English UK membership fees and subscriptions: how they work
Corporate members
Our membership fee for ELT service providers is £1,087 + VAT per annum in 2023. Eligible service providers can join as corporate members at any time during the year and will be charged on a pro rata basis.
Language centre members
English language teaching centres membership fee has two components: a basic subscription; and a supplementary subscription. Supplementary subscriptions are based on the size of the member's English language teaching business, measured in student weeks or an equivalent. Basic subscriptions include a compulsory contribution towards our Student Emergency Support fund.
English UK also manages the invoicing for language centre members' annual Accreditation UK fee payable to the British Council and, if you have signed up for it, the Copyright Licensing Agency fee.
The English UK financial year runs from 1 January to 31 December. Changes to subscription rates are agreed annually.
The difference between private and state sector subscriptions
Private and state sector language centre members are invoiced in slightly different patterns.
Private centre subscriptions
Private sector member centres are required to pay by direct debit in instalments.
From 2023 private sector member centres will pay their basic subscriptions in seven instalments, from January to July; they will pay their supplementary subscriptions (if applicable), Accreditation UK fee and CLA fee (if applicable) in five instalments, from August to December.
State sector subscriptions
State sector member centres' subscription invoices (including the annual Accreditation UK fee) are issued in the first quarter of the year.
Subscription types: basic, supplementary and group
Basic subscriptions
The majority of individual member centres pay the same basic subscription, which in 2023 is £1,547.
There are reduced rates for very small centres that have fewer than 500 student weeks, while those who have group membership of English UK will pay a discounted rate for the second and subsequent centres .
Supplementary subscriptions: how much you will pay
One student week is calculated as one student taking ten or more hours of tuition in one week.
Supplementary subscription charges for 2023:
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Band
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Number of student weeks
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Supplementary subscription (2023)
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1
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< 1,000
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£0
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2
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1,001- 2,000
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£494
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3
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2,001- 6,000
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£855
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4
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6,001- 10,000
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£1,097
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5
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10,001- 20,000
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£2,386
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6
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20,001- 30,000
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£3,730
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7
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30,001- 40,000
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£4,937
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8
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40,001- 70,000
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£6,583
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9
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70,001 - 100,000
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£7,854
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10
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100,000 - 125,000
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£8,887
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11
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125,000+
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£10,971
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Group subscriptions in 2023
Groups of language teaching centres consisting of accredited centres in the same ownership will normally be treated as a group, and pay:
- £1,547 for the group plus
- £1,392 for the second and each subsequent centre joining the group i.e. £2,939 for a group of two centres, £4,331 for a group of three centres etc.
- A supplementary subscription based on the aggregated total of the student weeks taught by all centres in the group.
Applications to be treated as a group must be made or renewed every January. The association has discretion to decide what arrangements constitute a 'group' and continue to constitute a group. If a group ends its direct debit mandate, its individual centres will be assessed separately for their supplementary subscriptions.
Very small centres
English UK offers reduced basic subscription rates to enable the smallest ELT centres to join the association. Centres that have fewer than 500 student weeks are eligible for these reduced rates. .
In 2023, centres that regularly recorded between 251 and 500 student weeks pay a reduced basic subscription rate of £1,152. Those that recorded less than 250 student weeks pay £895.
Other fees for member centres
Copyright Licensing Agency fee
Private sector member centres can join the English UK Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) licence fee payment scheme, which gives members a saving of well over 50% per annum. For full details of the CLA payment scheme visit CLA & MPLC fees.
Accreditation UK annual fee
The Accreditation UK annual fee is calculated according to student week figures. Once member centres have submitted their annual student week data to English UK, English UK invoices for the accreditation fee on behalf of the British Council who administer the accreditation scheme on a day-to-day basis. This invoicing arrangment enables member centres to benefit from paying their accreditation fees in five instalments as opposed to one single payment.
The British Council's financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March.
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Accreditation UK annual fees (2023/24)
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Standard
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English UK member centres
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Band A
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0 < 250 student weeks
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£780
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£680
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Band B
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250-500 student weeks
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£820
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£720
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Band C
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500-2,000 student weeks
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£840
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£740
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Band D
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2,000-5,000 student weeks
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£915
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£815
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| Band E |
>5,000 |
£970 |
£870 |
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| SES |
All accredited centres not in English UK membership are required to pay an additional contribution to English UK's Student Emergency Support. This varies from £100 to £200 depending on the size (in student weeks) of the centre. |
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