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Funeral Costs: What Are Our Charges?

Funeral Costs: At Thomas Furber we are committed to providing our clients the highest standards of professional service at fair prices. We have set out a framework of our funeral costs below.

STANDARDISED PRICE LIST

All funeral directors are legally required to publish this Price List for a standardised set of products and services, aiding in Arranging a funeral. 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)

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.

£2495.00

Taking care of all necessary legal and administrative arrangements

£850

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

£250

Care of the deceased person before the funeral in appropriate facilities. The deceased person will be kept at the funeral director’s premises

£425

Providing a suitable coffin – this will be made from veneered oak

£345

Viewing of the deceased person for family and friends, by appointment with the funeral director (where viewing is requested by the customer)

£75

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

£550

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)

£990

Cremation (funeral director’s charges plus the cremation fee) 2

£995

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


From £1200

For an Attended cremation funeral, the cremation fee. 2

In this local area, the typical cost of a cremation for local residents is:


£600-£915

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)

£2

Additional transfers of the deceased person’s body (e.g. to their home, to a place of worship etc.) (price per transfer)

£260

Collection and delivery of ashes

£50

Embalming

£60

Funeral officiant (e.g. celebrant, minister of religion etc.)

From: £215

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.

2 In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, you will usually need to pay doctors’ fees as well. This is the charge for two doctors to sign the Medical Certificates for Cremation.


Revised: July 2024


ADDITIONAL ITEMS PRICE LIST

Our Additional Items Price List is in addition to the Statutory Price List shown above and can be downloaded using the link below;


Revised: July 2022

Additional Items Price List
Funeral costs

TERMS OF BUSINESS & DISCLOSURE

  1. In addition to our professional charges, we cover Funeral Costs such as disbursements. For example, these would be Cremation or burial fee, Doctors' fees where applicable, Celebrant or Ministers fees, Church Fees, Burial or Grave Preparation Fees, and such, on your behalf. Where the total estimated account is deemed excessive, we may ask you to make an interim payment (deposit). The deposit asked for is the total of any disbursements (third-party costs made on your behalf, the client).
  2. The final balance is invoiced approximately two days after the funeral service.
  3. We reserve the right to add interest at 2.5% per month on all outstanding accounts that remain unpaid after 4-weeks and any legal and court costs incurred due to non-payment. 
  4. We also reserve the right to add interest of 2.5% on all outstanding accounts forwarded to your solicitor that remain unpaid after 3-months and any legal and court costs incurred due to non-payment. If you have any problems with payment of your account, please call us on 0121 427 2233.
  5. We accept most methods of payment. Preferred methods are BACs (Bank Transfers), Debit Cards and most Credit Cards, and Cash. We also accept Cheques.

For a copy of the full Terms & Conditions, please contact us on 0121 427 2233.


DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST

Thomas Furber & Co. (Thos. Furber & Co. Ltd.) is a Limited Company owned and operated solely by the family. We are not part of any group or co-operative. We do not hold any interests in any other Funeral business. We have no material or financial interest in any price comparison sites, or their pricing given. We are dedicated to transparency in Funeral Costs.

Directors of Thomas Furber & Co. (Thos. Furber & Co. Ltd.) are:


Keith Barron – Director & Co. Secretary

Tracey Button - Director



Thos. Furber & Co. Limited trading as Thomas Furber & Co. Independent Funeral Directors is an introducer appointed representative of Golden Charter Limited trading as Golden Charter Funeral Plans which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN:965279).

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