Parish OfficeTHE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
TABLE OF PAROCHIAL FEES
FROM 1 JANUARY 2008
Prepared by the Archbishops' Council
The main fees that are currently payable by law (excluding 'Extras' (See Note 1)) are set out below:
MARRIAGES
- Publication of banns £22.00
- Certificate of banns, if required £12.00
- Marriage service £247.00
- Marriage certificate, at registration, if required (See Note 2) £3.50
BAPTISMS
- There is no fee for a service of baptism.
- Certificate of baptism, if required £12.00
FUNERALS
- Service (in church, cemetery or crematorium) (See Note 3) £96.00
- Burial in churchyard following on from service in church £184.00
- Burial in churchyard on a separate occasion or without service in church £220.00
- Burial certificate, if required £12.00
MONUMENTS(See Note 4)
- These normally range from £21.00 to £149.00 depending on the type and size of the monument required.
SEARCHES IN REGISTERS, ETC.
- For the first hour (inclusive of one copy of an entry in certain registers) £19.00
- For each subsequent hour or part of an hour £16.00
- Additional copies of entries £19.00
Notes:
(1) The fees listed above are the statutory fees payable. It is stressed that the figures do not include any charges for extras such as music (e.g. organist, choir), bells, flowers, and special heating, which are fixed by the Parochial Church Council.
(2) The fee for a marriage certificate is fixed by the Registrar General. It may be increased from 1 April 2008.
(3) If a cemetery or cremation authority has itself fixed different charges for the minister's services in a cemetery or crematorium such charges will take precedence over those specified here.
(4) 'Monument', here, is a technical term and includes, for example, a gravestone or headstone.
Published by
Ministry Division
The Archbishops’ Council Church House, Great Smith Street London SW1P 3AZ
For more information please visit www.cofe.anglican.org/lifeevents/fees