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Licence activities

Non-remote betting intermediary licence

This licence allows you to bring two or more betting parties together so they can bet against each other, but you never have liability for their bets. An example of a non-remote betting intermediary is a tic-tac at a racecourse.

Important

This page contains upcoming changes to fees.

New fees come into effect on 1 October 2026.

More information is available in the consultation response on proposals for changes to Gambling Commission fees (opens in new tab).

Betting intermediaries can be remote or non-remote. The need for a betting intermediary licence will depend upon whether or not facilities for gambling are provided under Section 5 of the Gambling Act 2005 (opens in new tab).

Current application fees

Fee category Annual gross gambling yield Application fee
A1 Less than £5.5 million £285
B1 £5.5 million or greater, up to but excluding £110 million £285
C1 £110 million or greater £285

Application fees from 1 October 2026

Fee category Annual gross gambling yield Application Fee
A1 Less than £250,000 £2,592
A2 £250,000 or greater, up to but excluding £875,000 £3,246
A3 £875,000 or greater, up to but excluding £3 million £4,066
B1 £3 million or greater, up to but excluding £10.5 million £5,262
B2 £10.5 million or greater, up to but excluding £36.75 million £6,811
B3 £36.75 million or greater, up to but excluding £130 million £8,815
C1 £130 million or greater, up to but excluding £455 million £11,409
D1 £455 million or greater, up to but excluding £655 million £13,290
E1 £655 million or greater £17,941

Current annual fees

Your first annual fee is due 30 days after your licence is issued and is reduced by 25 percent (ancillary and linked licence annual fees are not subject to this reduction).

After this, fees are due every year before the anniversary of the day your licence was issued.

Fee category Annual gross gambling yield Annual fee
A1 Less than £5.5 million £322
B1 £5.5 million or greater, up to but excluding £110 million £4,919
C1 £110 million or greater £4,989

Annual fees from 1 October 2026

Fee category Annual gross gambling yield Annual Fee
A1 Less than £250,000 £2,216
A2 £250,000 or greater, up to but excluding £875,000 £4,760
A3 £875,000 or greater, up to but excluding £3 million £5,962
B1 £3 million or greater, up to but excluding £10.5 million £7,290
B2 £10.5 million or greater, up to but excluding £36.75 million £9,922
B3 £36.75 million or greater, up to but excluding £130 million £27,514
C1 £130 million or greater, up to but excluding £455 million £90,000
D1 £455 million or greater, up to but excluding £655 million £139,614
E1 £655 million or greater £189,227 plus £49,614 for each complete additional £200 million of annual gross gambling yield above £655 million

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Last updated: 6 July 2026

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Addition of new fees that come into effect on 1 October 2026 have been added.

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