Funeral Costs

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How Much Will The Funeral Cost?

The total cost of the funeral is affected by the choices you make to personalise the funeral.

At Thomas Furber & Co., we are always fully transparent with our costs and explain each to ensure you fully understand the overall cost, allowing you to make the right choices for you and your budget.

We also explain funeral costs below, including the essential expenses for the funeral to go ahead, and the additional costs to personalise the funeral as you wish.

To help you decide on the right funeral for your loved one, we have created three easy-to-understand packages that bundle our services to create our most popular funerals.

These are our Bespoke Funeral, Private Attended Direct Cremation and Unattended Direct Cremation.

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Funeral Packages And Pricing

Bespoke Funeral

from £2,670

Suitable for a traditional cremation or burial funeral as well as a more modern celebration of life service, our Bespoke Funeral provides you with the greatest range of options for personalisation and creating a truly special send off.

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Private Attended Direct Cremation

from £1,880

This option gives you the opportunity for a small number of people to attend the crematorium for a short time, to witness the committal.

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Unattended Direct Cremation

£1,000

This is a cremation that takes place without a service or mourners present. It provides a basic coffin and the ashes are returned to you afterwards. Some families choose to arrange their own service at a later date for the scattering or interment of the ashes.

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Understanding Funeral Costs

All funeral directors are legally required 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 Services Price List.

At Thomas Furber & Co., our services extend 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 also no VAT on funeral charges.

Further information: Local Cemetery Fees and Local Crematorium Fees.

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Funeral Costs

Funeral costs are made up of two elements:

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Essential costs for the funeral to go ahead

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Costs to personalise the funeral service

Essential Costs

These include our funeral director fees to:

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Provide professional support and guidance throughout

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Undertake the arrangements of the funeral on your behalf and following your wishes

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Take care of all the necessary legal and administrative arrangements, including working with the relevant third parties for the funeral to go ahead

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To collect your loved one and bring them into our care

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To prepare your loved one and look after them until the day of the funeral

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To provide your choice of coffin

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To transport your loved on to the funeral in our hearse, together with a team of pallbearers to carry the coffin

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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:

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Cremation or burial fees

Additional Costs To Personalise The Funeral

These include:

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Additional venues, such as for a church service

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Funeral flowers

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Specialist hearse

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Transport for mourners such as our limousine

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Orders of service sheets

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Funeral stationery

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The creation of photo or video montages to be played on a big screen at the crematorium

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Webcasting at the service

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Headstone

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Ashes urn

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Ashes jewellery or precious memento

How To Pay For The Funeral

We will send an invoice to you two days after the funeral date, and settlement of your account is due within four weeks.

You can make payment by debit or credit card via Mastercard, Maestro, Visa, Discover, Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay. We also accept bank transfers or cheques.

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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 must provide them with an original certified copy of the death certificate.

In some circumstances, it may be possible to get help paying for some of the funeral costs from the Government if the person paying for it receives certain benefits. Find out more about the Funeral Expenses Payment.

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What Our Clients Say About Us

We’re very honoured that our clients choose to give us feedback about the service they received. We receive many thank you cards, which we proudly display in our funeral home. You can also read the online reviews our clients have written about us on Google.

    
 
 
        
   David Cheung 
 152 days ago
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Following the recent passing of our mother, we used Thomas Furber Funeral Directors. Throughout the process they were sensitive, discreet and highly professional.

What particularly stood out was the genuine dignity and care with which they treated my mother. They handled everything as though she were  long-standing family friend to them, rather than simply part of a process. That compassion meant a great deal to us as a family.

Communication was clear throughout, arrangements were handled smoothly, and we always felt reassured that she was being cared for respectfully.

We are sincerely grateful for the kindness and professionalism shown to my mother and to our family during a very difficult time, and would not hesitate to recommend them. Thank you David and team. You are a credit to your profession.
  
 
       
   cruisey 
 260 days ago
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I can’t thank David, his colleagues at Furbers and the celebrant Elaine for making the arrangement and service of mom’s funeral as smooth and as dignified as possible. I recommend their services highly.
  
 
       
   Julia Shingler 
 266 days ago
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Thomas Furber provided really good service with organising my aunt’s funeral and giving her the send off she deserved.
  
 
       
   Steven Draper 
 331 days ago
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. The professionalism is second to none.They are a credit to the whole industry. Took care of my mother recently and handled it with dignity and respect. Walked us through a difficult time and took the worries of the occasion off our shoulders.To everyone at Thomas Furber Thank you.
  
 
       
   D&J 
 414 days ago
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Thank you to everyone at Thomas Furber for helping us give our mom Lesley a lovely send off. This has been a very difficult time for us as a family, and arranging her funeral was a very emotional time for my brother and me. The patience, kindness and understanding that was shown from everyone  there really helped us. From our first conversation with Keith who patiently helped us navigate the process and Sue’s kindness to me when I was upset and for David’s support on the day of the funeral, everything we wanted for mom was done.

Thank you again

Jane and David and family x
  
 
       
   Denis Coyne 
 506 days ago
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. David and his team were extremely professional and his knowledge is unparalleled. Thank you for all your advice. It proved invaluable.
  
 
       
   Sean McCurry 
 508 days ago
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. From taking my father from his home to his funeral last week they acted with such professionalism, respect, sensitivity and understanding during what was a very stressful and emotional time for us. They made all the arrangements for the church service, cemetery (including updating the plot deeds), order of service and piper. Thank you from myself and family.
  
 
       
   kylie Arundell 
 565 days ago
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Thomas Furber , David in particular were excellent from start to finish . They really made a difficult situation more bearable . They were efficient , helpful and made the process so much easier . This was both fir my Dad's funeral 6 years ago and my mum's funeral 2 weeks ago . I would highly recommend them
  
 
       
   T P 
 574 days ago
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I cannot express how wonderful wonderful wonderful this firm were. We lost my beloved father. Thomas Furber went above and beyond in caring for him in his death. Sue from TF said good morning and good night to my dad every day. She would go in and sit with him and pass messages on from me when it was too much for us. There were fresh flowers in his little chapel room every day. They were so incredibly kind and patient with us. I said to Sue that if all medical professionals were as competent and caring in their work as she was, then she would be out of a job. Incredible firm, incredible people.
  
 
       
   Paul Cook 
 579 days ago
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Thomas Furber were outstanding from start to finish. Keith and the team we kind and caring.
The process was very smooth from start to finish

Thank you Keith and team
  
 
 
  
 
 
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