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Comparing Funeral Costs

No two funerals are the same – and no two funeral directors are the same either.

Lodge Brothers WILL NOT charge additional fees for many of the funeral elements that other providers add on as extras. To help you make a like for like comparison with other providers, please consider the following:

WE DO NOT CHARGE EXTRA FOR:

Out of hours attendance
Collecting clothing in the local area
Family viewing in the chapel of rest
Additional staff or bearers
Delivery of ashes in the local area
A funeral notice SMS service
Access to specialist bereavement support
Coming to your home to make funeral arrangements

OTHER FACTORS TO CONSIDER THAT WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON:

Lodge Brothers are proudly Employee-Owned
The training and experience of our staff
Our reputation for the highest quality personal service
The high standard of our facilities
Our eco-friendly fleet of vehicles
Professional accreditation of the Company and our staff

We have no business or material financial interest in any price comparison website.

OUR PRICE MATCH PROMISE

Our funeral charges are competitive compared to other Funeral Directors based on our exceptional service, professionalism of our staff and superior facilities. We will price match a comparable service of another local Funeral Director based on receiving a written quotation.

We are unable to price match an Unattended (direct cremation) or Attended standard specification funeral.

OUR 'TRADITIONAL' FUNERAL CHOICES

FUNERAL PACKAGE	PREMIUM TRADITIONAL	TRADITIONAL	SIMPLE TRADITIONAL
‘THE LODGE BROTHERS DIFFERENCE’ NO HIDDEN EXTRAS We do not make an additional charge for bringing deceased into our care after normal working hours We do not make an additional charge for supplying additional bearers at the funeral	Fully personalised service, allowing for the funeral procession to travel from a residence to the place of worship, crematorium or place of burial.	Fully personalised service allowing for the funeral procession to travel from the residence to the place of worship, crematorium or place of burial.	Fully personalised service for the funeral to travel direct to the crematorium or cemetery.
Time allowed for the funeral	4 hours	3 hours	2 hours
Provision of professional services and making all the arrangements
Advice on the certification and registration of the death and related documentation
Coffin / Casket Additional choices are available	Malvern, Bespoke, Willow Teardrop	Sherwood	Sherwood
Conveyance of the deceased into our care
Care of the deceased
Embalming and use of the Chapel of Rest (during working hours)
Church service followed by burial or cremation*
Funeral procession from a residence to the funeral location
Choice of date and time of funeral
1. Limousine - £295.00	One Limousine included	Option to add (additional fee)
2. 3ft floral tribute - £150.00		Option to purchase	Option to purchase
3. Up to 16 pages order of service (Up to 100 copies), including free glass framed photo - £200.00		Option to purchase	Option to purchase
4. Book of Remembrance: Non-Personalised - £23.00 Personalised - £46.00 *	Personalised version included	Option to purchase	Option to purchase
5. Funeral Memories Box: Non-Personalised - £27.00 Personalised - £54.00 *	Personalised version included	Option to purchase	Option to purchase
6. 30 packs of Forget-me-not In Memory seeds - £82.50		Option to purchase	Option to purchase
Video and webcast of funeral service (Crematorium only, if available)	Option to purchase	Option to purchase	Option to purchase
Complimentary text funeral notice (RRP £19.99)
Complimentary 10-minute telephone consultation with Lodge Brothers Legal Services
PRICE (From)	£5,430 A saving of £372.50	£4,450	£4,350

* Additional fees may be charged by the Church or Crematorium Non-Personalised Book of Remembrance and Memories Box Set - £40.00 * Personalised Book of Remembrance and Memories Box Set - £80.00			All prices are inclusive of VAT at 20%.
If you would prefer an alternative coffin or casket to the ones listed above, please call us on 020 8818 7725.

Costs for Crematoria and Cemeteries

Premium Traditional Package Selection

Our Premium Traditional Funeral Package includes several of our most popular choices.

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THE DIGNIFIED BASIC FUNERAL

We offer a simple funeral service where our professional services are restricted to a minimum and include the following:

The funeral must take place on a day and time to suit ourselves, and no changes to the arrangements as detailed below are allowed.
Making arrangements for the funeral, bringing the deceased into our care (allowing for a 10 mile journey), supply of a hearse only travelling directly to the nearest crematorium or nearest cemetery together with the necessary staff and the provision of a practical and simple coffin.
£3,540.00
As the natural process of decomposition begins immediately after death and our Chapel of Rest is used by many, we strongly recommend that clients wishing to visit our Chapel allow the necessary preservation process to be carried out.
Additional charge for temporary preservation (embalming) and use of the Chapel of Rest.
£125.00
All fees and disbursements must be paid in advance of the funeral taking place.
All accounts are payable within one calendar month of the date of the funeral. Interest will be charged at a rate of 1.5% compounded on any monies outstanding one calendar month after the date of the funeral and every month thereafter.

THE STANDARD UNATTENDED FUNERAL

For those clients who wish to have no funeral service and no-one in attendance, we offer a simple cremation at a local crematorium of our choice. We will take care of all the necessary arrangements in exactly the same professional manner as with our other funerals. Unlike other suppliers, to show our due respect and reverence to the deceased, we will always provide a hearse and four bearers.

Our services include:

Making all the necessary arrangements and guidance on completing and signing the required paperwork.
Bringing the deceased into our care from anywhere within a 15 mile journey from one of our branches.
The provision of a practical and simple coffin for cremation.
Provision of a hearse and four bearers.
Ashes will be returned to your nearest branch or can be scattered at the crematorium without witnessing.
Once we have taken someone into our care it is not possible to visit the deceased in a Chapel of Rest. The carrying out of embalming, dressing of the deceased, arranging of floral tributes and collection of charitable donations are not included.
There will be no procession or limousines and it is not possible for mourners to attend the funeral. The cremation will take place at a crematorium of our choice, without any form of service. You will not be informed of the date, time or location of the service.

This list is illustrative and not exhaustive.

We require the total cost to be paid at the time of making the arrangements and in advance of the cremation taking place.

Total Cost £2,615.00
(including crematorium fee)

Complementary & Sundry Costs

NB: The following products and services are not available with the Dignified Basic Funeral and Standard Unattended Funeral.

SPECIAL TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS

Removals outside normal working hours - No additional charge
Reception of coffin into a local church or residence to remain there for a period before the funeral service:
Cost of hearse, conductor and bearers: Before 4.30pm - £430.00 Evenings, weekends and bank holidays - £570.00
Coffin taken home by ambulance: Normal hours - £270.00 Evenings, weekends and bank holidays - £405.00
Split funerals (where there is a break between the funeral service and the committal, a fee is charged to cover additional man hours and use of funeral vehicles over two different time periods): On the same day - £420.00 On separate days - £570.00
Funerals outside the normal geographical areas we cover, or with a special route: We may have to charge an additional hourly rate to cover the additional time for our funeral staff outside the hours allowed in our funeral packages. Our funeral arranger will calculate the charge once we fully understand your requirements for the funeral. Hourly rate per person during normal working hours - £68.00 Outside normal working hours - £102.00
Transporting deceased to another Funeral Directors outside the normal geographical areas we cover: Occasionally we are asked to transport the deceased to and from another Funeral Director outside of our locality in order for the funeral to take place. Mileage charge for transportation - £2.75 per mile.

VEHICLE HIRE

Limousines: 1st, 2nd and 3rd vehicle - £295.00 (Subsequent vehicles costed individually)
Floral hearse - £450.00
Transportation of funeral staff when vehicles not required - £250.00
Hire of vehicles after normal working hours, plus 30%

PRESS NOTICES

We can place press notices for you, a small handling fee may be charged. Price depends on size of obituary.
National newspapers: Average £430.00 Local newspapers: Average £135.00

MEMORIALS

The cost normally includes removing and replacing. Standard Lawn memorials include refixing at a subsequent date, to current NAMM recommended code of working practice.

Cremated Remains Memorials (up to 1'0” high x 2'0" wide x 2'0” deep) - £120.00
Standard lawn - £360.00
Standard Kerbset Single - £480.00
Standard Kerbset Single (removed from burial ground as requested by burial authority and stored for 1 year) - £960.00
Double Space Kerbset (Double space memorials may incur higher charges) - from £1,080.00
Sealing a brick vault after final interment - £640.00

MISCELLANEOUS

Collection and delivery of ashes within a 10 mile radius of one of our branches - £60.00
Collection and delivery of ashes outside a 10 mile radius of one of our branches - Price on application
Standard oak wooden cross (inc VAT) - £132.00 Small oak or white wooden cross (inc VAT) - £72.00
Saturday funerals - £850.00* Sunday funerals - £1,380.00*

Additional man-hours charged at hourly rate per person: Normal working hours - £68.00 Outside normal working hours - £102.00
Enhanced temporary preservation - (waterless embalming), required for repatriation or special cases - £185.00
(Uplift of £60.00 to a Simple Traditional, Traditional, or Premium Traditional package)
Saturday funerals - £850.00* Sunday funerals - £1,380.00*
Zinc lining for all coffins and caskets - £595.00

Paying for the Funeral

There are several different options to pay for your funeral with Lodge Brothers – we will provide you with a fully itemised estimate beforehand. The third-party fees & disbursements will need to be paid within 48 hours of the arrangements being confirmed, and the final funeral account invoice must be settled within 30 days of the funeral taking place. However, if you reside outside the UK we will require full payment in advance of the funeral.

We do appreciate that funerals can be expensive and present very real difficulties to families who have not made prior provision for such expenses – we have therefore provided as many payment options as possible:

1. By cash or by cheque

2. By debit or credit card

3. By bank transfer

4. Payment from the deceased’s bank account

If there are sufficient funds within the deceased’s bank account, then all payments can be made directly. The benefit of paying via this method is that all such costs are removed from the estate for inheritance tax purposes. Should there not be sufficient funds and a property is required to be sold, then Probate will be required – you can call the Lodge Brothers Legal Services helpline for assistance. In this case, our recommendation would be that you finance the funeral cost via option 6, and when the estate is settled the finance agreement can be paid off.

5. Assistance from the Department of Work and Pensions

You may seek assistance from the Department of Work and Pensions to help pay for a funeral.

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6. Funeral Finance

Funeral finance is available via an agreement with FCA regulated provider Funeral Safe Funeral Finance – Lodge Brothers Funeral Directors are appointed representatives of Funeral Safe Ltd, independent Funeral Finance Lenders.

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FUNERAL FINANCE

How it works

3 simple steps to apply for your finance through Lodge Brothers Funeral Directors – the finance is not with us. We act as an agent for Funeral Safe.

You can apply when arranging the funeral with Lodge Brothers. Just ask our arranger for finance options and they will give you the contact details for Funeral Safe.
Upon a successful application you will receive a text message and email containing your loan agreement. If you are happy with everything in the loan agreement you can accept it via the link in the email.
Once you have accepted the agreement we are notified and all that you need do then is make the payments of the loan.

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Funeral Safe will provide you with a personal account login to manage your finance. Furthermore, they are available to offer any support you may need in regard to the finance and its repayments.

Our funeral finance agreement is very flexible and transparent – should you wish to settle the balance earlier than the agreement states you can do so without penalty and the interest charge will be adjusted to match the payment period.

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ASSISTANCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF WORK AND PENSIONS

How it works

You may seek assistance form the Department of Work and Pensions to help pay for a funeral. The Department of Work and Pensions will provide a maximum of £1000 for the funeral director’s fee and in addition a contribution to the disbursements (fees Lodge Brothers pays on your behalf i.e. crematorium fees).

Funeral Expenses Payment can help to pay for some of the costs of the following:

Burial fees for a particular plot
Cremation fees, including the cost of the doctor’s certificate
Travel to arrange or go to the funeral
The cost of moving the body within the UK, if it’s being moved more than 50 miles
Death certificates or other documents

You can also get up to £1000 for any other funeral expenses, such as funeral director’s fees, flowers or the coffin.

The payment will not usually cover all of the costs of the funeral. How much you get depends on your circumstances. This includes any other money that’s available to cover the costs, for example from an insurance policy or the deceased’s estate.

How it works

You can get help towards the cost of a funeral if you or your partner are getting one of the following qualifying benefits:

Universal Credit
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
Support for Mortgage Interest loan

You can also apply if you or your partner are waiting to hear about a claim for one of these benefits or payments. We use partner to mean:

A person you live with who is your husband, wife or civil partner, or
A person you live with as if you are a married couple

You must meet the following criteria:

You or your partner arranged the funeral in the United Kingdom (UK), and the adult who died had their main home in the UK when they died (by United Kingdom (UK) we mean England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
You or your partner arranged the funeral and you have claimed within 6 months of the date of the funeral

You may also be able to get help towards the cost of a funeral if you or your partner arranged the funeral in the European Economic Area or Switzerland. The European Economic Area countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Apply for assistance

If you think you qualify and want to make an application – please complete the relevant form:

ADULT FUNERAL CHILD FUNERAL

You must inform Lodge Brothers that you wish to make a claim – if you do not this may lead to a postponement of the funeral.

Call the government’s bereavement service helpline on 0345 606 0265, or visit their website gov.uk/funeral-payments – to find out how to get help with funeral payments and if you’re entitled to any help.

Other Services

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).

ATTENDED FUNERAL (Funeral Director’s charges only)	£4,225
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	£2,750
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	£350
Care of the deceased person before the funeral in appropriate facilities The deceased person will be kept at both the funeral director's branch premises and at other non-branch premises.	£225
Providing the Sherwood elm veneered coffin fitted with three pairs of brassed plastic handles and an inscription plate	£450
Viewing of the deceased person for family and friends, by appointment with the funeral director (where viewing is requested by the customer)	£100
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	£350

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)	Not Offered
Cremation (funeral director’s charges plus the cremation fee)	£2,615

FEES YOU MUST PAY
For an Attended or Unattended burial funeral, the burial fee*1. 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.	£905 - £3,000
For an Attended cremation funeral, the cremation fee*2. In this local area, the typical cost of a cremation for local residents is:	£715 - £1,450

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)	£2.75
Additional transfers of the deceased person’s body (eg to their home, to a place of worship etc) (price per transfer)	£270
Collection and delivery of ashes	£60
Embalming	£125
Funeral officiant (eg celebrant, minister of religion etc)	Prices on request
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 for the doctor's fee as well. This is the charge for the doctor to sign the Medical Certificates for Cremation. Information correct at time of press. Subject to imminent Government change, pending notification.

THE DIGNIFIED BASIC FUNERAL

We offer a simple funeral service where our professional services are restricted to a minimum and include the following:

The funeral must take place on a day and time to suit ourselves, and no changes to the arrangements as detailed below are allowed.
Making arrangements for the funeral, bringing the deceased into our care (allowing for a 10 mile journey), supply of a hearse only travelling directly to the nearest crematorium or nearest cemetery together with the necessary staff and the provision of a practical and simple coffin. £3,040.00
As the natural process of decomposition begins immediately after death and out Chapel of Rest is used by many, we strongly recommend that clients wishing to visit our Chapel allow the necessary preservation process to be carried out.
All fees and disbursements must be paid in advance of the funeral taking place.
All accounts are payable within one calendar month of the date of the funeral. Interest will be charged at a rate of 1.5% compounded on any monies outstanding one calendar month after the date of the funeral and every month thereafter.

THE STANDARD UNATTENDED FUNERAL

Our services include:

Making all the necessary arrangements and guidance on completing and signing the required paperwork.
Bringing the deceased into our care from anywhere within a 15 mile journey from one of our branches.
The provision of a practical and simple coffin for cremation.
Provision of a hearse and four bearers.
Ashes will be returned to your nearest branch or can be scattered at the crematorium without witnessing.
Once we have taken someone into our care it is not possible to visit the deceased in a Chapel of Rest. The carrying out of embalming, dressing of the deceased, arranging of floral tributes and collection of charitable donations are not included.
There will be no procession or limousines and it is not possible for mourners to attend the funeral. The cremation will take place at a crematorium of our choice, without any form of service. You will not be informed of the date, time or location of the service.

This list is illustrative and not exhaustive.

We require the total cost to be paid at the time of making the arrangements and in advance of the cremation taking place.

Total Cost (including crematorium fee but excluding the Doctor's fee for cremation paperwork if required) £2,285.00

The Basic Coffin provided with the Dignified Basic Funeral and Standard Unattended Funeral - a simulated mahogany veneered coffin, fitted with two pairs of coloured plastic handles, an inscription plate and the interior lined with white side sheets.

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