Funeral Costs
Funeral Costs vary a great deal from one funeral director to another. As always it is advisable to get more than one quote to compare the funeral costs and services. Usually the funeral directors will be able to provide detailed price lists of all costs involved.
The following advice comes from the office of fair trading
- When you arrange a funeral, you are responsible for paying the bill;
- Funeral payments are normally recoverable from the dead person's estate;
- The cheapest service is not necessarily the best value.
The table below indicates some typical costs associated with a funeral.
| Funeral Item | Details of the Funeral | Funeral Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Burial | Burial of Adult in Coffin | £600 |
| Burial | Burial of Cremated Remains | £150 |
| Headstone | Creation of Headstone Foundation | £70 |
| Headstone | Placement of Vase | £35 |
| Headstone | Lawn Headstone | £100 |
| Headstone | Removal and replacement of headstone | £100 |
| Services and Fees | Professional Advice service, assistance with all arrangements and provision of funeral director | £500 |
| Transport | Hire of Hearse or Limousine | £275 |
| Transport | Transfer of deceased to place of burial | £120 |
| Transport | Horse Drawn Carrige for Deceased | £1000 |
| Coffin | Pine Coffin | £300 |
| Coffin | Luxury Coffin | £750 |
| Coffin | Willow Coffin | £1000 |
| Coffin | Cardboard Coffin (environmentally friendly) | £90 |
| Coffin | Coffin Shroud | £25 |
| Clothing | Suit Hire | £50 |
| Clothing | Dress Hire | £50 |
| Burial | Cost of Cremation | £380 |
| Services and Fees | Cost of Cremation Certificates filled out by doctors | £124 |
| Total Cost | Total cost of Cremation including Flowers, Cremation, Ministers fees, Coffin | £2750 |
| Services and Fees | Announcements in newspapers | £75 |
| Flowers | Flowers at Church | £200 |
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