the formula (A+B+C) x D, where: |
A = the amount arrived at by applying the tariff rates to the firm’s projected valuation for the first twelve months48 of its48 new business, as provided by it in accordance with FEES 4.2.7ER48; |
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B = the A.0 minimum fee, unless already paid; |
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C = any fee that becomes due in AP.0 following the calculation of A; and |
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D = the number of calendar months (inclusive) between the calendar month during which the firm received its new or extended permission and the last calendar month of that fee year ÷ 12. |
Calculating fees in the second fee-year where the firm received permission between 1 January and 31 March in its first fee year
42When a firm receives permission between 1 January and 31 March, its fee for the following fee year starting 1 April will be calculated from:48
- (a)
48the projected valuation for the first twelve months of its new business that it provided in accordance with FEES 4.2.7ER; or
- (b)
48an annualised figure based on actual data provided by 30 April in the fee year following obtaining its new or extended permission.
48If the annualised tariff base figure provided under (b) is a cumulative measure like income, covering the full year, it must apply the formula (A÷B) x 12, where:
48A = the total income from the date the new or extended permission was obtained up to the firm’s financial year end or 31 March (whichever is sooner) of its first fee year, calculated according to the relevant rules; and
48B = the number of months in the period referred to in A.
48Where the measure is not cumulative (e.g. the number of traders for fee-block A10), the firm must use the figure as at the firm’s financial year end or 31 March (whichever is sooner) of its first fee year, calculated in accordance with the relevant rules. If trading has not commenced by the applicable date the figure is nil.
Calculating all other fees in the second and subsequent years of authorisation where a full year of tariff data is not available
42If it can, a firm must provide data from a complete period (as specified in FEES 4 Annex 1AR Part 5 or FEES 4 Annex 11R Part 4) that begins on or after the date that the firm obtained the relevant permissions to which the tariff base relates.
42If a firm does not have sufficient tariff data to enable the periodic fees calculation to be made in respect of that fee year, it must calculate an annualised figure based on actual data where possible. If the tariff base is a cumulative measure like income, covering the full year, it must apply the formula (A÷B) x 12, where:
A = the total income from the date of authorisation up to the firm’s financial year end or 31 December (whichever is sooner), calculated according to the relevant rules; and
B = the number of months in the period referred to in A.
42For example, suppose the tariff data for a particular permission is based on income for the financial year ending during the calendar year ending 31 December before the relevant fee year starting the following April. A firm is authorised in October and its financial year ends in June. By April, it will not have been able to report on the basis of its financial year. The value of A would therefore cover the period from October to December and the value of B would be two i.e. November and December.
If the firm was authorised in June and its financial year ended in October, then the value of A would cover June to October and the value of B would be four i.e. July to October.
42Where the measure is not cumulative (e.g. the number of traders for fee-block A10), the firm must use the figure relating to the valuation date specified in FEES 4 Annex 1R Part 548 (e.g. 31 December for A10)48. Table A sets out the reporting requirements for the key fee-blocks when full48 actual data is not available:
Table A: calculating tariff data for second and subsequent years of authorisation when full trading figures are not available
Fee-block |
Tariff base |
Calculation where trading data are not available |
A1. Deposit acceptors |
Average MELS for October - December |
Use data available at 31 December or, if trading has not commenced by 31 December, use nil48. |
A2. Home finance providers and administrators |
Number of relevant contracts entered into or being administered in the twelve months up to 31 December |
Apply the formula (A÷B) x 12 to arrive at an annualised figure. |
A3. Insurers - general |
Gross written premium for fees purposes (GWP) 43for the financial year ended in the calendar year ending 31 December and best estimate liabilities for fees purposes (BEL) 43 valued at the end of the financial year |
GWP 43 – apply the formula (A÷B) x 12 to arrive at an annualised figure. BEL – use 43 data at valuation date or, if trading has not commenced by then, use nil48. |
A4. Insurers - life |
Gross written premium for fees purposes (GWP) 43 for the financial year ended in the calendar year ending 31 December and best estimate liabilities for fees purposes (BEL) 43 valued at the end of the financial year |
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A5. Managing agents at Lloyd’s |
Active capacity in respect of the underwriting year at the beginning of the period to which the fee relates |
Not applicable. |
A6. The Society of Lloyd’s |
Bespoke fee |
Not applicable. |
A7. Portfolio managers |
Funds under management valued at 31 December |
Use data as at 31 December or, if trading has not commenced by 31 December, use nil48. |
A9. Managers and depositaries of investment funds, and operators of collective investment schemes or pension schemes |
Annual gross income for the financial year ended in the calendar year ending 31 December |
Apply the formula (A÷B) x 12 to arrive at an annualised figure. |
A10. Firms dealing as principal |
Number of traders as at 31 December |
Use data as at 31 December or, if trading has not commenced by 31 December, use nil48. |
A13. Advisors, arrangers, dealers or brokers |
Annual income for the financial year ended in the calendar year ending 31 December |
Apply the formula (A÷B) x 12 to arrive at the annualised figure |
A14. Corporate finance advisers |
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A18. Home finance providers, advisers and arrangers |
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A19. General insurance distribution44 |
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A21. Firms holding client money or assets, or both |
The highest amount of client money and the highest amount of custody assets held over the 12 months ending 31 December |
The highest amount of client money and/or custody assets over the period between the date of authorisation and 31 December or, if trading has not started, use nil48. |
Flat fee |
Not applicable. |
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B. Service companies |
Annual income for the financial year ended in the calendar year ending 31 December |
Apply the formula (A÷B) x 12 to arrive at the annualised figure. |
B. Regulated benchmark45 administrators |
Annual income for the financial year ended in the calendar year ending 31 December39 |
Apply the formula (A÷B) x 12 to arrive at the annualised figure.39 |
B. Recognised investment exchanges |
Annual income for the financial year ended in the calendar year ending 31 December39 |
Apply the formula (A÷B) x 12 to arrive at the annualised figure.39 |
B. Recognised auction platforms 49 |
Flat fee 49 |
Not applicable. 49 |
B. Recognised overseas investment exchanges |
Flat fee |
Not applicable. |
CC1. Credit-related regulated activities with limited permission |
Annual income for the financial year ended in the calendar year ending 31 December |
Apply the formula (A÷B) x 12 to arrive at an annualised figure. |
CC2. Credit related regulated activities |
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G.2 Payment services institutions – deposit acceptors |
See A1 deposit acceptors |
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G.3. Large payment services institutions |
Relevant income |
Apply the formula (A÷B) x 12 to arrive at an annualised figure. |
G.4 Small payment institutions |
Flat fee |
Not applicable. |
G.5 Other payment institutions |
Relevant income |
Apply the formula (A÷B) x 12 to arrive at an annualised figure. |
G.10 Large electronic money institutions |
Average outstanding e-money over 12 months ending 31 December |
Average over the period from authorisation to 31 December. |
G.11 Small electronic money institutions |
Flat fee |
Not applicable. |
G.15 Issuer of regulated covered bonds |
Value as at 31 December |
Not applicable. |
G.20 Consumer buy-to-let (CBTL) lender |
Flat fee |
Not applicable. |
G.21 CBTL adviser and arranger |
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In relation to an incoming EEA firm or an incoming Treaty firm the modification provisions of FEES 4.2.7 R apply only in relation to the relevant regulated activities of the firm, which are passported activities or Treaty activities and which are carried on in the United Kingdom, and which are not provided on a cross border services basis.4 For payment services and electronic money issuance, 12the adjustment only applies to the business to which the calculation made in FEES 4.3.12A R relates. 9
49Fee payers ceasing to hold relevant status or reducing the scope of their permission after start of relevant period
The FCA 34 will not refund periodic fees if, after the start of the period to which they relate:
- (1)
a fee payer ceases to have the status set out in column (1) of the table in FEES 4.2.11 R34; or
65 - (2)
a firm reduces its permission or payment services activities 9so that it then falls out of the fee-block previously applied to it;9
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(but see FEES 2.3 (Relieving Provisions) and FEES 4.3.13 R (Firms Applying to Cancel or Vary Permission Before Start of Period)).
Extension of Time
A person need not pay a periodic fee on the date on which it is due under the relevant provision in FEES 4.2.1 R, if:
- (1)
that date falls during a period during which circumstances of the sort set out in GEN 1.3.2 R (Emergencies) exist, and that person has reasonable grounds to believe that those circumstances impair its ability to pay the fee, in which case he must pay it on or before the fifth business day after the end of that period; or
- (2)
unless FEES 4.3.6R (3), 9 FEES 4.3.6R (4) or FEES 4.3.6R (4A)9 (Time and method for payment) applies, that date would otherwise fall on or before the 30th day after the date on which the FCA (in its own capacity or in its capacity as collection 34agent for the PRA)64 has sent written notification to that person of the fee payable on that date, in which case he must pay on or before the 30th day after the date on which the FCA64 sends the notification.
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Table of periodic fees payable to the FCA65
651 Fee payer |
2 Fee payable |
3 Due date |
4 Events occurring during the period leading to modified periodic fee |
Any firm (except an AIFM qualifier,25 ICVC or a UCITS qualifier) 49 |
(1) Unless (2) applies, as37 specified in FEES 4.3.1 R in relation to FEES 4 Annex 2AR and FEES 4 Annex 11 R65.37 (2) Where a firm is paying a ring-fencing implementation fee, as specified in FEES 4 Annex 2BR.37 |
(1) Unless (2) or (3) apply7, on or before the relevant dates specified in FEES 4.3.6 R.12 (2) Unless (3) applies, if 7an event specified in column 4 occurs during the course of a fee year,64 30 days after the occurrence of that event, or if later the dates specified in FEES 4.3.6 R.7 (3) Where the permission is for operating a multilateral trading facility or operating an organised trading facility41, the date specified in FEES 4 Annex 10 FEES 4 Annex 10R41 (Periodic fees for MTF and OTF41 operators). 7764 |
Firm receives permission, or becomes authorised or registered under the Payment Services Regulations, article 8 of the MCD Order 32, the DRS Regulations 41 or the Electronic Money Regulations12;9 or firm 9extends permission or its payment service activities916 679 |
Persons who hold a certificate issued by the FCA64 under article 54 of the Regulated Activities Order (Advice given in newspapers etc.) 64 |
£1,15151 46314031 |
(1) Unless (2) applies, on or before 1 August or, if later, within 30 days of the date of the invoice23 (2) If an event in column 4 occurs during the course of a fee year,64 30 days after the occurrence of that event.51 2364 |
Certificate issued to person by the51 FCA64 under article 4054 of the Regulated Activities Order46 64 |
| 23 | In relation to each unit trust the amount specified in part 1 of 25 FEES 4 Annex 4 |
Authorisation order is made in relation to the relevant scheme24 |
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24Any authorised fund manager of an authorised contractual scheme; |
In relation to each authorised contractual scheme the amount specified in part 1 of25 FEES 4 Annex 4 |
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In relation to each ICVC,25 the amount specified in part 1 of25 FEES 4 Annex 4 |
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Persons who, under the constitution or founding arrangements of a recognised scheme, are 33responsible for the management of the property held for or within the scheme; |
In relation to each recognised scheme the amount specified in part 1 of25 FEES 4 Annex 4 |
The relevant scheme becomes a recognised scheme25 |
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Not applicable |
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| 4949 | In relation to each ELTIF the amount specified in part 1 of FEES 4 Annex 433 49 |
(1) Unless (2) applies, on or before 1 August or, if later, within 30 days of the date of the invoice.33 (2) If an event in column 4 occurs during the course of a fee year, 30 days after the occurrence of that event.33 |
The ELTIF is authorised by the FCA under the ELTIF regulation33 4949 |
On or before the relevant dates specified in FEES 4.3.6 R23 23 |
Not applicable |
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FEES 4 Annex 6, part 1 for a UK RIE ; and FEES 4 Annex 6 R, part 1A for a UK RIE that is also an RAP13 6549 |
(1) On or before the relevant dates specified in FEES 4.3.6 R23 (2) If the event in column 4 occurs during the course of a fee year64, 30 days after the occurrence of that event 2364 |
Recognition order is made. The modified1166 periodic fee is specified in FEES 4 Annex 6 R, Part 1and (in the case of an RAP) Part 1A.131166 116611664911661166 |
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| 65 | FEES 4 Annex 6, part 2 |
(1) On or before the relevant dates specified in FEES 4.3.6 R23 (2) If the event in column 4 occurs during the course of a fee year64, 30 days after the occurrence of that event. 2364 |
Recognition order is made. The modified1166 periodic fee is specified in FEES 4 Annex 6, Part 2.1166 1166116611661166 |
A listed issuer35 (in LR) of shares and certificates representing certain securities35. 33 |
Within 30 days of the date of the invoice |
Listed issuer3 (in LR) becomes subject to listing rules 3 |
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| 3110122323311210231 | Within 30 days of the date of the invoice |
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All non-listed issuers (in DTR) of shares and certificates representing certain securities35. 66 |
29 | Within 30 days of the date of the invoice |
Non-listed issuer (in DTR) becomes subject to disclosure requirements36 and transparency rules629 |
Within 30 days of the date of the invoice |
A person is approved as a primary information provider |
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6All firms reporting transactions in securities derivatives 10to the FCA64 in accordance with SUP 17, and market operators who provide facilities for trading in securities derivatives.10 6410 |
Within 30 days of the date of the invoice |
Not applicable |
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15Any issuer of a regulated covered bond. |
(1) Unless (2) applies, on or before the relevant dates specified in FEES 4.3.6 R (2) If an event specified in column 4 occurs during the course of a fee year64, 30 days after the occurrence of that event or, if later, the dates specified in FEES 4.3.6 R 64 |
A person becomes registered as an issuer of a regulated covered bond |
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26(i) An AIFM (other than a UK AIFM or an EEA AIFM with a branch in the UK) which has notified the FCA of its intention to market an AIF in the UK under regulation 57 of the AIFMD UK regulation and which has not ceased to market that AIF in the UK as at 1 April of the current fee year. (ii) An AIFM which has notified the FCA of its intention to market an AIF in the UK under regulation 58 or 59 of the AIFMD UK regulation and which has not ceased to market that AIF in the UK as at 1 April of the current fee year. 494949 |
For each notification made by the AIFM of the kind specified in part 2 of FEES 4 Annex 4, the amount specified in part 2 of FEES 4 Annex 4 |
(1) Unless (2) applies, on or before 1 August, or, if later, within 30 days of the date of the invoice (2) If an event in column 4 occurs during the course of a financial year, 30 days after the occurrence of that event |
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The basic fee contained in part 3 of FEES 4 Annex 4 |
The AIFM is registered by the FCA under regulation 10 of the AIFMD UK regulation. |
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The tariff specified in FEES 4 Annex 15R |
Payable in accordance with FEES 4.3.6R |
Not applicable |
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The tariff specified in FEES 4 Annex 15R |
Payable in accordance with FEES 4.3.6R |
Not applicable |
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(1) £5,000 (2) For a proxy advisor which is already trading on 1 April 2020, the amount specified in (1) upon notifying the FCA. (3) For a proxy advisor which starting trading after 1 April 2020, the fee payable is pro-rated in proportion to the months remaining in the financial year 1 April – 31 March, including the month of notification. |
(1) At the time of notification (2) For a proxy advisor which has already notified the FCA, within 30 days of the date of the invoice |
Not applicable |
Note: Sponsors on the list of approved sponsors as at 1 April each year will be liable for the full year's annual fee unless FEES 4.3.13 R applies.2