Certification fees for food businesses to
Soil Association or EU organic standards
Application fees are payable on application and cover your first year with us.
Annual fees are based on your total organic certified sales each year, and are payable
on your annual renewal date.
Fees include your annual inspection and all core services throughout the year.
Certification fee / Fee before VAT / Fee including VATApplication fee – covering your first year with us / £699 / £838.80
Annual renewal fee – organic certified sales under £233,000, / £699 / £838.80
Annual renewal fee – organic certified sales between £233,001 and £2,150,000 / 0.003 multiplied by your organic certified sales
Annual renewal fee – organic certified sales over £2,150,001 / 0.003 multiplied by your organic certified sales for the first £2,150,000, plus
0.0015 multiplied by your organic certified sales between £2,150,001 and £4,000,000, plus
0.001 multiplied by your organic certified sales between £4,000,001and £20,600,000, plus
0.0003 multiplied by your organic certified sales over £20,600,001
Additional services available:
Fee before VAT / Fee including VATBritish Retail Consortium (BRC) audit and certification fee, with certification provided by 5* BRC certifier Kiwa PAI – for more information call us on 0117 914 2406 / £1,985(includes up to two days audit and all expenses) / £2,382
BRC audit and certification (BRC Storage & Distribution standard only) / £1,685 / £2,022
BRC standalone audit (not combined with an organic audit) / £2,085 / £2,502
Contracted symbol users (subject to our agreement, your subcontracted manufacturers can apply the symbol to your products regardless of their certification body) / £75 per contract / £90 per contract
Certification with Australian Certified Organic (ACO) to MAFRA standards, for exporting products to the Republic of Korea / £1,100 plus VAT inspection and certification fee, including certification fees payable to ACO
FEMAS (Feed Materials Assurance Scheme) / Fees payable direct to Kiwa PAI
Japanese Agricultural Standard, for exporting products to Japan / £105 inspection fee, plus additional fees payable direct to Japan Certification Services Inc.
AB logo, for exporting products to France (optional use of an additional logo) / £75 / £90
Abattoirs and butchers
To further support the Soil Association’s animal welfare programme we offer a reduced fee to abattoirs and butchers with certified organic sales of less than £233,000.
Fee before VAT / Fee including VATApplication/annual fee / £395 / £474
Fees for contracted storage or wholesale of pre-packaged organic food or drink products
If you store or wholesale certified organic products* that are fully packed and sealed, do not bear your company branding in any way, and are sourced from suppliers and sold to customers within the EU, the following fees will apply:
Fee before VAT / Fee including VATApplication/annual fee / £170 / £204
Inspection fee** / £370 / £444
* wholesaling licences are not required under EU regulations for organic health and beauty or textile products
** frequency of inspections will be determined on a risk assessment basis
Brandholders
Criteria / Fee structureBrandholders who source fully-packed and labelled products from EU-based non-SA certified suppliers, sell retail only, and do not carry out purchase of ingredients or manufacture / Please declare the purchase price paid to your supplier – fees will be based on our standard fee structure on page 1
Brandholders who source fully-packed and labelled products from EU-based suppliers, sell wholesale, and do not carry out purchase of ingredients or manufacture / Please declare the difference between your purchase and sales price – fees will be based on our standard fee structure on page 1
Brandholders who source fully-packed and labelled products from SA-certified suppliers, have the SA symbol applied to their products, sell retail-only, and do not carry out purchase of ingredients or manufacture / £165 plus VAT on application and annually
Catering Mark Supplier Scheme
The Catering Mark Supplier Scheme is for suppliers who can provide products which meet one or more of the Catering Mark Standards. Organic licensees are automatically eligible for this, and can join the scheme free of charge.
Fee before VAT / Fee including VAT at 20%Application/annual fee / £995 / £1,194
Application/annual fee for existing Soil Association symbol-holders / Free / Free
Application/annual fee alongside a licence for wholesaling of pre-packaged products / £495 / £594
Additional inspection fees
If more than one day is required for annual inspection, or an additional inspection is required during the year, these are charged at £370 plus VAT per day.
Inspection cancellation fees
Our inspections are carefully planned, please note if they are cancelled with fifteen or less working days’ notice from the agreed date we will make an additional charge of £190 + VAT.
Paying by instalments
Fees can be paid in six monthly instalments by way of a credit agreement from Premium Credit. Please note this involves an additional charge of 3.5% of the total value of the invoice, and a credit check may be required.
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