| Funeral Directors Service Includes, collection of deceased, provision of hearse and bearers, and York coffin. | £2295 |
| Provision of following limousine (each) | £250 |
| Horse drawn carriages, price on application | Price on application |
| Coffins | Description | |
| York | Oak veneer flat lid and flat sides | Included |
| Rutland | Oak veneer with pressed panels | £100 |
| Chatsworth | Oak veneer panel sides and raised lid coffin | £200 |
| Cardboard | Plain (or stock pictoral £200) | £100 |
| Richmond | Mahogany veneer panel sides and raised lid | £200 |
| Buckingham | Solid oak or panel sides and raised lid | £700 |
| Sandringham | Solid wood mahogany with panel sides and raised lid | £700 |
| Forester Pine | Solid pine coffin, wooden or rope handles unvarnished | £400 |
| Artiste | Any text, any colour veneer | £400 |
| Willow | English willow – Somerset bespoke | £600 |
| Natural WC | All natural woven coffins | £400 |
| Head of Christ | Solid oak carved with Christ motif | £1150 |
| Veneto | Solid wood deep mahogany last supper motif | £1450 |
| Milano | Solid wood medium oak finish last supper motif | £1450 |
| Valencia | Solid wood rich mahogany and gold pin lines | £1550 |
| Marseille | Solid wood medium oak, satin finish and gold pin lines | £1500 |
| Sorrento | Solid wood white satin finish raised lid and gold inlay | £1550 |
| Valentino | Solid wood, medium oak with engraved removable hearts | £1650 |
CASKETS PRICED ON APPLICATION
CREMATED REMAINS CONTAINERS
Cremated remains are kept for 60 days without charge and £5pcm thereafter
| Oak and dark oak caskets | £90 |
| Azure lockable chest | £150 |
| Acorn urn | £50 |
| Seagrass/willow casket | £90 |
| Wooden marker small | £40 |
| Wooden marker cross | £60 |
OTHER SERVICES
| Reception into church evening before funeral | £450 |
| Reception into home/temple more than 1 hour before funeral | £100 |
| Saturday funerals supplement | £300 |
| Funeral director attendance at burial of cremated remains | £80 |
| Embalming – by BIE qualified embalmer | £150 |
| Grave digger full grave | £475 |
| Grave digger cremated remains plot | £100 |
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 director’s charges only) £2295
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.
| Taking care of all necessary legal and administrative arrangements | £740 |
| 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 | £225 |
| Care of the deceased person before the funeral in appropriate facilities. The deceased person will be kept at the funeral director’s: 37 St Cuthberts Street, Bedford MK40 3JG | £450 |
| Providing a suitable coffin – this will be made from wood veneer | £400 |
| Viewing of the deceased person for family and friends, by appointment with the funeral director (where viewing is requested by the customer) | £25 |
| At a date and time you agree with the funeral director, taking the deceased person direct to the agreed cemetery or crematorium (normally within 15 miles of the funeral director’s premises) in a hearse or other appropriate vehicle | £450 |
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) | £1850 |
| Cremation (funeral director’s charges plus the cremation fee)² | £1395 |
FEES YOU MUST PAY
| For an attended or unattended burial funeral, the burial fee.¹ | £897.00 |
| 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. | £1119.65 |
| For an attended cremation funeral, the cremation fee.² | £1031.09 |
| In this local area, the typical cost of a cremation for local residents is: | £1113.09 |
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) | £1.75 |
| Additional transfers of the deceased person’s body (e.g. to their home, to a place of worship etc.) (price per transfer) | £100 |
| Collection and delivery of ashes | POA |
| Embalming | £150 |
| Funeral officiant (e.g. celebrant, minister of religion etc.) | £240 |
| 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.
- Responsibility for payment
In requesting the funeral arrangements you are responsible for payment of our account. This will be sent to you after the funeral and will detail all costs involved with the funeral arrangements. If you send our invoice to a solicitor or someone else for payment we would appreciate your advising us that you have done so. Please remember that you remain liable for payment of the invoice. We may need to contact you again regarding payment if the solicitor does not attend to payment.
If you intend to make an application for a D.W.P. Funeral Payment please be aware that if the application is successful any payment will normally only settle the funeral account in part. In such circumstance, or where an application is not successful, you accept full liability for any outstanding balance. - Deposits
Deposits of 50% of the total estimated cost of the funeral are to be paid (Direct cremations are required in full in advance of the funeral) 72 hours before the funeral takes place, by bank transfer, cheque or cash. - Estimates
The cost of the funeral arrangements on the Confirmation and Estimate form is an estimate only. You should be aware that you may be requested to pay more than the estimate when the funeral has been performed and all costs have been finalised, as a result of any extra services or changes to the arrangements which you request. Wherever practicable we will advise you in advance of the funeral of the effect of
any of your requests on the final cost. - External payments
As part of the funeral arrangements, you may have requested us to instruct other suppliers to provide services for the funeral. These services are listed on the Confirmation and Estimate form with an estimate of the cost for the services. The actual cost will be included in the invoice for the funeral arrangements, although it is our policy to request payment in advance for these services. As these other services are not provided by us we do not accept responsibility or liability for the supplier when he or she provides the services. - Valuables
We do not accept responsibility for jewellery or other valuable items that are left with us, particularly where they are displayed for viewing. - Payments
You will receive an invoice within seven days of the funeral and payment is due within another 14 days. We accept cash, cheques and bank transfers. - Interest
If our invoice is not paid as mentioned above we may charge interest at the rate of 12% per annum (1% pcm) from the date of the invoice until payment is received. If the invoice remains outstanding we may transfer your debt to another company for collection. If we do this it will be pursuant to a deed of assignment between us and the other company and this clause is notice to you of that assignment.
Disclosure of interests
- Ultimate owner: Molyneux Jones Family Funeral Directors is owned by Molyneux Jones Funeral Directors Ltd. We are independent and family-owned.
- Price comparison websites: We have no ownership or material interest in any price comparison websites.
- Register of charitable donations/gratuities given to third parties connected with the funeral sector such as hospitals, hospices and care homes: Nil – we do not engage in those practices; we believe in ethical practice and clarity.
