Thanks for your reply. That's the impression I've been getting. I should have sorted this out last year but I was putting it off and dealing with other things instead.
Anything I order from aboard has the extra shipping costs and then import duty and VAT etc. etc. So I was kind of hoping to avoid all of that in the short term and just get something good from over here as a stop gap and deal with all of that at a later date.
I did actually attempt to contact Church Audio in January. However I have just realised that I accidentally e-mailed myself instead, which is not something I usually do. This explains the lack of any reply. :-D.
I think there could be a market for someone to start up an internet shop over here selling such gear. They could also sell to Europe as well. I'm not into sales type of work myself, so I wouldn't be the one to start up such a company.