Amounts to be confirmed. The fee structure below is the shape of the schedule. The amounts have deliberately been left blank rather than filled with sample numbers. Set them in src/app/for-providers/fees/page.tsx before this page goes live.
How fees work
There are three kinds of fee, and only the first is unavoidable.
- Assessment fee. Charged once per activity submitted, and covers the assessment and the second assessor review. It is payable whatever the decision, because the work is done either way.
- Annual fee. Charged for each year an accreditation remains live, and covers the annual review and the register entry.
- Variation fee. Charged only when a material change to an accredited activity has to be assessed part way through a period.
Fees do not vary with the price you charge learners, and they are not a share of your revenue.
Fee schedule
| Fee | When payable | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Eligibility check | Not payable | No charge |
| Assessment, single activity | On submission | To be confirmed |
| Assessment, additional activity in the same submission | On submission | To be confirmed |
| Annual fee per accredited activity | On the anniversary of the decision | To be confirmed |
| Variation assessment | When a material change is submitted | To be confirmed |
| Appeal | On lodging an appeal, refunded if the appeal succeeds | To be confirmed |
Target timelines
These are the timelines we work to. They run from the point a submission is complete, not from the point it is started, because an incomplete submission cannot be assessed.
| Stage | Target |
|---|---|
| Response to an eligibility check | 5 working days |
| Assessment of a complete submission | 20 working days |
| Response to an assessor query | Yours to set, assessment pauses meanwhile |
| Decision after second assessor review | 5 working days |
| Register entry published | 2 working days after the decision |
| Appeal outcome | 30 working days |
Payment and refunds
Assessment fees are not refundable once an assessor has begun work, because the assessment is the thing being paid for and a refusal is a valid outcome of it. Where we cannot assess a submission at all, for example because the activity turns out to fall outside scope after the eligibility check, the fee is refunded in full.
Annual fees are refunded pro rata if you withdraw an accreditation mid period and stop using the mark.
If a fee is a barrier to accrediting something you believe should be accessible, say so when you make the eligibility check. See contact us.