Membership Fees Explained

AdviceUK Network Membership Fees Explained

Our Membership Fees for 2024

Please read this document before completing your membership application or
renewal.

Fee Structure
Our membership fees are annual and they are graduated -i.e. smaller
organisations with fewer resources pay smaller annual fees.
To facilitate a fair fee structure the membership fee comprises two elements:

1. A base-fee element: The first element is a base-fee which relates to the type and
size of your organisation.
• For a small charity/CIC with volunteers only the 2024 base fee is £146.
• For a small-medium charity/CIC with paid employees the 2024 base fee is £290.
• For a large charity/CIC* or public sector organisations the 2024 base fee is £436.*
Includes quangos, housing associations, educational & academic bodies, and large
charities with £10m+ annual income
• For commercial organisations the 2024 base fee is £580.

2. A graduated element: The second element is running costs-related. By running costs, we mean the
annual amount that it costs to run your advice activities only.

• Volunteer-only organisations never pay a graduated element.
• The graduated element does not apply to the first £100,000 of your running
  costs/budget. So, if your advice service’s running costs/budget is below £100,000
  you don’t pay the graduated element.
• For organisations with running costs above £100,000 the graduated element is
  calculated at £1per £1,000 above the £100,000 threshold. This makes it sensitive to
  fluctuations in running costs, which should help you to retain your AdviceUK
  membership if your funding and activities are reduced.
• To calculate the graduated element of your fee we ask you to estimate what your
  advice service’s running costs/budget will be for the coming year.2. We accept that
  this will be an approximate figure -just give us your best estimate of what your
  running costs will be to the nearest £1,000.
• In the case of an advice team or unit within a larger organisation please give the
  cost of running that team or unit only.

1 The base-fee will increase in future years to keep pace with inflation.
2 We moved from using last year’s actual running costs to next year’s estimate in response to member feedback.

NB: Our membership year runs from January to December. Applicants joining after 1st April will pay on a pro rata
basis per quarter. Applicants applying in November/December will pay the annual fee for the following
membership year and receive the remainder of November/December free.

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