Funeral Costing
How much does a funeral cost?
The cost of a funeral is made up of two parts, the funeral directors costs and the third party costs which are often referred to as disbursements. The cost of each funeral depends upon your wishes and instructions.
Standard Attended Funeral
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 directors charges only)
This is a funeral where family and friends have a ceremony, event or service. This cost includes:
£2,550
Taking care of all necessary legal and administrative arrangements
£1,230
Conveying the deceased person from the place of death (normally with 15 miles of the funeral director’s premises) into the funeral director’s care
£250
Care of the deceased before the funeral in appropriate facilities the deceased will be cared for at 14 Canada Close, Banbury
£400
Providing a suitable coffin (oak veneer)
£400
Director (where viewing is requested by the family)
£20
At a date and time you agree with the funeral director, taking the deceased direct to the agreed cemetery or crematoria (normally within 15 miles of the funeral director’s Premises) in a hearse or other appropriate vehicle
£250
Unattended Funeral
Funeral where family and friends may choose to have a ceremony or event at a later date.
Burial (funeral director’s charges only)
£1,980
Cremation (funeral director’s charges, including conveyance into our care within a 15 miles radius in working hours, plus the cremation fee) *An additional fee will apply if out of working hours.
£1,995
Fees You Must Pay
For an Attended or Unattended burial funeral, the typical burial fee.1
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.
£400 – £1,200
In this local area, the typical cost of a cremation for local residents is:
1 This fee (which is sometimes called the internment fee) is the charge made for digging
2 In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, you will usually need to pay Doctor’s fees as.
3 A conveyance fee will also be added to this fee £200 in hours, £250 out of hours.
£1,100
Additional Funeral Director Products and Services
£300
Conveyance of deceased in hours (9am-5pm within 15 miles)
£250
Conveyance of deceased out of hours (5pm-9am within 15 miles)
£275
£1.50
£300
£350
£140
Attendance at Thanksgiving Service
£250
Additional bearers, cost per bearer
£50
Horse drawn hearse
£1,100
£15
Price per copy
£1.00
£1.50
POA
Coffins
The Broughton-light oak veneered coffin
£400
£450
£500
The Springfield-light oak veneered panel sided with raised lid
£540
£1,800
£790
Bespoke glitter coffin
£880
Natural and Man Made Coffins
Cardboard Coffin
£400
£700
£700
The Willow, Traditional or curved
£750
The Seagrass, Traditional or curved (not accepted at Oxford Crematorium)
£700
The Loom, Curved only
£750
The Somerset Willow Hand painted, bespoke or curved
£900
The Somerset Willow, Traditional or curved
£850
Burial items
£120
Wooden grave marker with eco brass name plate
£70
Small plastic grave marker for cremated remains plots
£25
Our attendance at burial of cremated remains
£125
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