Includes the essential elements for a funeral service. A lower-cost option without unnecessary frills. A simple wood effect veneer coffin, with a hearse for funeral transport are both included. You have the choice to record personal special wishes to your plan that will be passed to loved ones when the funeral is needed.
Please scroll down the page for full details on the funeral plan.
- 24-hour collection of Covered Individual into our care (up to 50 miles)*
- Care and preparation of Covered Individual
- Restricted date and time of the funeral
- Hearse
- Funeral service mileage (15 miles each way)*
- A funeral procession direct to the service
- Funeral advice and support
- A simple coffin
- Visiting 9am-5pm weekdays
- Bereavement assistance
- Doctors’ medical fees (where applicable)
- Minister or Officiant fee
Cremation Plans Only
- Fees for a service and cremation at a local crematorium
- Ashes collection & storage
Burial Plans Only
- Gravedigger fee
- In area single residence burial fee
- Service location (Church) fee
- Simple burial marker
* If you need to travel further than the mileage in the plan, we'll charge £2 per mile.
- Limousine
- Embalming
- Ritual family wash and dress
- Flowers
- Catering/wake
- A ceremony/service at a second location to where the cremation is to take place
- Newspaper notices / Order of Services
- The cost of memorials and headstones, including the repair, cleaning, re-fixing, or additional inscriptions
- Charges relating to the provision of an organist, choir or live music (e.g. soloist, band) at the funeral ceremony/service.
- Increased burial costs when the Covered Individual isn’t eligible as a resident in the local authority of the burial ground/cemetery.
- Repatriation from outside mainland Great Britain
- Interment or disposal of ashes
- Additional mileage, above 15 miles, for the Funeral service or collection of the covered individual
This list isn’t exhaustive; please refer to the Terms and Conditions for further information.
If you buy a plan online, you'll need to pay in full by a debit card, Visa or Mastercard.
Other payment options:
One single card payment – You can pay by debit card, Visa or Mastercard. This payment can be taken online, over the phone by calling 01543 421378, or in a Central Co-op funeral home with a certified Funeral Plan Arranger
Cheque or bank transfer - We can accept these over the phone by calling 01543 421378, or in a Central Co-op funeral home with a certified Funeral Plan Arranger
Cash - We accept cash when you complete your funeral plan application in a Central Co-op funeral home with a certified Funeral Plan Arranger
Direct Debit – You can spread the cost over 12 or 24 monthly payments. If you pay over more than 12 months, we have a 2.8% instalment charge. If you want to pay by Direct Debit, you’ll need to buy your plan over the phone, by calling 01543 421378, or with one of our Funeral Plan Arrangers at Central Co-op funeral home
The price of your funeral plan will include an admin fee of £250 which is retained by us to set up your plan. The remaining balance, which is made up of the products and services chosen, is transferred into a whole life insurance policy administered by Royal London. This ensures the funds are secure and ready to provide your funeral when needed. As an example, the price of an Essential set plan is £3,550. This is made up of the current wholesale price of the funeral (at today's prices) which is £3,300 and the administration fee of £250. The full value of £3,300 is paid into a whole of life insurance policy, and £250 fee is retained by us to cover the costs of setting up the plan.
12 Monthly Payments | 24 Monthly Payments | |||||||
Single payment (includes admin fee) |
Admin fee | 1 payment of | 11 payments of | Total Payment | Admin fee | 1 payment of | 23 payments of | Total Payment |
£3,550 | £250 | £275.00 | £275.00 | £3,550 | £250 | £141.35 | £141.35 | £3,642.40 |
* If you pay over 24 months, we include a charge of 2.8%
Be aware. If you’re paying by Direct Debit and the covered individual dies before it’s fully paid, except in cases of accidental death, we’ll ask for the outstanding balance before we can redeem the plan. Alternatively, we’ll cancel the plan and refund the amount paid. This means you might not end up with the funeral plan arrangements you wanted.
If you’re paying by Direct Debit and miss two or more consecutive payments, this may lead to the cancellation of your plan and a refund of the amount paid. In the event of missed payments, we’ll let you know the outstanding balance and ask for payment within 10 business days of informing you. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more details.
Plans bought on our website are required to be paid in full to complete the purchase. If you'd like to pay in instalments, please speak to one of our Funeral Plan Arrangers who can help.
Our plans aren’t set in stone
If you change your mind on which plan is right for you, we can update it without a fee. You’ll just need to pay the difference in the plan prices that apply on the date you upgrade. If you move to a plan that is cheaper, we’ll refund the difference.
If you decide the plan no longer meets your needs, you have a 45-day cancellation period or you can cancel at any point during the length of your direct debit term. You can cancel your plan in writing, by email over the phone or in person by booking an appointment with a certified Funeral Plan Arranger.
If you choose to cancel within your cancellation period, we’ll refund all the money you have paid. If you choose to cancel your plan after this time, we’ll refund all payments made, less an admin fee of £250.
Once we’ve been told the covered individual has died, we won’t be able to cancel the plan. For full details of our cancellation policy please read the Terms and Conditions.
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A lower-cost option without any unnecessary frills.
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Still have questions?
If you'd to speak to one of our team, you can call us on 01543 421378 or fill in our contact form application, we'd be happy to help.