Fixed Fee

The fixed-amount component of enforcement fees that does not vary with the size of the debt. Under the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) Regulations 2014, fixed fees include the compliance fee (£79), the fixed element of the enforcement stage, and the fixed element of the sale stage.

In practice

Fixed fees provide certainty for both creditors and debtors about the minimum cost of enforcement at each stage. The compliance fee of £79 is entirely fixed. The enforcement and sale stages combine a fixed element with a percentage element. For debts below the percentage threshold (£1,500 for Table 1, £1,000 for Table 2), only the fixed element applies.