ARRANGING A FUNERAL
We will guide you from your first contact with us right through until after the funeral service. We will take the time you require and not rush you in any way. We understand from experience that each funeral is different and each individual request is unique. All you need to do is ask us and we will advise you accordingly.
Paperwork and Third Parties
We liaise fully with all required third parties, such as Hospitals, Coroner's Officials, Doctor's, Clergy, Celebrants, Crematoria, Cemeteries, Florists, Printers, Caterers and International Agencies,
We will obtain all the required legal paperwork, help you to complete it as required and submit it on time to the relevant authorities.
Funeral Services
A full choice of services will be offered to you from a simple direct cremation to a fully bespoke service, religious or non religious. You will be offered a choice of coffins and caskets and various transport options.
Caring for the Deceased
We will arrange to bring the deceased into our care from their place of rest using a professional two man private ambulance team. When the deceased is in our care we will look after them in our on-site temperature controlled care facility. If instructed we will place the deceased into our private Chapel of Rest to enable you to spend some precious final moments together. All of our facilities are on-site and our staff will be a continuous support to you moving forward.
Cost Estimates
A full estimate of charges will be provided to you at time of arrangement so you know how much the complete funeral will cost. No arrangements will be carried out without your approval.
STANDARDISED PRICE LIST
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 (funeral director’s charges only) £2390.00
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.
Taking care of all necessary legal and administrative arrangements £600.00
Collecting and transporting the deceased person from the place of death (normally within 15 miles of the funeral director’s premises) into the funeral director’s care and during office hours £269.00
Care of the deceased person before the funeral in appropriate facilities. The deceased person will be kept at the funeral director’s premises]. £410.00
Providing a suitable coffin – this will be made from Oak or Elm Foil. £495.00
Viewing of the deceased person for family and friends, by appointment with the funeral director (where viewing is requested by the customer) £1.00
At a date and time you agree with the funeral director, taking the deceased person direct to the agreed cemetery or crematorium (normally within 20 miles of the funeral director’s premises) in a hearse or other appropriate vehicle £615.00
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.
Burial (funeral director’s charges only) £1325.00
Cremation (funeral director’s charges plus the cremation fee) 2 £1895.00
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: From £1299.00
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.
For an Attended cremation funeral, the cremation fee. £795-£1475
In this local area, the typical cost of a cremation for local residents is: £1375.00
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:
Family following Vehicle £295.00
Additional transfers of the deceased person’s body (e.g. to their home, to a place of worship the day before the funeral) (price per transfer) £295.00
Collection and delivery of ashes £30.00
Embalming Prices on request
Funeral officiant (e.g. celebrant, minister of religion etc.) From £ 244.00
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.
Hearses Available
We offer a beautiful Mercedes Hearse for a traditional modern final journey and also a Mercedes V class Hearse for a more discrete journey. We have two Mercedes V class family cars for your use to get to and from the funeral. All cars are chauffeur driven, black in colour with privacy glass and individual seat belts. We have been running the v class limousines for many years and prefer them over a stretch limousine as they provide seat belts as standard and are much easier to get into and out of. We also offer a Motorbike and sidecar hearse and a Horse-drawn option.
The day of the Funeral
On the day of the funeral we provide an experienced Funeral Director and a team of professional coffin bearers and chauffeurs. We will take care of all the funeral arrangements in accordance of your wishes and make sure all runs smoothly in a dignified manner.
No funeral request is too small or too large for us to take care of for you. Just ask our team.
