Joining Crowdcube is free – there is no fee being a member of our investor community.
When you make an investment, you will be charged an investment fee of 1.65%, but there are no annual fees for the ongoing support we provide once you’ve made an investment. If you make a profit on your investment, we will take a 5% success fee.
Read more about these fees below.
Investment fee
When you make an investment, we will charge you a fee of 1.65% (increased from 1.5% as of 1 February 2022) of the amount invested, subject to a minimum of £0.50/€0.50 and capped at a maximum of £250/€250.
You’ll see this fee, including the exact amount being applied to your investment, outlined in the investment process before your investment is pledged, but it will only be collected when we take the payment for your investment.
The investment fee covers some of our costs associated with providing access to investment opportunities on the platform. This includes:
- The running and optimisation of the Crowdcube platform, which enables investors to access some of the most exciting and ambitious businesses from the UK and overseas 24/7.
- Our compliance and legal team, which undertakes the due diligence outlined in our Charter to ensure a pitch is ‘fair, clear and not misleading’ for investors.
- Managing the completion of an investment including payment capture, anti-money laundering checks and issuing of share certificates.
For example:
|
Your investment |
Crowdcube’s investment fee |
Total amount collected |
|
£10 |
£0.50 (Minimum fee of £0.50 applied) |
£10.50 |
|
£25 |
£0.50 (Minimum fee of £0.50 applied) |
£25.50 |
|
£250 |
£4.13 (1.65% fee applied) |
£254.13 |
|
£2,500 |
£41.25 (1.65% fee applied) |
£2,541.25 |
|
£12,500 |
£206.25 (1.65% fee applied) |
£12,706.25 |
|
£25,000 |
£250.00 (£250 cap applied) |
£25,250.00 |
|
£250,000 |
£250.00 (£250 cap applied) |
£250,250.00 |
Success fee
The success fee aligns our long-term success to yours, so is only payable if you make a profit on your investment. If you make a return on your investment, you’ll keep 95% of any profit, and we’ll take a 5% fee for managing your investment over the years. If your investment doesn’t make a profit, then there is no charge.
For example, if you invest £10,000 and receive a return of £100,000, you’ll receive your £10,000 investment back, as well as 95% of the £90,000 profit, which equates to £95,500. Crowdcube’s success fee would be £4,500, which equates to 5% of the £90,000 profit.
The fee only applies to profits made on investments in businesses that opened to investment on or after 1 April 2021.
The success fee, which is sometimes also known as ‘carry’, covers all the work we undertake to manage your investment. This includes:
- Liaising with companies to ensure you’re kept up to date with key business updates, and where relevant, managing investor votes to ensure you have your say on important business decisions.
- Managing pre-emption and follow-on rounds to ensure you can maintain your stake in the company and continue to fuel its growth.
- Taking care of all the admin needed to receive a return on your investment when a business you have invested in exits, pays a dividend or sells shares via a secondary share sale.
