# New fees to fund ICO to take effect in May

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/02/27/new-fees-fund-ico-take-effect-may/
- Published: 2018-02-27T09:07:37+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**A new funding model to pay for the Information Commissioner’s Office will take
effect on 25 May, to coincide with the introduction of the GDPR.**

As of 25 May, rather than the current model which sees data controllers pay a [data protection registration fee](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/register/),
the [ICO](https://ico.org.uk/)‘s new funding structure will be based on the relative
risk to the data that an organisation processes.

As such, the model is divided into three tiers and based on a number of factors 
including size, turnover and whether an organisation is a public authority or charity.

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For very small organisations, the fee will be no more than the £35 they currently
pay, providing payment is by direct debit, which has a £5 reduction.

Larger organisations will have to pay £2,900. The fee is higher because these organisations
are likely to hold and process the largest volumes of data, and therefore represent
a greater level of risk.

Penalties for not paying fees will still exist, but these will be in the form of
civil monetary penalties rather than a criminal sanction.

The fees are:

 * Tier 1 – micro organisations. Maximum turnover of £632,000 or no more than ten
   members of staff. Fee: £40 (or £35 if paid by direct debit)
 * Tier 2 – SMEs. Maximum turnover of £36million or no more than 250 members of 
   staff. Fee: £60
 * Tier 3 – large organisations. Those not meeting the criteria of Tiers 1 or 2.
   Fee: £2,900

The current notification fee remains in effect until 25 May. A [guide to the new fee](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/accountability-and-governance/guide-to-the-data-protection-fee/)
is available on the ICO site.

 * **[ICO launches Your Data Matters public information campaign](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/05/25/ico-launches-your-data-matters-public-information-campaign/)**(
   25 May 2018)
 * **[Code of Fundraising Practice GDPR changes now in effect](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/05/29/code-fundraising-practice-gdpr-changes-now-effect/)**(
   29 May 2018)
 * **[Preferred candidate for Information Commissioner gains Committee approval](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/11/01/preferred-candidate-for-information-commissioner-gains-committee-approval/)**(
   1 November 2021)

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