Registration fees and other fees and charges from July 2020 to June 2021

At the meeting of UKPHR’s Board held on 18 February 2020 the Company’s budget for the Financial Year 2020-21 was considered.

As part of the budget process, the Board reviewed UKPHR’s actual financial performance against the budgeted finances in 2019-20. Key findings were:

• Registrant numbers continue to grow and income from registration fees was broadly in line with the budget;
• Most costs were also in line with the budget, with some excesses in IT provision, QA & training and legal professional fees.

Major projects for introducing revalidation for specialist registrants and amending the standards for practitioner registration were completed within budget.

The Board identified cost savings going forward, for example in relation to office costs, however these savings alone will not be enough to ensure that the organisation remains financially sustainable for the future. Projects still underway in the coming Financial Year will include an e-portfolio for the new SRbPA route and introduction of revalidation for practitioner registrants.

The Board therefore intends to increase registration fees and other fees and changes with effect from 01 July 2020 by around 3 per cent and seeks views of registrants and other stakeholders on these proposals.

For 2019-20 registration fees have been as follows:

For 2020-21, the Board’s proposed increases would result in registration fees as follows:

In opting for a proposed increase of around 3 per cent, the Board took into account that:

• Price inflation, measured by the Government’s preferred CPIH measure, rose by 40 per cent in the 12 months to December 2019.
• Measured by RPI, inflation was 2 per cent over the same period
• Median full-time weekly earnings increased 2 per cent (September-November)

Source: ONS

The Board considered four years ago whether to increase registration fees significantly to cover the additional cost to UKPHR of three major developments: introducing revalidation, replacing existing specialist portfolio assessment routes with a new retrospective portfolio assessment route and the first review of practitioner registration.

The Board decided on a strategy of gradual increase in registration fees for so long as would be necessary to complete these developments.

The Board also committed not to introduce any new additional fees payable by registrants for UKPHR’s revalidation operations.

In 2019-20, the Board decided to keep other fees and charges at the same level as the previous year. This kept these charges as follows:

For 2020-21, the Board’s proposed increases would result in other fees and charges as follows:

In opting for a proposed increase of around 3 per cent, the Board took into account the need to keep fees and charges up to date and for income from these fees and charges to contribute fairly to the organisational effort.

If the increases in registration fees and other fees and charges are implemented, and if the Board’s forecasts prove accurate (for example, in relation to registration numbers), the Board anticipates there being a surplus at the end of its Financial Year 2020-21 of approximately £20,000 on a gross turnover of between £300,000 and £350,000.

Within the expenditure that we anticipate during the coming Financial Year, development of an e-portfolio for the SRbPA route is expected to cost around £20,000 and implementation costs for practitioner revalidation are expected to come to about £20,000.

The main expenditure headings are for staff and office accommodation. Reserves are at the level of approximately half of one-year’s running costs. The Company is a not for profit charity and any surplus is retained within the organisation. Board members are unpaid.

Any registrant and any individual or organisation with an interest in the levels of registration fees and other fees & charges set by UKPHR is welcome to respond to this consultation. The consultation will be live on UKPHR’s website throughout.

UKPHR has set up an online survey where you can respond to this consultation. You can access the survey here:  https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ZT7KHV3

UKPHR does not solely require responses to be by means of completing the online survey. You can send a written response to UKPHR in the post or by email also.

Free text responses will be welcome.

Please click here for a paper version of this consultation.

This consultation will be open from Friday 28 February 2020 and will close at 10.00hrs on Monday 30 March 2020. The Board intends to consider responses to this consultation at its meeting to be held on 28 April and UKPHR’s budget for 2020-21 will then be finalised.

• If you post your response, please address it to:

David Kidney, Chief Executive, UKPHR,

18c Mclaren Building, 46, Priory Queensway, BIRMINGHAM B4 7LR

• If you email your response, please send it to:

register@ukphr.org with “Registration fees and other fees and charges 20-21” in the subject line

• If you complete the Survey Monkey online form it will automatically be sent to UKPHR

If you have any queries about this consultation, please telephone David Kidney on

0121 296 4370 or email him at d.kidney@ukphr.org