PS25/8: FCA regulated fees and levies 2025/26

Read PS25/8 (PDF)[1]

What we are changing

We are publishing the 2025/26 regulatory fees and levies for:

• the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
• the Financial Ombudsman Service (Financial Ombudsman)

This Policy Statement (PS) also covers the rules that enable us to collect certain levies on behalf of government departments.

We are also publishing our feedback on the responses to the consultation on draft fees and levies rules in CP25/7[2].

Who this applies to

This document applies to:

• all FCA fee-payers
• any businesses considering applying for FCA authorisation or registration  

This PS is not directly relevant to retail financial services consumers or consumer groups.

Next steps

Firms can use our online fees calculator[3] to calculate their individual fees based on the final rates in this PS. This includes FCA periodic fees and the Financial Ombudsman[4], Money and Pensions Advice Service[5], Devolved Authorities and illegal money lending levy[6] final rates. The fees calculator will also cover Prudential Regulatory Authority[7] fees and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme levy[8].

We will invoice fee-payers from July 2025 onwards for their 2025/26 periodic fees and levies.