Pay annual RICS professional and candidate fees in one consolidated invoice for your employees.
Use this page to access key dates, templates, frequently asked questions, and terms to manage the scheme.
To join or learn more, visit Corporate Payment Scheme Registration.
| Date | Action |
| Round 1: August 2025 | RICS will email firms to complete the Data Input Template for Round 1. |
| September 2025 | Deadline to submit employee data to contactrics@rics.org. |
| October - November 2025 | RICS will email firms cost breakdowns and invoices based on the data submitted in Round 1. |
| Round 2: January 2026 | RICS will email firms to complete the Data Input Template for Round 2 including a section for refund requests for employees who left before 31 January. RICS will then contact these employees directly to collect payment and notify them they are no longer covered under the scheme. |
| Feburary 2026 | Deadline to submit new starter data and refund requests to contactrics@rics.org. |
| March - April 2026 | RICS will email firms cost breakdowns and invoices for Round 2. |
| Round 3: July 2026 | RICS will email firms with a list of employees who have recently passed their RICS assessments, including Upgrade Fees (the fee difference between candidacy and full membership) and the Election Fee (for designation changes). Important: RICS do not require a Data Input Template for Round 3. |
| August 2026 | RICS will email firms with cost breakdowns and invoices for Round 3. |
Download the template to provide a list of employees whose fees your firm will cover. Once completed, email the template to contactrics@rics.org.
When completing the template:
Review and download the policy and commitment details for 2025:
RICS has many membership grades, this depends on the route of qualification your employees have undertaken or working towards currently. Please see listed below our membership grades:
RICS has recently increased fees further information by region can be found via the below link Professional fees 2025.
LionHeart is an amazing charity which works with our qualified members and candidates of RICS they offer a range of resources and support to your employees. We do not include LionHeart donations within any of your cost breakdowns issued for corporate payment, however if your firm is wishing to donate to LionHeart this can be done via the below link - LionHeart - Donate.
Yes, RICS offers concessions for your employee’s individual circumstances which may reduce their fees for 2026 and CPD requirements. We have recently had changes to the concessions which we offer further information can be found via the below link – if your employees require a concession at any stage of the campaign RICS will honour and refund the difference paid by your firm. Typically, this information should be provided to RICS on the data input template which you return. Concessions.
Round One - Data is requested from firms in August and Invoices are sent out no later than November.
Round Two - Data is requested from firms in January and Invoices are sent out no later than March.
Round Three - Historic Data is used to establish newly qualified members and the invoice is sent no later than August.
Yes, RICS will always send an email communication to the registered firm contact notifying them of any membership numbers supplied on your data input template which does not match our internal system.
We issue all our invoice due dates with a 30-day payment term. RICS will expect cleared funds by your invoice due date. Failure to make payment will result in RICS contacting the registered point of contact with the support of our credit control team, to seek a payment commitment date. If unexpected issues arise, please contact contactrics@rics.org and supply us with a payment deadline cleared funds will be received to avoid chaser communication from our credit control team.
If your registered firm contact provided on your data input template has changed – please forward this notification to contactrics@rics.org for us to update our system we will require, their first name, surname & email address / telephone number.
RICS has scheduled checks to ensure if an employee has a valid membership as a candidate – if we can see our system is flagging your employee as not yet enrolled will flag this information at the bottom of your cost breakdown tab.
Further information on enrolling your candidates can be found via our Corporate Enrolment Team – their dedicated email address is corporatenrolments@rics.org.
If the employee is showing on our system as being enrolled but not in active membership due to non-payment or a different reason i.e regulation compliance they will need to complete a readmission process which is not billable via the corporate payment scheme due to a separate processes needing to be completed – they can contact readmissions@rics.org or find further information on our readmission process via this link - Readmission to RICS.
RICS has scheduled checks to ensure if an employee has made payment in the interim of issuing your invoice, we will flag this information at the bottom of your cost breakdown tab, so we are not double charging your firm.
All corporate firms will have a revision deadline specified when the invoice is sent, during this period (2 weeks prior to your invoice becoming due for payment) your firm is able to send any leavers to be updated on the invoice, and any new additions which need to be added to your Round 1 invoice.
Once your revision deadline has then passed you will need to include any new starters on your Round 2 Data Input Template & claim any refunds for leavers on this requested template sent us in January 2026 as no further revisions will be honoured after this time.
Please note any new starters waiting to be submitted on your Round 2 Data Input Template – may need to be notified to disregard any renewal reminders in the interim of us receiving your Round 2 Data Input Template.
The Corporate Team will be able to add any new starters after your Round 2 invoice has been issued to Round 3 which takes place in July 2026 – this round is typically for any upgrade / election charges once your employees pass their RICS assessments, and gain qualification, however, if you have new starters you can notify contactrics@rics.org to add to your corporate payment scheme for 2026.
Please note if you add employees to Round 3 RICS will not request a data template – as this round is only used for assessment related fees, therefore if you require to add someone you will be liable for their subscription fees and no removals can take place once added for 2026 please send membership number first name surname to contactrics@rics.org.
When your employees sign into their RICS Portal View – they will see the below wording, confirming your firm will be making payment for their candidate or professional fees for 2026. This will also restrict the system in allowing them to select or make payment through another means.
Please note, your employees will be able to download and see their corporate invoice, however payment is not allowed on the system – once paid the invoice will show as paid on their account.
Point of contact within your firm is also provided, and our main email address for any queries your employees have.
We only offer 1 payment method currently which is a BACS payment which will need to be made to the specified bank account listed on the PDF invoice issued to your firm.
All corporate invoices have a CPS reference included, we always urge you to include this reference when a BACS payment is made to ensure our finance department, can identify your payment, and allocate towards your employees RICS records. If you have not included this reference, it may lead us to send chasers to the registered firm contact seeking a payment commitment date – please always ensure your remittance is sent to BACSID@rics.org.
If you are wishing to gain a refund for an employee who has left your firm, RICS will expect these details to be provided on your Round 2 Data Input Template, we will have a specified tab for any new starters and a tab for any leavers you wish to claim a refund for.
As per our Terms and Conditions for 2026 – if you wish to claim a refund your employee must have left your firms employment prior to the 31st of January their leaver date will need to be specified on your Round 2 Data Input Template – if not provided RICS will reach out to gain this information from you.
Any leavers after the 31st of January 2026 must be recoup via your employee directly as RICS will not issue any refunds for leavers after the 31st of January 2026.
If your firm is wishing to withdraw from the scheme, please contact contactrics@rics.org to update our system, and ensure any pending invoices are cancelled and re-addressed to your employees for payment directly.
We have 2 contact methods for the Corporate Team, we have a dedicated email address which is contactrics@rics.org alternatively, you can contact our Corporate Team Monday to Friday 9:00am-5:00pm on 02475 095359.
If you have left you firms employment prior to the 31st of January your firm will notify RICS, in February in which case the Corporate Team will make contact via email to inform you, and relay payment options now available for your 2026 subscription fees.
If you change employer we suggest you email the details of your new employer to contactrics@rics.org if we are still within our invoicing months and your previous firm have requested a refund, we can contact the point of contact within your new firm to add you onto their scheme if registered a part of the corporate payment scheme.
Concessions are available for your firm to apply on behalf of yourself, it is important RICS are made aware of these circumstances, as your employer may need a refund if full feed have been paid, further information on concessionary rates, and reduced CPD hours can be found here: Concessions (rics.org).
We encourage all employees to inform their firm of concessions which are applicable so they can return on their data input templates for 2026.
When firms cover membership fees for their employees, LionHeart misses out on vital individual donations that provide essential support for surveyors and their families who happen to have hit a bump in the road, and need somewhere to turn.
LionHeart receives no funding from the RICS and, as an independent charity, relies on generous individual and corporate donations to fund its services.
With more firms now joining the corporate payment scheme and paying subs on behalf of their employees, this has contributed to a significant drop in individual donations to LionHeart – at a time when demand for their services has more than doubled over the last six years.
How your firm can help:
Visit LionHeart – Corporate Support to learn more or donate online.
Visit Contact Us for regional support and phone numbers or email contactrics@rics.org.
