Membership fees
Following a review, the SER Board of Directors have agreed the following changes to membership fees for the SER scheme. These will be implemented from 1 January 2026 and will apply to all payments made after that date. Note that for renewals, this means that the fee charged will depend on the date of payment, not the date the renewal was due.
Applications
- Approved Certifier £65 + VAT
- Approved Body £250 + VAT
- Discounted rate for Sole Practitioner Approved Body £100 + VAT
Annual renewals
- Approved Certifier £50 + VAT
- Approved Body £200 + VAT
- Discounted rate for Sole Practitioner Approved Body £100 + VAT
Workshop fees
From 01/01/2026, the cost of attending an SER certification workshop will be £200+VAT.
Certificate fees
SER Approved Bodies and Approved Certifiers were informed in 2024 that the SER Board of Directors had reviewed the fees charged for certificates, being particularly concerned that the low minimum certificate fee in respect to project costs devalues certification. It was therefore agreed to increase the minimum certificate fee from £50 to £75 incrementally over a period of 3 years, and thereafter in line with inflation.
In addition, it was agreed that the charge for additional certificates would be increased from £35 to £50 incrementally over a period of 3 years, and thereafter in line with inflation.
You are therefore reminded that the minimum and additional certificate fees from 01/01/2026 will be as follows:
| Year |
Minimum Certificate fee |
Additional Certificate fee |
| 2026 |
£75 |
£50 |
Costs of additional certificates
SER would recommend that scheme members make their clients aware of potential additional certificate costs where:
- an additional certificate is required to cover post-certification changes which require an amendment of warrant application with appropriate amendment of warrant certificate
- subsequent stages of a warrant application require a further SER Certificate
- additional certificates are required for any other purpose