FAC Fees Announced

[jonathankent]

New FAC fees have released:

Circular 001/2025: Firearms (Variation of Fees) Order 2025

www.gov.uk

Not as bad as may feared they might be (for now anyway)

Best Jonno

 

[Len the dog]

No mention of moving to 10 yearly then, that would have been a big saving for both us & the licensing departments.

 

[Bomag]

Thankfully my renewal has just gone in.

 

[EMcC]

Removal of Moderators from the paperwork involved at present would also relieve a lot of the police work as well.

 

[Trickyd66]

As would removing land deemed suitable checks, as some forces and Scotland have already done.

 

[Nickb]

£155 for coterminous renewal of FAC and SGC , don't mind that.

 

[DaveNeal]

luckily it looks like the various shooting organizations we pay our subs to managed to get the reasonable and valuable quid pro quos of ( checks notes ) bugger all. thanks lads.

 

[Len the dog]

£155 for coterminous renewal of FAC and SGC , don't mind that.

£2.58 a month for carrying out the sport I love, I would spend more than that on a bacon bun at my local clay ground.

It would be interesting to know if the fees would have been higher were it not for the various shooting organisations representing us.

 

[bluesako]

my renewal goes in today phew

 

[Trickyd66]

Funnily, I filled out a variation form on Tuesday. Must get it posted today!

 

[Jagare]

I wonder when my licence needs renewing? Oh, I know, never. Eighteen months ago when I bought a new shotgun it cost about £25 for a life time licence. How I miss living in the UK, not.

 

[downwind]

I wonder when my licence needs renewing? Oh, I know, never. Eighteen months ago when I bought a new shotgun it cost about £25 for a life time licence. How I miss living in the UK, not.

Just remind yourself of all the good things you're depriving yourself of by living in Sweden instead of the UK!!
Bet that didn't take long!

 

[Crowlcat]

Not as bad as i first thought but when will the next one come along maybe it's a sprat to catch a mackerel

 

[Len the dog]

Not as bad as i first thought but when will the next one come along maybe it's a sprat to catch a mackerel

Exactly. Now that full cost recovery has been put into place, how long before forces start requesting that they be allowed to calculate their own costs?
I can see this being the start of a very slippery slope.

 

[Puds]

£155 for 5 years isn’t bad at all, and less than my rod license costs.
That £155 only covers 5 or 6 hrs gof wages so when you consider the time spent on paperwork put in for renewals, home visits, land checks if required etc, it isn’t unreasonable.
Saying that, the entire system could be a lot more efficient in these modern times of secure digital systems.

 

[DaveNeal]

---- The new fees will allow police forces to fully recover the costs they incur in administering these firearms licences.

so I'm assuming this is the costs to those bodies as it stands now ? so costs go up, they charge more ? any way to monitor/audit those costs ? I think it's already been said that any revenue generated is going on general police funding rather than actually paying for the firearms part. any FAO's on who can say, or shooting org people ?

 

[finnbear270]

---- The new fees will allow police forces to fully recover the costs they incur in administering these firearms licences.

so I'm assuming this is the costs to those bodies as it stands now ? so costs go up, they charge more ? any way to monitor/audit those costs ? I think it's already been said that any revenue generated is going on general police funding rather than actually paying for the firearms part. any FAO's on who can say, or shooting org people ?

Aren't they taking the extra money to solve knife crime? Less knives less stabbings = safer.

Though it was more to point out that the reasoning for FAC and SGC are for public safety not our enjoyment.

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Aren't they taking the extra money to solve knife crime? Less knives less stabbings = safer.

Dickie,

The Government’s manifesto commitment refers to the money raised by full cost recovery fees being used to support youth interventions to prevent serious violence. However, we have decided instead that firearms fees income must be retained by police forces to support improvements in police firearms licensing. Delivering the youth interventions element of the manifesto commitment remains a priority and will be funded by the Home Office.
A very small crumb of encouragement.

 

[Antikka]

Don't think the increases are too over the top personally

Expect the increase won't help with delays from some forces though

 

[C&K Suffolk]

A variation has almost doubled

 

[fixedwheel]

A variation has almost doubled

Correction, it has more than doubled. From £20 to £47. That's a 135% increase.