Registration Service Fees and Charges
Fees marked * are set by law. Other fees are set by the Council, are regularly reviewed and liable to increase periodically without notice.
Below are the fees and charges for 01/04/2024 – 31/03/2025
Type of certificate |
Fee per certificate |
---|---|
All certificates issued at the point of registration |
£12.50 * |
Standard service certificates issued after the day of registration (application processed within 15 working days) |
£12.50 * |
Priority service certificates (application processed within 24 hours of receipt) |
£38.50 * |
General search in indexes (not exceeding 6 successive hours) |
£20 * |
Postage/administration fee (for posting the certificate) |
£3 |
Postage/administration fee (for posting the certificate overseas) |
£14 |
Further information regarding applying for a copy certificate
Fees for ceremonies at our ceremony rooms
|
Fee |
---|---|
Ceredigion Ceremony Room (up to 4 guests) |
£56 |
Ceredigion Ceremony Room (up to 20 guests) |
£171 |
The Register Office |
£56 * |
Standard Civil Partnership conversion to marriage (no ceremony) |
£50 * |
Information regarding marriage and civil partnership registrations at our ceremony rooms
Fees for ceremonies at Approved Premises and Religious Buildings
|
Fee |
---|---|
Approved Premises (Monday – Thursday) |
£447 |
Approved Premises (Friday and Saturday) |
£499 |
Approved Premises (Sunday, Statutory and Extra Statutory Holidays) |
£705 |
Attendance of a Registrar at a marriage in a Religious Building |
£104 * |
The following fees also apply for every marriage and civil partnership
|
Fee |
---|---|
Notice of marriage / civil partnership |
£42 * (per person) |
Notice of marriage / civil partnership (if either party is subject to the Home Office referral and investigation scheme) |
£57 * (per person) |
Booking/administration fee (To book a registrar up to 2 years before the date of a ceremony) |
£30 |
Marriage / Civil partnership certificate (issued on the day of the ceremony) |
£12.50 * (per certificate) |
Consideration by a Superintendent Registrar of a divorce or civil partnership dissolution obtained outside the British Isles |
£55 * |
Consideration by the Registrar General of a divorce or civil partnership dissolution obtained outside the British Isles |
£83 * |
Postage/administration fee (for posting the certificate within the UK) |
£3 |
Fees for licensing civil ceremony venues
|
Fee |
---|---|
Licensing of approved venues to hold marriage and civil partnerships (3 year licence) |
£1152 |
Licensing of approved venues to hold marriage and civil partnerships (5 year licence) |
£1817 |
Public notice advert fee (if published in a newspaper) |
£387 |
Fees for the certification of a building for worship and registration for marriage
|
Fee |
---|---|
Certification of a place of meeting for religious worship |
£32 * |
Registration of a building for the solemnisation of marriages between a man and a woman |
£136 * |
Registration of a building for the solemnisation of marriages of same sex couples (building previously registered for the solemnisation of marriage between a man and a woman) |
£71 * |
Registration of a building for the solemnisation of marriages of same sex couples (building not previously registered for the solemnisation of marriage between a man and a woman) |
£136 * |
Registration of a building for the solemnisation of marriages of a man and a woman (building previously registered for the solemnisation of marriage of same sex couples) |
£71 * |
Joint application for the registration of a building for the marriage of a man and a woman and same sex couples |
£136 * |
|
Fee |
---|---|
Group ceremony |
Free |
Private ceremony at the Register Office |
£41 |
|
Fee |
---|---|
Forename(s) added or changed within 12 months of birth registration |
£44 * |
Consideration by the Registrar/Superintendent Registrar of a correction |
£83 * |
Consideration by the Registrar General of a correction |
£99 * |