Consultation on proposed fees for 2026 (No. 6 2025)

Summary

This is the JFSC's annual consultation paper setting out proposed fees for 2026, covering both Registry fees and fees for JFSC-regulated entities. It proposes a general 2.5% fee uplift, restructures the fee notices into a single consolidated document, and invites feedback before finalising fees to take effect from 1 January 2026.

• Structure: Registry fees and regulated entity fees are consolidated into one Fees Notice, with Registry fees grouped by activity rather than entity type and harmonised across legal persons and arrangements.
• General uplift: A 2.5% general fee increase is proposed, with some exceptions detailed sector by sector.
• Registry changes: Annual confirmation fees for ordinarily administered entities are not proposed to increase; continuance fees are harmonised (£1,200 leaving Jersey, £700 moving to Jersey); a new £500 fee is proposed for mergers/demergers of Jersey-incorporated companies; late fees are simplified to £100 per month capped at £600 (except annual confirmations, special resolutions and PLC account late fees, which remain tiered).
• AIF/AIFSB fees: Application fee proposed to reduce to £1,100 (from £2,195); a new annual fee of £1,100 is proposed for all in-scope AIFs/AIFSBs.
• MSB: Annual fee proposed to be pro-rated based on date of first registration.
• Investment business and trust company business: Change of control fees simplified to a flat fee by class of business rather than a percentage of share capital; a new fee proposed for adding a class of business.
• GIMB: Class S annual fee proposed at £100 as a new baseline; annual fee portion proposed to be pro-rated based on date of first registration.
• Funds: FSB, CIF, JPF and AIF/AIFSB fees are grouped into a single new 'Funds and funds service business' section; Jersey Private Funds moved out of the CoBO fees notice into this section.
• Late fees (regulated entities): Late fees for information/notifications across all regulated sectors proposed to be harmonised at £200 per month; late payment of invoices remains at 5% of unpaid principal per month.

Comments on the proposed fees can be submitted directly to the JFSC or via Jersey Finance Limited. The JFSC intends to publish a feedback statement and finalised Fees Notice by the end of September 2025, with revised fees effective from 1 January 2026.

Key obligations

• Fee payers wishing to comment on the proposed fees must submit feedback to the JFSC by 12 September 2025, or to Jersey Finance Limited by 8 September 2025, if responding via that channel.
• From 1 January 2026, regulated entities and Registry users will be required to pay fees in accordance with the finalised 2026 Fees Notice once published.

Applies to

companies, foundations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, separate limited partnerships, incorporated limited partnerships, deposit-taking business, money service business, insurance business, general insurance mediation business, investment business, qualified segregated managed accounts, funds and fund services business (AIF, AIFSB, CIF, JPF, FSB), non-domiciled structures and unit trusts, trust company business, accountants and lawyers (Schedule 2 business), other Schedule 2 businesses, recognized auditors

Deadlines

• 12 September 2025: Deadline to submit consultation feedback directly to the JFSC.
• 8 September 2025: Deadline to submit consultation feedback via Jersey Finance Limited (JFL).
• end of September 2025: JFSC plans to publish a summary of feedback and the finalised 2026 Fees Notice.
• 1 January 2026: Revised 2026 fees become effective.