Register office fees

Please find the relevant fees for our services. If you have any queries about these fees, please read our terms and conditions of service

Schedule of Fees 2024

Marriage and civil partnerships
ServicePrice From 1 February 2024

Notice of Marriage/Civil Partnership Booking fee (per person)

£35

Notice of Marriage/Civil partnership (Relevant National) (per person)

£35

Notice of Marriage/Civil partnership (non-relevant National) (per person)

£47

Provisional Booking fee (per ceremony)

£145

Amendment fee / Ceremony late arrival fee (per ceremony)

£90 (fee includes VAT)

Co-ordination appointment to discuss ceremony

£60 (fee includes VAT)

 

St Georges Ceremonies - evening ceremonies unavailable Monday - Saturday
ServicePrice From 1 February 2024

Tower Suite - Simple Ceremonies (Maximum - 40 guests)

 

Monday to Thursday

£273

Friday

£340

Saturday

£418

Tower Suite - Enhanced Ceremonies (Maximum 120 guests)  

Monday to Thursday

£496

Friday

£557

Saturday

£680

Sunday and Bank Holiday

£1,059

Hamlet Suite - Simple Ceremonies (Maximum 10 guests)  
Monday to Thursday

£179

Friday

£246

Hamlet Suite - Enhanced Ceremonies (Maximum 20 guests)

 

Monday to Thursday

£246

Friday

£310

Saturday

£402

Sunday and Bank Holiday

£1,059

The Garden Suite at St Georges Town Hall

 
Monday - Friday (3 hour Hire) £400 (fee includes VAT)
Saturday (3 hour Hire) £600 (fee includes VAT)
Sunday and Bank Holidays (3 hour Hire) £800 (fee includes VAT)
Late Exit Fee (charged in half hour intervals) £100 (fee includes VAT)
Cleaning and/or Damage Admin Fee £50 (fee includes VAT)
Cleaning and/or Damage Fee As invoiced

 

Licensed venue ceremonies (All enhanced ceremonies)
ServicePrice From 1 February 2024

Monday to Thursday (between 10am-4pm)

£697

Friday and Saturday (between 10am-4pm)

£736

Monday to Thursday (between 5pm-10pm)

£764

Friday and Saturday (between 5pm-10pm)

£875

Sunday and Bank Holiday (between 10am-4pm)

£836

Sunday and Bank Holiday (between 5pm-10pm)

£892

Christmas/New Year's Eve

£1,516

Christmas/New Year's Eve (between 5pm-10pm)

£2,785

Civil Parternship Conversion (in Register Office)

£45

Civil Parternship Conversion 2 stage- The Signing of the Declaration

(See above for ceremony fees)

£27

Civil Parternship Conversion 2 stage- The Signing of the Declaration in a religious building registered for the marriage of same sex couples

£91

 

Licensing (cost for three year licence)
ServicePrice From 1 February 2024

Venue with 1 Room

£1,638

Venue with 2 - 4 Rooms

£2,409

Venue with 5+ Rooms

£3,576

Advert on website

£300

 

Nationality and Citizenship fees
ServicePrice From 1 February 2024

Private citizenship ceremonies (per person)

£168 (fee included VAT)

  

Certificate fees (per certificate)
ServicePrice 

Certificate issued at time of registration

£11

Certificate issued after registration
2nd class postage/1 week collection

Note: £2 administrative search fee is retained if you are refunded due to not being able to locate your certificate.

£11

Certificate issued after registration
1st class postage/next day collection

NOTE: £2 administrative search fee is retained if you are refunded due to not being able to locate your certificate.

£35

International or Special Delivery postage

£10 (fee includes VAT)

Administrative Search Fee (if no record found)

£2

 

Other fees (prescribed by the GRO)
ServicePrice

Forename added within 12 months of birth registration

£40

Local consideration of a correction application

£75

Consideration by the GRO of a correction application

£90

Statutory Register Office room fee (Ceremony + Certificate + Postage)

£60

Local consideration of a divorce/civil partnership dissolution obtained outside of the British Isles

£50

Consideration by the GRO of a divorce/civil partnership dissolution obtained outside of the British Isles

£75