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What a licence costs to hold

Your first-year and recurring cost as a limited permission consumer credit firm, from your own figures. Every rate below is read from the FCA Handbook and the FCA's fees pages for 2026/27, with the rule cited.

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Include the ICO data-protection feeTier 1, £52 a year, payable by most small firms that process personal data. Not an FCA fee.
ItemRuleFirst yearEach year after
Application feePaid once, with the applicationPricing category 2 — FCA Application fees page£560
Periodic fee, CC.1Limited permission consumer creditFEES 4 Annex 2A — £1,100 flat to £250,000 of income, £0.5079 per £1,000 above
FOS general levyIndustry block 19FEES 5 Annex 1R — £55 flat£55
MaPS money-guidance levyFEES 7A Annex 1 — £10 minimum, £0.0923 per £1,000 above £250,000
Illegal money lending levyFEES 13 Annex 1R — £5 flat£5
ICO data-protection feeTier 1 — not an FCA feeData Protection (Charges and Information) Regulations£52£52
Total

The first-year periodic fee and levies are apportioned by (months from the authorisation month to March, inclusive) ÷ 12. The FCA invoices the periodic fee after authorisation and each July thereafter. Rates read at the Handbook and the FCA's fees pages on 6 September 2026; the FCA sets new rates each fee year. This calculator is general information, not advice on your firm's fees.

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The application fee above is the FCA's. Our fee is £995, fixed, with £495 to begin.

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£995fixed fee. The FCA's £560 application fee is separate and itemised
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