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) £2,740
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: £1,595
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: £185
Care of the deceased person before the funeral in appropriate facilities. The deceased person will be kept at the funeral director’s: 1a Cardean Street, Dundee, DD4 6PS: £150
Providing a suitable coffin – this will be made from veneered wood and has a flat lid: £425
Viewing of the deceased person for family and friends, by appointment with the funeral director (where viewing is requested by the customer) (Viewing Monday – Friday 9.30am – 4.00pm): £50
At a date and time you agree with the funeral director, taking the deceased person direct to the agreed cemetery or crematorium (normally within 20 miles of the funeral director’s premises) in a hearse or other appropriate vehicle: £335
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): £800
Cremation (funeral director’s charges plus the cremation fee) 2: £1350
FEES YOU MUST PAY
For an Attended or Unattended burial funeral, the burial fee.1 : £687.50 – £2417
In this local area, the typical cost of the burial fee for local residents is: £687.50
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.
For an Attended cremation funeral, the cremation fee.2 £730 – £1,250
In this local area, the typical cost of a cremation for local residents is: £1,250
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.
Our additional charges are shown below :
Additional mileage (price per mile) £0.75
Additional transfers of the deceased person’s body (e.g. to their home, to a place of worship etc.) (price per transfer) £155
Collection and delivery of ashes – we will collect from crematorium but do not deliver cremated remains as a matter of course so cost is not applicable.
Embalming £205
Grave Robe £40
Limousine £255 / each additional limousine £255
Use of Service Rooms £175
Upgrade of coffin + £40 for veneered raised lid + £125 for veneered raised lid panelled side + £750 for solid raised lid + £825 for solid raised lid panelled side : Wicker coffin + £325 : Solid casket shaped coffin + £1125
Single Solid Wooden Urn £145 : Double Solid Wooden Urn £175 : Single Wicker Urn £195 : Double Wicker Urn £205 : Scatter tube £45
Funeral officiant (e.g. celebrant, minister of religion etc.) £210
Removal to Church or House within hours £155 : outwith hours £175
Services supplied outside of normal office hours : removal of deceased + £35
Use of organ and organist £140
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.