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Costs

How much does it cost to change your name in the UK?

What a change of name costs in the UK: nothing for a home-made deed poll, £18.50 drafted by us, £53.05 to enrol, £102 for a passport, nothing for a driving licence.

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The short answer

The deed poll itself costs nothing if you write it from GOV.UK's wording, £18.50 drafted by us, or £53.05 in court fees if you choose to enrol it. The expensive part is the passport: a change of name means a new one, £102 online. A driving licence and V5C are free, and organisations do not charge to update their records.

Key facts

A deed poll
Free to write yourself; £18.50 from us; £53.05 to enrol with the High Court
Certified copies
Ours are £6 for 2 up to £25 for 20
Passport in the new name
£102 online, £115.50 by paper form; Fast Track £192
Driving licence and V5C
Free
Everything else
Organisations do not charge
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On this page 6 sections
  1. The deed poll
  2. Government documents in the new name
  3. Everything else
  4. Using the deed abroad
  5. What there is no charge for
  6. A typical total

The deed poll#

  • Writing your own: nothing. GOV.UK publishes the wording, and the deed is valid once signed in front of witnesses.
  • Drafted by us: £18.50 for an adult, child or replacement deed poll, plus Royal Mail delivery from £2.99. Certified copies are £6 for 2, £10 for 6, £15 for 10, £20 for 15 or £25 for 20, and a board-backed envelope is £1.99. Every price is on the prices and delivery page.
  • A solicitor: GOV.UK notes a solicitor may charge a fee; solicitors set their own, and a solicitor is not needed for the deed to be valid.
  • Enrolling with the High Court: £53.05 in court fees, which is optional and does not make the deed more likely to be accepted.

Government documents in the new name#

  • Passport: £102 applying online or £115.50 on a paper form, because a change of name means a new passport rather than an amendment. The 1 week Fast Track service is £192 for an adult and £156.50 for a child.
  • Driving licence: free. Changing the photo at the same time is £17.
  • V5C log book: free.
  • Recording the change in Scotland: £40 with National Records of Scotland, plus £10 for each additional family member applying at the same time, and only for births registered in Scotland.

Everything else#

Banks, lenders, pensions, insurers, employers, utilities, HMRC and your council update a name for nothing. Where an organisation keeps a certified copy of the deed, the cost is the copy.

Using the deed abroad#

Countries that ask for an apostille add the Legalisation Office's fee: GOV.UK's legalisation service charges per document, with a paper apostille and an e-Apostille priced separately, and a notary's certification, where one is asked for, is charged at the notary's own rate. Using a UK deed poll abroad.

What there is no charge for#

There is no annual fee, no renewal and no subscription attached to a deed poll. If a company is taking money from you every month for one, it is not us, and is someone charging me every month for a deed poll? explains what to do.

A typical total#

Someone changing their surname, ordering ten certified copies from us with Tracked delivery, and renewing their passport online: £18.50 plus £15 plus £6.99 plus £102, which is £142.49, of which the passport is the greater part. Someone who writes their own deed and has no passport to renew pays nothing at all.

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