All funeral directors are legally required to publish this Price List for a standardised set of products and services. This is to help you think through your options and make choices, and to let you compare prices between different funeral directors (because prices can vary).
ATTENDED FUNERAL: TOTAL COST –
This is a funeral where family and friends have a ceremony, event, or service for the deceased person at the same time as they attend their burial or cremation, it includes:
£1,550.00
Taking care of all necessary legal and administrative arrangements.
Included
Collecting and transporting the deceased person from place of death into the funeral director’s care at any hour.
Included
Care of the deceased person before the funeral in appropriate facilities – the deceased person will be cared for at the funeral director’s Care & Administration Centre.
Included
Providing a simple lined & furnished veneered coffin & gown.
Included
Viewing of the deceased person for family and friends, by appointment with the funeral director (where viewing is requested by the client).
Price on request
At a date and time you agree with the funeral director, taking the deceased person direct to the agreed cemetery or crematorium in a hearse or other appropriate vehicle.
Included
UNATTENDED FUNERAL
This is a funeral where family and friends may choose to have a ceremony, event, or service for the deceased person, but they do not attend the burial or cremation itself.
Direct Burial
Price on request
Direct Cremation (includes cremation fee, coffin & urgent or out-of-hours call out)
£949.00
FEES YOU MUST PAY
For an Attended or Unattended burial funeral, the burial fee.[1]
In this local area, the typical cost of the burial fee for local residents is:
For a new grave, you will also need to pay for the plot; for an existing grave with a memorial in place, you may need to pay a removal/replacement fee. In addition, the cemetery may charge a number of other fees.
Varies by location
Please discuss any specific religious, belief-based and/or cultural requirements that you have with the funeral director.
ADDITIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
This funeral director may be able to supply a range of optional, additional products and services, or to arrange (on your behalf) for a third party to supply them. Examples include:
Additional mileage (price per mile)
Normally no charge
Additional transfers of the deceased person e.g. to their home or to a place of worship, cost per transfer –
£120.00
No charge
Embalming from
£150.00
Services supplied outside of normal office hours
Prices on request
The funeral director can give you a full list of what they can supply. They are likely to charge for these additional products and services, so you may choose to take care of some arrangements without their involvement, or you can use a different supplier.
[1] This fee (which is sometimes called the interment fee) is the charge made for digging and closing a new grave, or for reopening and closing an existing grave.