Funeral Plans

A Plan To Suit You & Cover Costs At Today’s Prices

We offer a variety of Pre Paid Funeral Plans to choose from. We’ll help put together a plan that suits your requirements at an affordable price. Our plans cover the funeral directors services for either a burial or cremation as well as any third party costs.

Pre-planning and pre-paying at today’s prices means you can choose the funeral you want, no matter how prices rise in the future.

Pay Monthly Options

We can arrange either a one-off payment or monthly instalments over a period to suit you.

Perhaps even more importantly, your family are spared the emotional and financial

burden of organising your funeral, with all the decisions and problems this can entail, at a time when they least cope.

We’re A Registered Provider

You’re in safe hands with us. We are a registered provider with The Funeral Planning Authority which monitors the marketing, financial and service provisions of the plan providers that it regulates.

What Can be included in our plans:

Funeral Director’s professional services
Advice on funeral registration, documentation and certification
Collection of the deceased from Hospital or coroner in normal working hours
Removal from the place of death to funeral Director’s premises within 25 miles in normal working hours
Care of deceased prior to funeral
Chapel of Rest available for family and friends to visit
Customer has no choice over the date and time of the funeral

High quality coffin
Attendance of conductor and four pallbearers on day of funeral
Provision of hearse for service at Crematorium / Cemetery
Provision of limousines
Full listing of floral tributes
Thank you cards
Bereavement counselling (where available)
Allowance towards Disbursements**

Why not just take out life insurance?

How about a savings plan?

Is it really necessary to pre-plan my funeral?

Do I need to have a medical?

What if I want my body to be brought back to the UK?

Will there be any additional costs at the time of the funeral?

Do I need a new will?

What happens if I die on holiday?

Can I cancel the plan?

Why not just take out life insurance?

Customers are often tempted to choose an insurance policy rather than Funeral Plan. There are number of compelling reasons why Funeral Plan is more sensible option, however:

With an insurance policy, you keep paying until you die — which means that you might pay considerably more in premiums than the funeral actually costs! With Funeral Plan, you pay fixed cost.
With an insurance policy you generally need health check. There are no medicals or health questionnaires with Funeral Plan.
Generally, you can only get insurance up to certain age, and you’ll pay very high premium, too, if you begin the policy at late age. There are no age restrictions and the price is fixed whatever your age.
There is no guarantee that an insurance policy will actually cover the cost of your funeral when you pass away. With one of our plans, your funeral is guaranteed to be fully paid for, regardless of any changes in the price over time.
With an insurance policy there is no guarantee that the funds will actually be used to pay for your funeral when the time comes.
There are no refunds if you cancel your insurance policy.
Most important of all, perhaps, an insurance policy does nothing to protect your friends and family from the immense stress of having to organise funeral in foreign country, with the language barrier, local red tape and regulations (such as burial within 24 hours) to contend with.

How about a savings plan?

Funeral costs in Europe have risen dramatically in recent years and look set to continue on the same path throughout the next decade at least.
When you put your money in a savings plan or building society account, there is no guarantee that your investment will increase sufficiently to pay for your funeral when the unfortunate day comes.
Take out a Funeral Plan, however, and, not only do you pay today’s prices, you’re guaranteed the funeral you want, no matter how prices rise in the future, regardless of how long you live.

Is it really necessary to pre-plan my funeral?

For expats living overseas, we believe it’s essential. The combination of strict regulations, an incredibly fast funeral process, red tape and the language barrier means that pre-planning is certainly the only way to ensure your family is spared the considerable distress of organising everything when the time comes.

Do I need to have a medical?

No. With a Funeral plan there are no medicals or personal questions to answer. Anyone can take out a plan at any age and acceptance is guaranteed. You can even take a plan out for another member of your family, your spouse for example.

What if I want my body to be brought back to the UK?

Most expats choose a plan that assumes their funeral will take place in Spain. But if you’d prefer for your body to be repatriated and to have a funeral on your home soil, we have a funeral plan specially designed to facilitate this.
(And if you’re in the UK when you pass away, your plan covers you there, too.)

Will there be any additional costs at the time of the funeral?

No, The Funeral plan guarantees 100% of the costs of the arrangements specified in your Funeral Plan. There are no additional hidden extras or additonal administration charges for your family to deal with when the time comes.

Do I need a new will?

If you’re living overseas it’s important to get one that is compatible with the local legal system. The inheritance system is often different to the one in the UK and without the correct advice you may have incompatible English and overseas wills or create delays and complicated probate issues when you die. We can help you draft a suitable will.

What happens if I die on holiday?

We recommend that you check your travel insurance covers repatriation. If it doesn’t, we can advise your dependants how to use the Plan’s funds to contribute towards the cost of a local funeral or the cost of repatriation.

Can I cancel the plan?

Yes. In contrast to an insurance policy, for example, you can cancel your Funeral Plan at any time and get a refund for a significant portion of your purchase price.