How much will the funeral cost?
The total cost of the funeral is affected by the choices that you make to personalise the funeral. We are always fully transparent with our costs and will explain each one to ensure you fully understand the overall cost, allowing you to make the right choices for you and your budget.
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Our prices
All funeral directors have a legal requirement to publish their prices in the same format so you can compare our prices to any of our competitors if you choose to do so. You can see these in our Standardised Price List and Additional Service Price List.
At Bartholomew & Son’s our services extend way beyond what is shown on the Standardised Price List, and our Bespoke Funeral is our most popular package of services.
When we meet with you and discuss your personal requirements we will provide you with an itemised estimate and explain each cost before we start making any arrangements on your behalf. Our fees are transparent and the costs we publish are the costs we charge. There is no VAT on funeral charges, but memorial works are subject to VAT.
Funeral costs
Funeral costs are made up of two elements:
- Essential costs for the funeral to go ahead
- Costs to personalise the funeral service
Essential costs
These include:
Our funeral director fees to:
- Provide professional support and guidance throughout
- Undertake the arrangements of the funeral on your behalf and following your wishes
- Take care of all the necessary legal and administrative arrangements, including working with the relevant third parties for the funeral to go ahead
- To collect your loved one and bring them into our care
- To prepare your loved one and look after them until the day of the funeral
- To provide your choice of coffin
- To transport your loved one to the funeral in a hearse, together with a team of pallbearers to carry the coffin
- To provide a funeral director to attend and coordinate on the day of the funeral
Third party costs that have to be paid for the funeral to go ahead
- Cremation or burial fees
Additional costs to personalise the funeral
These include:
- Additional venues, such as for a church service
- Funeral flowers
- Specialist hearse
- Transport for mourners
- Orders of service sheets
- Funeral stationery
- The creation of photo or video montages to be played on a big screen at the crematorium
- Webcasting at the service
- Headstone
- Ashes urn
- Ashes jewellery or precious memento
How to pay for the funeral
We’ll ask you to pay a deposit prior the date of the funeral, this will be £1,000, so we can secure these services on your behalf.
Payment can be made by debit or credit card or bank transfer. We also accept payment by cash or cheque.
The balance will be invoiced one week after the date of the funeral, and payment is expected 14 days after this.
Getting help with funeral costs
The responsibility of paying for the funeral lies with the Next of Kin. It is possible to request funds from the deceased’s bank account to pay for the funeral, you will need to provide them with a certified copy of the death certificate.
In some circumstances it may be possible to get help with paying for some of the funeral costs from the Government if the person paying for the funeral gets certain benefits. Find out more about the Funeral Expenses Payment.
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We are here to help you in every way we can. Call us or email us with any questions. For urgent assistance, call us on 01709 363 706, we are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.