Calculating your membership fee
There are three types of Bond membership and the calculation of your membership fee will depend on your membership type. You can find information on the membership types here.
New applicants
Once your application has been processed, the Membership and Communications team will calculate your membership fee. This is based on your organisation's annual expenditure as stated in your latest set of financial accounts (submitted with your application form). If you join part-way through a financial year, you will be invoiced for the remaining months and can then renew your membership from 1 April for the next financial year. We will contact you with a renewal notice in January/February.
Current members
Memberships run in line with the financial year. In January/February, we will ask your Bond Contact to provide your annual expenditure figures as stated in your latest set of financial accounts in order to calculate your fee for the coming financial year. We will then send you a renewal notice for payment by 1 April.
1) Full membership fee calculation
The full membership fee is made up of three parts: the base fee, the unrestricted fund additional payment (UFAP) and an out of London reduction for members based outside London. This is based on the expenditure figures in the latest set of annual accounts submitted to the Charity Commission.
a) The base fee
This is based on an organisation's total annual expenditure.
| Category |
Annual expenditure |
Base fee |
| A | < £100,000 | £115 |
| B | £100,000 - £500,000 | £240 |
| C | £500,000 - £2 million | £525 |
| D | £2 million - £5 million | £920 |
| E | £5 million - £20 million | £2,285 |
| F | £20 million - £40 million | £3,990 |
| G | > £40 million | £4,725 |
Base fees from 1 April 2012 will be:
| Category |
Annual expenditure |
Base fee |
| A | < £100,000 | £120 |
| B | £100,000 - £500,000 | £250 |
| C | £500,000 - £2 million | £540 |
| D | £2 million - £5 million | £950 |
| E | £5 million - £20 million | £2,355 |
| F | £20 million - £40 million | £4,110 |
| G | > £40 million | £4,870 |
b) The unrestricted fund additional payment (UFAP)
The UFAP is an additional payment added to the base fee and represents a small percentage of an organisation's total unrestricted expenditure. The principle behind this component is that organisations have more flexibility when using unrestricted compared to restricted funds. The UFAP currently stands at 0.0225 per cent of an organisation's unrestricted expenditure.
Please note that this additional percentage fee does not apply to Grade A and Grade B members. Grade A and Grade B members with an unrestricted component to their income pay a flat fee of respectively £5 and £25, which replaces the UFAP element and is added to the base fee outlined above.
c) The out of London reduction
The 'out of London reduction' constitutes a percentage reduction on the base fee plus the UFAP fee and is calculated based on the member's distance from London. It takes account of consistent member feedback and recognises that members located outside of London incur additional staff and travel costs to use Bond's services or attend meetings.
We use the route planner tool of the AA website to get the distance figure. Please note that Westminster cathedral's postcode (SW1P 1QW) is entered as the starting point.
| Distance from London | Percentage reduction on total fees |
| 50 - 150 miles | 5% |
| 150 - 300 miles | 10% |
| 300 miles or more | 15% |
Worked example
Organisation X has a total expenditure of £4m, of which £1m is unrestricted. It is based 125m outside of London. Its membership fee would be:
| Base fee (category D) | £950 |
| Plus UFAP @ 0.0225% (ie. £1 million x 0.000225) | £225 |
| Subtotal | £1,175 |
| Less distance from London (5%) | £58.75 |
| Membership fee | £1,116.25 |
2) Associate membership fee calculation
Bond associate members are placed in categories based on their total annual expenditure and charged 50% of the full member base fee. You can view the membership categories and full member base fees here.
3) Provisional membership fee calculation
Provisional Members are charged the full Base Fee appropriate to their expenditure. If financial information is not available, the standard base fee for Grade A members applies for ONE year only.
