CPAA Fees

The Certified Public Accountants Association is a non-profit, with over 95% of our turnover generated by membership fees/subscriptions. Our Members power all that we do.  

The Association provides important services to our Members, the wider accountancy profession and the public. This ranges from providing high quality technical CPD free to our Members, to investigating complaints from the public when it is felt one of our Members has fallen short of our high standards. In order to fund these activities the Association generates funds by charging membership fees. 

In addition to membership fees we also impose penalties and fines. These are designed to act as sanctions against Members who have failed to meet CPAA's high standards. We only impose these when absolutely necessary as part of our disciplinary processes or to incentivise future compliance. 

Membership Fees

The below table details our current fees. Please note that all fees are charged in GBP and a monthly direct debit facility is only avilable to Members with UK bank accounts in accordance with our Fees and Refunds Policy. Practising members paying monthly will pay one monthly direct debit of £55.

Member Application Fees

All applicants for Membership must pay an application fee of £150 at the time their application is submitted.

This fee is non-refundable. CPAA incurs costs in assessing applications and onboarding new members. This includes, for example, providing access to CPAA-produced onboarding training and carrying out independent checks with third parties such as Trust Online.

If an application becomes inactive — meaning the applicant does not respond to CPAA correspondence for a period of three months — the application will be closed and deleted. In such circumstances, the application fee will remain non-refundable.

Qualification/Student Fees

In order to complete a CPAA qualification, students must purchase a Certification Pack. These Packs contain everything a student needs to complete the qualification. Each Certification Pack for the Professional Certification costs £675. 

Students may incur additional, optional, costs if they use third party support in their studies. This is not required to complete the qualifications. 

Member Insurance Scheme Surcharge

Practising Members of the CPAA can enrol in the CPAA Member Insurance Scheme, which includes a comprehensive Professional Indemnity Insurance Policy. Details can be found here. Practising Members are asked if they want to enrol on the Scheme during the application process, and can request enrolment at any time by emailing admin@cpaa.co.uk. 

There is an additional surcharge to be enrolled on the scheme. If the Member pays their Membership Fee monthly an additional £34 will be applied to each monthly direct debit, resulting in a total monthly direct debit of £89. If the Member pays their Membership Fee annually an additional £408 will be payable on renewal, resulting in a total annual cost of £1,068.