# The Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Companies, Overseas Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1907) (“the 2012 Regulations”), the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Register of Overseas Entities) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/153) (“the 2024 Regulations”), the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (Limited Partnerships and Newspaper Proprietors) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2392) (“the 2009 Regulations”) and the Registrar of Companies (Fees) (European Economic Interest Grouping and European Public Limited-Liability Company) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1908) (“the EEIG Regulations 2012”), which require payment of fees in respect of the performance of functions relating to the receipt of documents by the registrar and their registration. These Regulations amend existing fees to reflect increased costs due to the implementation of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 and the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022. These Regulations reduce some fees to reflect changes in the cost of providing particular services and also revoke some fees so that in the future they can be set administratively by the registrar.
Regulations 3, 4 and 5 amend fees in paragraphs 8, 10 and 11 of Schedule 1 to the 2012 Regulations in relation to incorporation fees, annual confirmation statements fees and registration fees for companies, overseas companies and limited liability partnerships.
Regulation 6 revokes provisions relating to fees payable in respect of the inspection or provision of documents kept by the registrar.
Regulation 7 amends the fees in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2024 Regulations concerning the registration of overseas entities, the delivery to the registrar of the statements and information required and the application for removal from the list of registered overseas entities.
Regulation 9 amends paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Regulations, increasing the fees for registration of a limited partnership and specifying the fee for making an application to the registrar under section 8D of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907.
Regulation 10 amends paragraph 5A of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Regulations, increasing the fees for the registration of all relevant documents in respect of a Scottish limited partnership delivered during a relevant period on the registration of a confirmation statement.
Regulation 11 amends paragraph 5B of Schedule 1 to the 2009 Regulations, increasing the fees for the registration of a Scottish qualifying partnership and the registration of all relevant documents in respect of a Scottish qualifying partnership delivered during a relevant period on the registration of a confirmation statement.
Regulation 12 revokes provisions in the 2009 Regulations relating to fees payable in respect of the inspection or provision of copies of documents kept by the registrar relating to limited partnerships.
Regulation 14 amends paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the EEIG Regulations 2012, increasing the fee for the registration of UK economic interest grouping establishments.
Regulation 15 amends paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the EEIG Regulations 2012, increasing the fee for the registration of a public company by the conversion of a UK Societates.
Regulation 16 revokes provisions in the EEIG Regulations 2012 relating to fees payable in respect of the inspection or provision of copies of documents kept by the registrar.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1137/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registrar-of-companies-fees-amendment-regulations-2025/note
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