UAV,
The lead article in the August edition of Flight Training News talks about the latest charging proposals to come out of the CAA's Finance Advisory Committee. It appears that the CAA are in serious financial difficulty, not least because they are required to make a 6% profit each year to pay back a government loan which was presumably taken out to pay for the Belgrano.
According to the article, the CAA are proposing a 140% increase for auditing FTOs providing integrated training - just a tad more than inflation !
At the end of the article it says that the British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA) are looking for examples of excessive or unnecessary CAA charges which they can use in their battle to get regulatory costs brought down. They are asking for examples to be forwarded to them at info @ bbga.aero so you may wish to drop them a line.
Cheers, jez