FE7 form: ask for a charging order on the debtor's shares or securities
Form FE7 asks the court to make a charging order on securities, such as shares or government stock, owned by the debtor, securing money a family court order says they must pay.
Fill in the FE7 form with Wren
How Wren helps with the FE7
Official forms are written for lawyers. With Wren you do not have to decode this one on your own, and you still follow the court’s procedure.
- Plain questions, one at a timeEach part of the FE7 becomes short questions in everyday words. Answer at your own pace and come back to it.
- Help beside each questionWhat the question is asking and what the official guidance says about it, in plain English.
- The official form, filled inYour answers go into the official FE7. You check it, sign it and send it yourself. Nothing goes to the court for you.
- What comes next, kept with your caseWhat usually happens after you send it, with the dates worked out from the published rules.
Time and money
- On your own
- A day or more
- With Wren
- About an hour for most forms
- Solicitor for this form
- £740 to £1,2403 to 5 hours
A solicitor’s time for the FE7 can run to £1,240. With Wren it is part of £19.99 a month, and it takes about an hour for most forms rather than a day or more.
Times and hours are Wren’s estimates for a typical case, not quotes. Solicitor costs are those hours at £247 an hour, the courts’ guideline rate for a solicitor with over four years’ experience, outside London (GOV.UK, Solicitors' guideline hourly rates (in effect from 1 January 2026)). The guideline runs from £200 to £295 an hour outside London depending on experience, firms set their own rates, and VAT is added on top.
Key facts
- Official title
- Application for charging order on securities: Form FE7
- Edition
- 04.17 (5 pages).Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Fee
- £44 for each charging order applied for (fees order 12.3).Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Interim order
- An interim charging order on securities stops the debtor dealing with them, and the body that keeps the register is served so that it does not permit a transfer (FPR 40.6 and 40.7).Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Hearing
- The interim order and the application are served at least 21 days before the hearing; objections are filed at least 7 days before it (FPR 40.6 and 40.8).Source: official page (external source, opens in a new tab)
Who uses the FE7
A person owed money under a family court order where the debtor holds shares, stock, unit trusts or other securities.
When it is used
After money due under the order has not been paid. As with land, the application is made without notice and dealt with first without a hearing (FPR 40.4 and 40.5).
Before you start
- The order you are enforcing and the amount unpaid.
- Details of the securities: the company or body, the type and, if known, the amount or number held.
- Who keeps the register of the securities, so it can be served.
How to fill in the FE7
Open each part for what it asks and how to answer it. In Wren, each part is a few plain questions, and your answers fill in the form.
Pages 1 to 3: the order and the debtor
The court and case, the parties, the order and the amount owed.
Pages 3 to 5: the securities and others affected
The securities, any interest claimed, other creditors and other people affected, then the statement of truth and your address for service.
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What happens after you send it
If the court makes an interim order you serve it as the rules require. At the hearing the court decides whether to make the order final.
Common mistakes
- Not identifying the securities clearly enough for the register keeper to act.
- Not serving the register keeper as well as the debtor.
Common questions
What are securities?
Things such as shares in a company, government stock and units in a unit trust. The form lists the kinds it covers.
Can the debtor sell the shares meanwhile?
An interim charging order on securities has effect to stop a transfer once the right people are served (FPR 40.7).
Where these facts come from
These are the official rules and pages this page is based on. They are listed so you can check a detail for yourself; you do not need them to use Wren. They are outside Wren and open in a new tab.
- GOV.UK: Application for charging order on securities: Form FE7 (external source, opens in a new tab)
- FPR 2010 Part 33: enforcement (external source, opens in a new tab)
- FPR 2010 Part 40: charging orders (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Court fees (EX50) (external source, opens in a new tab)
- Pinned template FE7 (04.17) (external source, opens in a new tab)