DBF Fees Returns and Payments
DBF Fees Returns and Payments
Parishes paying their fees by BACS and cheque should remit their monthly forms by email to fees@chester.anglican.org before making payment to the DBF. This helps us to identify and allocate the fees accordingly.
Parishes who pay by DD should remit their monthly forms by email to fees@chester.anglican.org by the 10th day of the following month for which the form is being remitted (e.g the December form should be with us by 10 January, etc.) at the very latest for collection that month. Forms received after this time will automatically be rolled forward for collection the following month.
The 2025 and 2024 fees remittance forms are available in the Forms section of the website (link towards the bottom of this page). The forms are for PCC use and incorporate both licenced serving clergy and lay reader fees, and clergy holding PTO (retired clergy) fees.
Please use the relevant return for the period in which the services were held, as these are the statutory fees payable at that time.
Retired clergy who take services where there has been no parish involvement, should remit the appropriate fee/s (amounts as detailed on pages 3-6 of the current fees form) directly to the DBF with a note indicating what the payment was for - they do not need to complete and submit a fees form.
If you have any queries regarding fees, please contact Maxine Southwick (by email at maxine.southwick@chester.anglican.org or by telephone on 01928 643440)
DBF Fees Direct Debit Payments
Please email your monthly fees returns forms to fees@chester.anglican.org rather than to the inbox of an individual team member.
We have a monthly Direct Debit (DD) run for collecting fees, separate to that in place for collecting the parish share. Allowing us to collect fees by DD is quick, easy and should save those in charge of church finances time, as we are able to adjust the amounts here on receipt of the monthly fees returns form.
Should you wish to have fees collected this way, we ask that you remit the monthly form no later than the 10th of the following month for which you are completing your form, so January’s form should be with us by 10th February, and so on. Funds will be collected from PCC accounts around the end of the month. Fees forms received after the deadline of the 10th of the month will be carried forward for collection the following month.
If your PCC doesn’t presently pay anything to Chester DBF by DD, or if the fees are to be collected from a different bank account to the parish share, you will need to complete a new bank mandate authorising and allowing us to collect your fees. Please let us know if you need a mandate and we can email one to you for completion. If you have any questions regarding this or would like to be added to the DD scheme, please contact the finance team by email or telephone.
Forms - fees returns forms for the current and previous year along with notes and a video giving guidance on how to download and complete the forms.
Parochial Fees - Table of Parochial fees for the current and previous year, along with other fees information and guidance.
Retired/PTO Clergy Fees - including details of the current fee payable to ministers holding PTO in Chester Diocese, when taking Sunday and Midweek services during vacancies.