Pre-Paid Funeral Plans

Why Plan Now?

Sharing the intimate details of your preferred funeral service 5, 10 or 15 years ahead of its time can be quite a difficult concept to consider. If you write it down, who will you entrust the paper to? If you tell your partner, sons or daughters, how will they remember and plan your every wish in their time of sadness? Only you can advise sensibly on such individual requirements – Burial or Cremation? Church? Hymns? Music? Cars? Memorialisation? Or perhaps you have an environmental requirement such as woodland burial for instance?

Bereaved relatives have grief and anger to contend with. Adding the administrative burden of arranging the funeral to their confused and emotional state may lead to mistakes being made and unnecessary costs being incurred. Two cars are ordered when it should have been three; or a service at the church might be overlooked altogether.

Planning and paying for your funeral in advance saves your family the anguish and grief of doing anything other than remembering you.

Why Pay Now?

The cost of funerals has historically increased above the normal levels of inflation and this is a theme that is predicted to continue. A funeral costing just £850 ten years ago would cost nearer £2,500 now. It is impossible to say what the cost might be in five or ten more years time.

What is certain is, with a Golden Leaves Funeral Plan arranged through ourselves at Here-After, bought now at today’s prices or paid for in convenient monthly instalments, the quality of service provided by the Funeral Director in respect of your planned wishes will not cost your family one penny more – whenever it is ultimately needed.

There are some costs outside of the Funeral Director’s control, which they pay on your behalf – these are known as Disbursements and include fees such as; Doctors, Clergy, Crematoria, Cemeteries and Grave-yards, Memorials and Newspaper notices. Any rise in the cost of these Disbursements may necessitate a further payment from you at the time of need, but Golden Leaves will guarantee any increase in the costs of Disbursements to the RPI (Retail Price Index).

To make planning easier, we have identified the most common variations in funeral requirements and encompassed the detail into a variety of all-inclusive Plans:-

Basic
Standard
Traditional
Premium

Prices start from £2,365.00 to cover all Funeral Directors Services, Disbursements, i.e Crematorium/Cemetery Fees etc., Please click here to download the following plans for the level of service you require.

If you require a bespoke service, just call Here-After on 01293 404 357, or email: hereafter2003@gmail.com and we can tailor a Plan individually for you.

You Decide

You decide what’s right for you. Burial, Cremation, Repatriation; which funeral director to use; whether to include a church service or go straight to the cemetery or crematorium chapel; which minister should officiate if any; you can even choose the music. Make the choices that suit you. We provide the guidance now, just as we will be proud to provide the care and attention later, when your family need our help.

Making Changes

You shouldn’t worry about taking the decision to make your plans now, we know that circumstances change with the years so are happy to take direction from you should you wish to make changes to your initial Plan. Although certain additions may increase the cost, you can be certain that the details you want will be respected in the service you get.

Burials

If you are planning to include a burial as part of your Funeral Plan, please inform us, (this applies to the UK only). Golden Leaves includes a contribution for disbursements toward burial or cremation. Should this contribution not be sufficient for your particular plan your funeral director or Golden Leaves will advise you of the difference in cost and this can be added to your plan. The cost of graves and their availability vary enormously from one part of the country to another, so it is impossible to create a standard tariff for burial.