RPA Remittance advice guidance
What the information on your remittance advice slip means and how to request a copy of it.
Applies to England
When you receive a payment through the Rural Payments service, a remittance advice slip (a notification of payment) will be sent to the postal address of the registered business. The remittance advice gives information about your online payments.
BACS Ref
This is the BACS payment reference that will appear on your bank statement.
Agreement and Claim Number
The format of the agreement and claim number on your remittance advice slip will depend on what grant or scheme you received the payment for.
For Environmental Stewardship, the invoice number and agreement reference number is shown.
For Countryside Stewardship, this is the agreement reference number. If you have multiple Countryside Stewardship agreements, a maximum of 3 agreement numbers are listed. If the text ‘additional agreements’ shows on your invoice, it means that you have more than the 3 agreements listed.
For the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) pilot, this is the agreement reference number.
For the 2022 round of SFI, this number is made up of the invoice number and agreement number, followed by the payment request number.
For all other rounds of SFI, this number will be made up of the invoice number and claim ID, followed by the payment request number.
For all other customers, this is your claim number.
Scheme
This is the scheme the payment relates to.
For Countryside Stewardship, this will also show whether the claim is ‘Capital’ or ‘Revenue’.
Marketing year
This is the year relating to the claim and payment.
However, for Countryside Stewardship, the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot and the 2022 round of the Sustainable Farming Incentive, this is the year the agreement started.
Transaction Date
This is the date the payment was made. The payment is likely to reach your bank account 2 working days after this date.
Amount and Transaction Currency
This is the value and currency of the payment that was paid into your bank account.
Request a copy of the remittance advice slip
Use the online form to request a copy of the remittance advice slip. You’ll need to provide:
- your customer reference number (CRN)
- the Payment Year (PY) number or payment date and amount
It will be helpful if you know the single business identifier (SBI) of the business.
If you are an agent acting for the business owner, we will include a letter with the remittance advice slip, which says that you have requested this on their behalf.
Updates to this page
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Added information on the agreement and claim number and marketing year for 2022 Sustainable Farming Incentive customers.
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SFI information added
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First published.