Wedding deposit lose

Olliaura

Thanks people for been so supportive !

duchy

InsideInsurance wrote: »

The world changes in 22 years:

http://www.churchofengland.org/media/1492218/fees%20table%202014%20short%20summary.pdf

There is a minimum fee that all CoE churches charge but this is just for the basic service and doesnt include the organist or anything else. Some will also expect a "donation" to be made on top of the statutory fee.

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I was thinking that my first marriage was over 22 years ago and I recalled there were fees even back then.

andygb

InsideInsurance wrote: »

The world changes in 22 years:

http://www.churchofengland.org/media/1492218/fees%20table%202014%20short%20summary.pdf

There is a minimum fee that all CoE churches charge but this is just for the basic service and doesnt include the organist or anything else. Some will also expect a "donation" to be made on top of the statutory fee.


As to the OP - as others have subsequently pointed out, any contract can only withhold monies that represent the true or average loss they have sustained by you wanting to break the contract. In theory you could help them secure an alternative client for the date and thus get your deposit back but that really depends on if you know anyone that is likely to want a venue for something (obv wouldnt have to be a wedding)

Ah, the CoE, I was married in a Catholic church.;)

tallyho88

Pay it off in instalments, use the venue for a massive !!!! up? Just a suggestion.....

thorsoak

This thread was started on 3rd March of this year, OP last posted on it on 4th March ....think it's safe to say that the matter is now resolved

Bella73

andygb wrote: »

If it was me, I would find the £280 somehow, and then go ahead with the wedding, cutting back to the bare bones on ALL other expenses.
What I cannot understand, is why the church costs anything at all, because when I got married (nearly 22 years ago) the church didn't charge us.
As others have said, do a buffet (or maybe a fish supper - we had one of those at a wedding last year, and it was one of the best wedding meals we have ever had - everyone loved it), get someone you know to do the photos, have a pay bar, and try to hire as cheap a hall as possible.

Because the Church has realised that lots of couples who they never see only get married in Church because it is pretty, I think you will find for regular attenders the fee is either waived or very much reduced.

Homeownertobe

Bella73 wrote: »

Because the Church has realised that lots of couples who they never see only get married in Church because it is pretty, I think you will find for regular attenders the fee is either waived or very much reduced.

I would hope HMRC is investigating this and preparing to treat it as what it is then - a business. A taxable, business.