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

£11 *

Standard service certificates issued after the day of registration (application processed within 15 working days)

£11 *

Priority service certificates (application processed within 24 hours of receipt)

£35 *

General search in indexes (not exceeding 6 successive hours)

£18 *

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)

£46

Ceredigion Ceremony Room (up to 20 guests)

£171

The Register Office

£46 *

Standard Civil Partnership conversion to marriage (no ceremony)

£45 *

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

£86 *

 

The following fees also apply for every marriage and civil partnership

 

Fee

Notice of marriage / civil partnership

£35 *

(per person)

Notice of marriage / civil partnership (if either party is subject to the Home Office referral and investigation scheme)

£47 *

(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)

£11 *

(per certificate)

Consideration by a Superintendent Registrar of a divorce or civil partnership dissolution obtained outside the British Isles

£50 *

Consideration by the Registrar General of a divorce or civil partnership dissolution obtained outside the British Isles

£75 *

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

£29 *

Registration of a building for the solemnisation of marriages between a man and a woman

£123 *

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)

£64 *

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)

£123 *

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)

£64 *

Joint application for the registration of a building for the marriage of a man and a woman and same sex couples

£123 *

 

Fee

Group ceremony

Free

Private ceremony at the Register Office

£41

 

Fee

Forename(s) added or changed within 12 months of birth registration

£40 *

Consideration by the Registrar/Superintendent Registrar of a correction

£75 *

Consideration by the Registrar General of a correction

£90 *