Wholesale
Price List
View all the pricing options for Access Letters and Wholesale Parcels Contracts
How our pricing works
There are different pricing options for Access postings; two price plans with national prices, a regional price plan and a zonal price plan. Take a look at our Quick Guide to Price Plans.
Schedule 3 of the Access Letters contract and the Wholesale Parcels contract contains full details about our price plans.
The files below provide the actual prices for each of our Access services*.
In preparation of this data, we have made every effort to provide the most current and correct tariff information possible. However, inadvertent errors can occur and applicable prices do change from time to time.
The tariff data in the Excel spreadsheets on this site may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including by photocopying, facsimile transmission, recording, re-keying, or using any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Royal Mail.
Price Lists
Access Letters Contract Prices
Access Letters Contract Compensation Rates
- Compensation Rates effective from 31 March 2025:
- Band 1 Compensation Rate (Standard and Mailmark Economy): 1.990 pence per item
- Band 2 Compensation Rate (Standard and Mailmark Economy): 4.264 pence per item
- Compensation Rates effective from 2 January 2025:
- Band 1 Compensation Rate (Standard and Mailmark Economy): 1.776 pence per item
- Band 2 Compensation Rate (Standard and Mailmark Economy): 3.804 pence per item
JICMAIL Levy Cap
- £5000 (up to 31 December 2024)
- £5750 (from 1 January 2025)
Wholesale Parcels Contract Prices
Prices for Existing C9 Premium Agreements
C9 Premium prices from summer 2025 (effective on same date Access Letters Contract Change Notice 114 takes effect)
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Prices for Postal Common Operations Procedures Agreement (PCOPA)
This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions on which Licensed Operators are to treat misdirected and miscollected mail. Royal Mail, as secretary of PCOPA, is responsible for publishing PCOPA prices.
Prices from 1 January 2023:
PCOPA Item Charge: 11.57p
PCOPA Mail Centre Collection Fee: £2.57
(The postage charge that is applied for customers electing to have the items posted back is 2nd Class. The 1st Class prevailing rates will apply if a customer elects to collect from a Mail Centre and fails to do so after 2 days)