FUNERAL COSTS

Funeral Costs

Once you have arranged the funeral, your Funeral Director will provide you with a written confirmation of the arrangements and an estimate of the price of the funeral. As part of our accounts policy, we ask for a deposit prior to the funeral taking place. This deposit will vary depending on the services you choose to use and is to cover the third-party fees that have to be paid out in order for the funeral to take place.

Payment for a funeral can normally be taken from the deceased's bank account or building society if there are sufficient funds when you provide them with an invoice and death certificate.

OUR PRICE LIST

STANDARDISED PRICE LIST

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).

STANDARDISED PRICE LIST

Funeral Prices

We have a range of cremation packages available at fixed prices as below. Please contact us for more details on this or any of our funeral prices, we are happy to guide you through.

The Simple Cremation

Includes:

Choice of funeral date, time and attendance

Transfer of deceased during office hours

(£100.00 surcharge if outside of office hours)

An Oak Effect Coffin

A Pilato Mercedes Hearse

Use of our Private Chapel of Rest

Our Professional Service Charge

Cremation fee (Dudley MBC Crematoria only)

Doctors Fees for Cremation Certificates

An Officiant to lead the funeral service

£2,900.00

The Traditional Cremation

Includes:

Choice of funeral date, time and attendance

Transfer of deceased during office hours

(£100.00 surcharge if outside of office hours)

A choice of Selected Veneered Oak or Mahogany coffins

A Pilato Mercedes Hearse and a matching Limousine to leave from an address of your choice

Unlimited use of our Private Chapel of Rest with Embalming treatment

Our Professional Service Charge

Cremation fee

Doctors Fees for Cremation Certificates

An Officiant to lead the funeral service

30 Bespoke Order of Service Cards

Provision of collecting donations

Large Scatter Tube for Cremated Remains

From £3,500.00

Non-Attended Cremation:

Please note there will be no service and no one can attend the funeral, you will be informed of the date and time however it will be set at our discretion. Your loved one's cremated remains will be collected by Gaunts of Wollaston until we receive further instruction from you.

An Oak Effect Coffin

A Pilato Mercedes Hearse

Our Professional Service Charge

Cremation fee - Waseley Hills Crematorium

Doctors Fees for Cremation Certificates

£1,300.00

Funeral Finance options

We also offer flexible finance options through our partner, Funeral Safe, who offer Unsecured loans from £500 to £10,000 with repayment over 12 months to 5 years and are fully authorised and regulated by the FCA.

To check eligibility and look over loan and payment options, please visit our dedicated page here: https://partners.funeralsafe.co.uk/funeral-directors/gaunts-of-wollaston/

Help with Funeral Costs

If there are insufficient funds for the funeral, you may be eligible for help with the funeral costs from The Department of Work and Pensions.

To qualify for help the applicant (not the deceased) must be in receipt of the following:

Income Support
Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
Pension Credit
Housing Benefit
The disability or severe disability element of Working Tax Credit
Child Tax Credit
Universal Credit

You may also be eligible if you're getting a Support for Mortgage Interest loan. You can still claim Funeral Expenses Payment if you've applied for these benefits and you're waiting to hear about your claim.

A funeral payment will not cover all of the funeral expenses and there is no guarantee of acceptance. If your claim is successful, the payment will be made directly to the Funeral Director.

If you are not in receipt of any of the qualifying benefits then alternatively you may be able to seek help from a charity, please speak to your Funeral Director for more information.

It is important that you are honest and upfront with your Funeral Director so we can try and help you in the most appropriate way and act in your best interest at all times. Any information you choose to provide us with will be treated with the strictest confidence.