Shires Price List

• Our professional service charge £1,308

  Meeting to make funeral arrangements over the phone, by video call or in person

  Liaising with a celebrant (religious or non-religious) who lead the funeral ceremony and contact you to agree the form and content of the service.

  Advice on registering the death with the registrar

  Advice and assistance in completing burial or cremation applications and digital submission to the Burial or Cremation Authority.

  Liaising with Hospitals, Doctors or HM Coroner as required by the circumstances.

  Booking the service time, ordering music and submitting other items for the funeral (i.e. at a crematorium this might include a video tribute, request for live streaming service, photos for display screens and so on).

  Facilitating a visit to the funeral home to see the deceased person in our visitation room.

  A condolences page on our website with an obituary for the person who has died where friends and family may post messages of comfort and support. In memory donations to a charity of your choice can also be left here. We recommend that the date, time and location of the funeral is shared using this service.
  

  Placing a notice of death in local and national newspapers on your behalf (at your cost). We recommend that details of the condolence page on our website are included.

  Liaising with florists for the delivery of tributes on the day of the funeral ceremony.

  Attendance of a funeral director to conduct the funeral and sufficient funeral service team members at the graveside or crematorium chapel before the service.

  Collect the ashes from the crematorium (as applicable) and return to the funeral home for storage of up to three months until further arrangements can be made.

• Care, preparation and presentation of the person who died £758

  Provision of mortuary care by experienced and qualified members of our funeral service team from arrival at our mortuary facility for up to 14 days after arrival.

  Wash and dress the deceased person in clothes provided to us or in the selected robe or gown.

  Embalming is provided only with express consent, and where the embalmer is an employee of CPJ Field & Co. there is no charge for their services.

  Facilitating a visit to the funeral home to see the deceased person in our visiting room.

• Collection of the deceased person £475

  Attendance of our funeral service team to transfer the person from the place of death.

  Conveyance of the person who died to a mortuary (most frequently this will be our own mortuary. Should need arise we may use alternative mortuary provision for a short period).

  For collections from locations that are more than 15 miles from our nearest funeral home additional mileage charge will apply.

• The provision of a hearse from our funeral home to the cemetery or crematorium (via a route of your choosing) * £595
• Total funeral charge (excluding coffin) £3,136

Additional Fees

• Embalming surcharge (where provided by an embalmer not directly employed by CPJ Field & Co. Ltd) £208
• Daily charge for continuing care for the person who died beyond 14 days £20
• The provision of a limousine to transport mourners to the funeral and back again £298
• The use of our service chapel (where available) for a ceremony prior to taking the coffin to be buried or cremated. £185
• Design and print service sheets for the ceremony

  Copies	50	100	150
  4 pages	£127	£175	£222
  8 pages	£166	£228	£293

• Surcharge for a funeral ceremony arranged to take place at the weekend £742
• Remove and replace a memorial stone to allow for a further burial £POA
• Monthly storage fee for ashes beyond the 3 months allowed for in our professional fee £30

Funeral with no ceremony

• Funeral with no ceremony (Similar to Direct Cremation) £2,349

  • Organised within 7–10 days of death occurring (registration and paperwork permitting).
  • Arrangements made over the phone, by video call or in person
  • Advice on registering the death with the registrar over the phone or registering the death for you.
  • Advice and assistance in completing burial or cremation applications and submission to the Burial or Cremation Authority
  • Liaising with Hospitals, Doctors or HM Coroner as required by the circumstances.
  • Collection of the deceased person from the place of death to a mortuary (most frequently this will be our own mortuary. Should the need arise, we may use alternative mortuary provision for a short period)
  • Care, preparation and presentation of the person who died
  • Provision of mortuary care by experienced and qualified members of our funeral service team from arrival at our
    mortuary facility for up to 14 days after arrival.
  • Wash and dress the deceased person in a suitable gown.
  • A condolences page on our website with an obituary for the person who has died where friends and family may post
    messages of comfort and support. In memory donations to a charity of your choice can also be left here.
  • Transport for the coffin to the cemetery or crematorium.
  • Attendance of a funeral director to conduct the funeral and sufficient funeral service team members at the graveside or
    crematorium chapel before the service.
  • Facilitating a visit to the funeral home to see the deceased person in our visiting room.
  • Basic coffin suitable for cremation.

  A no-ceremony does not include:
  

  • Any ceremony immediately before or after the coffin is presented for burial or cremation.
  • The attendance of a celebrant (religious or non-religious) at the place of committal.
  • Choice of coffin (coffin can be upgraded at additional cost).
  • Choice of date and time for the cremation or burial to happen.
  • Mourners attending the place of committal.