The APC levy is the visible cost. The evidence behind it is the real one
Each passenger on an ATOL protected booking pays the APC levy. Beyond that, the cost of a licence depends on the protection arrangement, the bond or insurance behind it and how much work the reporting takes.
What the APC levy covers.
The APC levy is a per-passenger payment that funds the ATOL protection scheme. Since it was introduced it has been a flat fee for every passenger, whatever the booking is worth or what other protection is in place.
Flat today
The levy is currently set at £2.50 per passenger, regardless of booking value or the protection arrangement behind it.
Quarterly APC returns
APC figures are reported on a regular cycle. Each line should be traceable to the bookings and payments that produced it.
Variable levy under review
The CAA has proposed a range from £0.50 to £15 with risk and value based options. Businesses that can show protected funds may pay less.
What sits around the licence.
Beyond the levy, the cost of holding an ATOL depends on how protection is arranged. Bond providers, insurers and trustees each look at the same booking-level evidence before they price their part.
Bonds and insurance
Bond and insurance terms reflect how risky the business looks and how well its funds are evidenced. Clean data is the most direct way to influence them.
Trustee and accountant time
Each review that has to rebuild figures from exports adds cost. Connected reporting reduces the hours spent on the same numbers every cycle.
Protected funds
Holding and releasing customer money in line with the protection structure is what makes the rest of the cost predictable.
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