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FEES 7A Annex 1 SFGB money advice levy for the period from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

01/07/2025R

This table shows the SFGB money advice levy applicable to each activity group (fee-block).

Activity groupSFGB money advice levy payable
A.1Band Width (£ million of Modified Eligible Liabilities (MELs))Fee (£/£m or part £m of MELs)
>101.276
A.2Band Width (no. of mortgages and/or home finance transactions)Fee (£/mortgage)
>500.677
A.3Gross written premium for fees purposes (GWP) 
Band Width (£ million of GWP)Fee (£/£m or part £m of GWP)
>0.520.89
PLUS 
Best estimate liabilities for fees purposes (BEL) 
Band Width (£ million of BEL)Fee (£/£m of part £m of BEL)
>11.38
A.4Gross written premium for fees purposes (GWP) 
Band Width (£ million of GWP)Fee (£/£m or part £m of GWP)
>111.69
PLUS 
Best estimate liabilities for fees purposes (BEL) 
Band Width (£ million of BEL)Fee (£/£m or part £m of BEL)
>10.927
A.5Band Width (£ million of Active Capacity (AC))Fee (£/£m or part £m of AC)
>500.00
A.6Flat levy0.00
A.7For class 1(c),(2), (3) and (4) firms: 
Band Width (£ million of Funds under Management (FuM))Fee (£/£m of part £m of FuM)
>100.105
For class 1(B) firms: the fee calculated as for class 1(C) firms above, less 15%.
For class 1(A) firms: the fee calculated as for class 1(C) firms above, less 50%.
Class 1(A), (B) and (C) firms are defined in FEES 4 Annex 1AR.
A.9Band Width (£ million of Gross Income (GI))Fee (£/£m of part £m of GI)
>1118.00
A.10Band Width (no. of traders)Fee (£/trader)
>1184.09
A.13For class (2) firms
Band Width (£ thousands of annual income (AI))Fee (£/£ thousand or part £ thousand of AI)
>1000.0643
For a professional firm in A.13 the fee is calculated as above less 10%.
A.14Band Width (£ thousands of annual income (AI))Fee (£/£ thousand or part £ thousand of AI)
>1000.0272
A.18Band Width (£ thousands of Annual Income (AI))Fee ((£/£ thousand or part £ thousand of AI)
>1000.174
A.19Band Width (£ thousands of Annual Income (AI))Fee (£/£ thousand or part £ thousand of AI)
>1000.0223
A.21Band Width (£ client money) (CM) heldFee (£/£ millions or part £m of CM)
less than £1 million1.890
an amount equal to or greater than £1 million but less than or equal to £1 billion1.418
more than £1 billion0.945
PLUS 
Safe custody assets 
Band Width (£ safe custody assets) (CA) heldFee (£/£ millions or part £m of CA)
less than £10 million0.0068
an amount equal to or greater than £10 million and less than or equal to £100 billion0.0051
more than £100 billion0.0034
G.3Minimum fee (£)10
£ thousands or part £ thousand of Relevant IncomeFee (£/£thousand or part £ thousand of Relevant Income)
>1000.017
G.4Flat fee (£)10
G.10Minimum fee (£)10
£ million or part £m of average outstanding electronic money (AOEM)Fee (£/£m or part £m of AOEM)
>5.01.60
G.11Flat fee (£)10
CC.1Minimum fee (£)10
 £ thousand of annual income (AI)Fee (£/£ thousand or part £ thousand of AI)
 >2500.1055
CC.2Minimum fee (£)10
 £ thousands of annual income (AI)Fee (£/£ thousand or part £ thousand of AI
 >2500.1055
Notes
(1) The definitions of fee-blocks G.5 and G.10 under Part 2 and Part 2A of FEES 4 Annex 11 R are modified, for the purposes of FEES 7A so that they exclude the Bank of England, government departments, local authorities, municipal banks and the National Savings Bank.
(2) The definitions of those fee-blocks are further amended to exclude EEA firms and those which hold a Part 4A permission.
Part 2
(1)This part sets out the minimum SFGB money advice levy applicable to the firms specified in (3) below.
(2)The minimum SFGB money advice levy payable by any firm referred to in (3) is £10.
(3)A firm is referred to in this paragraph if it falls within the following activity groups: A.1; A.2; A.3 (excluding UK ISPVs); A.4; A.5; A.7; A.9; A.10; A.13; A.14; A.18; A.19; G.3 and G.10.