Archives fees and charges

View information on fees and charges for the archives service.

List of fees and charges - Archives service

Copying services

 All orders placed by post/email:

  • £9.50 per fifteen minutes. We produce digital images as standard, if hard copies are required additional postage and packaging costs will be charged.
  • We also reserve the right to charge in addition a research fee (at £38 per hour) in the case of complex orders.

Quick look up fee

£9.50 will be charged for a 15-minute look-up to search an identified document for a specific piece of information. 

Research fee (Stoke-on-Trent City Archives Service)

  • £38 per hour (minimum charge £9.50 for 15 minutes)

Certification fee

  •  £19 per document

Computer print out for in person visitors

  • A4: 20p per copy (Staffordshire)
  • A4: 10p per copy (Stoke-on-Trent)

Photocopy orders identified and placed by in person visitors

  • Black and white or colour £1.60 per copy.

Photography

Permits for use of hand held camera

  • Daily permit: £8.00
  • Annual Permit: £50

Specialist private photography

Proportion of staff time required to facilitate photography, based on current research fee scale. 

In-house photographic service fees incl: large scanning orders

£38 per hour for all time spent processing your order. Images will usually be provided by FTP server download. A minimum charge of £19 is payable per order. 

We also reserve the right to charge in addition a proportion of research fee in the case of complex orders. 

Licence fees

Commercial publication or exhibition

  • This includes websites and excludes eBooks and DVDs:
    £60 for single item; £35 for each additional item.
     
  • This includes websites, eBooks and DVDs:
    £80 for a single item; £40 for additional item; plus £60 per order for e-books

Community/academic publication or exhibition

£20 for a single item; £7.50 each additional item.

TV broadcast and onsite filming and online publishing

£260 per item; plus £110 for each subsequent item; plus staff time and travel expenses if staff are involved.

Talks and visits

Weekday talks included in talks programme

£60 county/city; £60 plus travel time out of county

Group visits to Collections Stores

£5 per head (including refreshments). Minimum charge £60 per group. 

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