Wedding budget
Wedding budget breakdown: £28,500 for 90 guests
Updated on 25/10/2026
With £28,500 and 90 guests, the question isn't "is it enough?" but "where does every pound go?". Here is the split suggested by our planner, item by item. These are starting figures, not real prices: adjust them with your own quotes.
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The split, item by item
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Catering & drinks | £8,011 |
| Venue hire | £6,911 |
| Dress & accessories | £2,073 |
| Photographer | £1,554 |
| Contingency | £1,425 |
| Evening food | £1,414 |
| Flowers & décor | £1,382 |
| Band / DJ | £1,111 |
| All other items | £4,619 |
What to take from it
Catering and venue hire together come to £14,922, just over half of the budget. That is where a change of date, menu or guest numbers has the biggest effect.
Keep a contingency line of about 5%. It absorbs small surprises without touching the other lines.
How to adapt these figures to your wedding
- Replace each amount with your first quote as soon as you have it.
- If one line goes over, take the difference from another line, not from the contingency.
- Recalculate whenever guest numbers change: catering follows the number of covers.
- Keep every line on one page so you can see at a glance what is already allocated.