Membership & Licence Fees
Membership Fees
All prices include VAT.
RSPCA Assured is a non-profit making charity and exists solely to bring about welfare improvements for farmed animals. The only income RSPCA Assured receives is an annual membership fee from its members and a licence fee for the use of the RSPCA Assured logo. Every penny of these fees are reinvested back into the scheme to cover the running costs and bring about welfare improvements, and not taken as profit.
| Cost | |
| One-off Joining Fee | £36.00 |
| PLUS the appropriate fees below | |
| Pullets & Turkeys | |
| Up to 12,000 birds | £299.00 |
| Additional multiples of 12,000 birds | £68.40 |
| Laying Hens | |
| Up to 6,000 birds | £299.00 |
| Additional multiples of 6,000 birds | £68.40 |
| Chickens & Ducks | |
| Up to 30,000 birds | £142.80 |
| Additional multiples of 30,000 birds | £68.40 |
| Poultry Catching Team(s) | |
| Single | £299.00 |
| Each additional team | £68.40 |
| Dairy Cattle | |
| Up to 200 animals | £142.80 |
| For 201 animals and over | £211.20 |
| Beef Cattle & Sheep | |
| Up to 200 animals | £142.80 |
| For 201 animals and over | £211.20 |
| Pigs | |
| Breeder or rearer or finisher | £299.00 |
| Breeder, rearer (rearer, finisher) | £299.00 |
| Breeder, rearer, finisher | £299.00 |
| Salmon & Trout | |
| Well boats and all sites, including hatcheries, tank units and abattoir | £583.20 |
| Cost | |
| Haulier | |
| First vehicle | £142.80 |
| Each additional vehicle/trailer | £20.40 |
| Helicopter transport | £486.00 |
| Fish road hauliers | £142.80 |
| Abattoir, Processor/Packers & Hatcheries | |
| Per site | £454.80 |
| Revisits, including additions | £199.00 |
| Service Charge | |
| Site revisit cost | £199.00 |
| Derogation/Exception requests | £125.00 |
| Deadline extensions | £33.00 |
| Reinstatement of Certification/Membership | £46.00 |
| Fast Track: to certification | £46.00 |
| Report generation per hour | £43.00 |
| Duplicate certificate issue | £4.00 |
Covers
- Annual membership fee for 12 months
- Issue of annual certificate
- Cost of single annual inspection and administration
| Remember Cancellations received less than 7 days before the inspection may incur a cost of £199 |
Licence Fees
Licence fees are paid by processors/packers selling RSPCA Assured produce. Licence fee returns must be submitted on a monthly or quarterly basis as appropriate.
Returns must be submitted within 14 days of the end of the period.
| Product | Rate |
| Meat, Poultry & Liquid egg | 0.375% of value of product sold |
| Eggs (including boiled eggs) | 5p per 30 dozen eggs sold |
| Milk | 2.5p per 20 litres sold |
| Fish |
0.875p of value of product sold per kilo (gutted weight) |