Costs
Here's what the £587 breaks down into....
Publication
of Banns of Marriage = £ 18
(SLCF
= £ 12, PCC =£ 6.00)
Banns
Certificate = £ 9 .00
Fee
payable to SLCF = £ 21
Fee
payable to PCC = £ 6.00
Wedding
Fees
Cost
of Marriage = £162
Fee
payable to SLCF= £ 78
Fee
payable to PCC= £84
Marriage
Certificate = £3.50
Total
fee payable to SLCF = £ 93.50 for a marriage in St. George’s Church
Additional
Costs
Organist
= £40 (£80 with a video recording)
Choir
=£75
Verger=£15
Use
of the building =£133.50
Maintenance
and Organ fund=£60
Flowers=
£40 (payable to Chris Wareham)
Total
payable for a marriage at St. George’s Church = £ 547
Increased
to £ 587 with a video
"PCC" means the Parochial Church Council, which is a long way of saying it gets paid to St Georges.
"SLCF" is the Diocese of Southwark, basically, the general Church of England charges.