Prices
Open and clear about cost.
Prisiau.
Here is everything we charge, the fees other people set, and how payment works. Cost should never be a surprise, and you only pay for what you choose.
Standardised Price List
Attended Funeral
Funeral director’s charges only
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.
- £130
Taking care of all necessary legal and administrative arrangements
Registering the death with you, liaising with the doctor, medical examiner or coroner, and handling every form a funeral needs.
- £150
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
From home, hospital, hospice or care home, at any hour, normally within fifteen miles of Welshpool.
- £550
Care of the deceased person before the funeral in appropriate facilities
In our chapel of rest at Welshpool or at Llanfair Caereinion, looked after by the family.
- £660
Providing a suitable coffin
From our standard range. Other coffins are shown on our coffins page.
- £60
Viewing of the deceased person for family and friends, by appointment with the funeral director (where viewing is requested by the customer)
For family and friends who would like to see them before the funeral.
- £230
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
To the church, chapel, cemetery or crematorium you choose, normally within twenty miles of Welshpool.
Standardised Price List
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. More about direct cremation.
- £1,550
Burial (funeral director's charges only)
Our charges only. The burial fee is set by the cemetery and listed below.
- £1,800
Cremation (funeral director's charges plus the cremation fee)
Our charges, and the crematorium's fee, together.
Fees you must pay
Fees set by others
These are charged by cemeteries and crematoria, not by us. We pay them on your behalf, pass them on at cost with no mark-up, and confirm the exact figures for your arrangements when we meet.
Burial fee
For an attended or unattended burial. The typical cost of the burial fee for local residents is:
- Powys County Council cemetery, single grave£905
- Privately owned burial ground£450
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 or replacement fee. The cemetery may charge other fees too.
Cremation fee
For an attended cremation. The typical cost of a cremation for local residents is:
- Cremation fee, local crematorium£904
Emstrey Crematorium, Shrewsbury
About 20 miles from Welshpool
- Attended cremation, a 30-minute service in a 45-minute slot£904
- Attended cremation, early 8.45am service£785
- Unattended cremation£534
Crematorium fees as published by the crematorium. You may also need to pay a fee for the medical certificate or the medical examiner’s review. We will tell you if this applies.
Additional options
Other things we can provide
We may be able to supply a range of optional, additional products and services, or to arrange for someone else to supply them on your behalf. You are always free to arrange some things yourself, or to use a different supplier.
- £3
Additional mileage (price per mile)
Beyond the distances included above.
- £150
Additional transfers of the deceased person's body (e.g. to their home, to a place of worship etc.) (price per transfer)
For example, bringing them home the night before, or to their chapel.
- £30
Collection and delivery of ashes
We collect the ashes and bring them to you.
- Not offered
Embalming
Not something we offer.
- Prices on request
Funeral officiant (e.g. celebrant, minister of religion etc.)
We can arrange a minister, a celebrant or another officiant for you.
- Prices on request
Services supplied outside of normal office hours
Terms, disclosures and help
Prices as at 1 April 2023. We will give reasonable notice of any change.
The burial fee (sometimes called the interment fee) is the charge made for digging and closing a new grave, or for reopening and closing an existing grave. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, you will usually need to pay doctors’ fees as well.
Please discuss any specific religious, belief-based or cultural requirements with us.
We do not supply flowers: families order and pay for them directly with a florist. The florists we recommend each pay us a fixed fee of £15 for each funeral they supply flowers for, paid when they deliver. It is the same whatever is ordered, and our florists have agreed not to pass it on to families, so you pay the florist’s usual prices. More about flowers.
We are happy to give you a printed copy of this price list, our terms and our disclosures. Call the office on 01938 559 256 or call in at Calkirk Buildings, Salop Road, Welshpool SY21 7EG.
Published in line with the Funerals Market Investigation Order 2021 (Competition and Markets Authority).
When you would like to talk it through.
Prices are easier to understand when you can ask questions. We are happy to sit down with you, in our office or in your own home, and go through what an arrangement would cost and what it would involve.