Church AV Systems Price Guide
The value of your congregation being able to see and hear the message you are delivering is invaluable. As much as we would love to help you serve your congregation better through great AV without charging you, we would not be able to help many churches before we realise the flaw in our business model.
So, let’s talk about what it is likely to cost you, as we want to be totally transparent with you. It’s an important question, as you will need to discuss this with the church leadership committee, and you may also want to approach the congregation for help with fundraising.
There are three main factors which will impact the cost of an audio-visual installation in your church or heritage building.
(Last Updated June 2026)
Church size
The bigger your church, the more equipment and cabling you would need. Not only does the cost of the kit increase, but so does the installation cost, as there is more to install.
Intended Use
The more you plan to do with the system, the more flexibility and capacity we will need to design into the system. If you want the very simple user interface which we pride ourselves on offering, then we might have to put some fancy equipment in the background, which takes time to program.
Custom solutions
We are experts in finding ways of installing AV into buildings which were built way before technology was around, and that takes skill, as well as an arsenal of custom products, which take time to design, manufacture and install.
Now that you know the key factors affecting the price of an installation, here are some rough guidelines to give you an idea of the figures you need to consider before continuing on your journey to a new audio-visual system.
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System Type |
Estimated Price Range inc VAT |
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Simple speech and occasional music sound system |
£7,000 – £11,000 |
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Full band or speech sound system for a large church |
£14,000 – £20,000 |
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Projection – standard equipment |
£13,000 – £16,000 |
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Projection – custom equipment |
£16,000 – £22,000 |
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Visual with multiple displays |
£10,000 – £18,000 |
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Single-camera live streaming |
£6,000 – £8,000 |
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Multi-camera live streaming |
£10,000 – £15,000 |
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Acoustic treatment – modern building |
£5,000 – £8,000 |
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Acoustic treatment – large traditional building |
Circa £15,000 |
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Hearing loop (standalone installation) *VAT exempt* |
£2,000 – £4,000 |
Specific Pricing:
Sound
If you only require a speech and background music system, then depending on the size of your church, you can expect to pay around £7,000 – £11,000.
Churches with a regular requirement for live band reproduction will need to spend between £14,000 – £20,000 to get a system capable of accurate and full-range music.
Projection/Visual
For an installation using standard equipment, the price would be around £13,000 – £16,000. This figure will increase to between £16,000 and £22,000 when a more complex method of projection screen deployment is required.
Systems using multiple flatscreen displays range massively in price but will be anywhere between £10,000 and £18,000, depending on the number of screens and the complexity of the video distribution to each of them.
Live Streaming
A typical live streaming system with one PTZ camera will cost roughly £6,000 – £8,000. This will increase to £10,000 – £15,000 when additional cameras are added, and if multiple outputs are required to feed the church’s visual system as well as the live stream.
Acoustic Treatment
Lots of church buildings have wonderful acoustics for choirs and concerts, but this becomes unhelpful when trying to understand speech. Even with the aid of sound systems, if the church has a large amount of echo, loudspeakers may actually exacerbate rather than resolve the problem.
A typical acoustic panel installation will cost between £5,000 and £8,000, depending on the size of the space and the amount of reverberation. However, for full acoustic treatment of a large church with a high amount of echo, you are looking more towards the £15,000 price point.
Induction / Hearing Loops
We have a short video which explains hearing loops in more detail, including the laws and regulations surrounding them, which you can view here.Â
Usually, installing an induction loop system is quite quick, provided that the cable route is not littered with too many obstacles. Therefore, the cost of a hearing loop installation would be between £2,000 and £4,000 if done as a standalone installation, rather than part of a wider sound system upgrade.
Fun fact – did you know that hearing loops are exempt from VAT?
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