Companies House filing fees have increased significantly, effective from 1st February 2026, with the digital incorporation fee among those rising, doubling from £50 to £100.
The increases are the second significant fee increases in recent years and come on the back of changes made in May 2024, when incorporation fees rose by over 300% (from £12 to £50) and confirmation statement fees increased by over 50% (from £13 to £34).
This latest increase in fees is due to increased costs of efforts to enhance corporate transparency, improve the integrity of the Companies House register, and combat economic crime as laid out under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023. The only fees that were reduced were those related to closing dormant companies, reflecting a need to make this service cheaper in order to better clean up the Companies House Register.
As from this month, fees that have changed include:
- Incorporation digital filing fee increases to £100 (up from £50)
- Same-day incorporation fee increases to £156 (up from £78)
- Confirmation statement digital filing fee increases to £50 (up from £34)
- Voluntary strike-off digital filing fee decreases to £13 (down from £33)
Fees for paper filings are becoming progressively more expensive compared to digital submissions to encourage the push towards full digitalisation.
- Paper incorporation fee increases to £124 (up from £71)
- Paper confirmation statement increases to £110 (up from £62)
- Paper strike-off decreases to £18 (down from £44)
A full list of Companies House Fees that changed on the 1st February can be viewed here.
For those companies that have previously submitted details prior to the 1 February date, the cheaper fee will apply as the fee charged is that when the application was submitted to Companies House.
These increases in fees will help fund Companies House’s enhanced powers under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, including mandatory identity verification (introduced in November 2025) and improved data quality.
