Peasgood & Skeates
Pricing & Legal Information
At Peasgood & Skeates we offer exceptional standards of care by our local, dedicated staff, there are many reasons to choose us to assist you.
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Pricing Information
We understand that bereavement is a difficult and distressing time and this may be the first time that you have had to choose a Funeral Director. If you are comparing prices, it is important to also compare the level of service that you will receive against ours.
We are a family owned business, trading independently since 1847, with a reputation and longevity built on striving for excellence. We deliver a traditional quality service with modern ways of working. We offer free confidential advice on funerals, memorials and pre-paid funeral planning.
We believe in clear and transparent pricing.
Our 24 hour, 365 days a year, telephone helpline, is staffed by fully trained, professional Funeral Managers who live and work in the local area.
Our facilities are first class and have benefitted from continuous investment.
We offer the opportunity to view our premises and meet our staff before you make a decision, if you so wish.
We have the utmost respect for the deceased and are committed to providing the very best service for the bereaved, including free professional bereavement support for our client families through SAIF Care.
We have a private Chapel of Rest for every funeral home – your loved one will always be close by.
We have our own fleet of high specification hearses and limousines, fully air conditioned for your comfort.
Our dedicated team is fully uniformed, highly experienced and all staff are trained through the Independent Funeral Directors College.
We are Members of SAIF – The Society of Allied & Independent Funeral Directors, and we are bound by their Quality Assurance Programme.
Standardised Price List
All funeral directors are legally required to publish this Price List for a standardised set of products and services. This is to help you think through your options and make choices, and to let you compare prices between different funeral directors (because prices can vary).
| ATTENDED FUNERAL (funeral director’s charges only) | £2,250.00 |
| Includes the following: | |
| 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. Taking care of all necessary legal and administrative arrangements. | £520.00 |
| 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. | £135.00 |
| Care of the deceased person before the funeral in appropriate facilities. The deceased person will be kept at the funeral director’s branch premises. | £135.00 |
| Providing a suitable coffin, this will be a simple foil veneer wood effect coffin. | £425.00 |
| Viewing of the deceased person for family and friends, by appointment with the funeral director (where viewing is requested by the customer). | £45.00 |
| 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. | £990.00 |
| 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. | |
| Burial (funeral director’s charges only) | £1,245.00 |
| Cremation (funeral director’s charges plus the cremation fee) ² | £1,695.00 |
| FEES YOU MUST PAY | |
| For an Attended or Unattended burial funeral, the burial fee. ¹ | |
| In this local area, the typical cost of the burial fee for local residents is: | £165.00 to £2,127.00 |
| 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/replacement fee. In addition, the cemetery may charge a number of other fees. | |
| For an Attended cremation funeral, the cremation fee. ² | |
| In this local area, the typical cost of a cremation for local residents’ is: | £450.00 to £1,095.00 |
Please discuss any specific religious, belief-based and/or cultural requirements that you have with the funeral director.
| ADDITIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES | |
| This funeral director may be able to supply a range of optional, additional products and services, or to arrange (on your behalf) for a third party to supply them. Examples include: | |
| Additional mileage (price per mile) | £2.00 |
| Additional transfers of the deceased person’s body (e.g. to their home, to a place of worship etc.) (price per transfer) | Not offered |
| Collection and delivery of ashes | £50.00 |
| Embalming | £135.00 |
| Funeral officiant (e.g. celebrant, minister of religion etc.) | £217.00 to £250.00 |
| Services supplied outside of normal office hours | (Prices on request) |
The funeral director can give you a full list of what they can supply. They are likely to charge for these additional products and services, so you may choose to take care of some arrangements without their involvement, or you can use a different supplier.
¹ This fee (which is sometimes called the interment fee) is the charge made for digging and closing a new grave, or for reopening and closing an existing grave.
² In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, you will usually need to pay doctors’ fees as well. This is the charge for two doctors to sign the Medical Certificates for Cremation.
Simple Funeral
This simple funeral includes popular options most commonly requested by our client families, with flexibility to add further options as detailed below.
| Services included: Professional Fees, including coffin. | |
| Local removal of the deceased during normal working hours from either private residence or hospital, to our private Chapel of Rest. | |
| Provision of our professional services, facilities, advice and funeral arrangements. | |
| A simple foil veneer wood effect coffin. | |
| Preparation of the deceased and unlimited viewings during working hours, by appointment. | |
| Transportation for the funeral by our hearse to a local crematorium or cemetery with four bearers and a funeral conductor in attendance. | |
| Collection, collation and distribution of donations made in memory online. | |
| Collection of cremated remains and their return to our funeral home. | £2,350.00 |
We will initially make all payments to clergy, crematorium or cemetery, doctors, newspapers etc., as required or instructed, and then itemise these on your account.
| Further elements which can be added: | |
| Embalming | £135.00 |
| Additional mileage | £2.00 per mile after first 30 miles |
| Out of hours removal | £235.00 |
| Removal of deceased by another Funeral Director | £at cost |
| Oversized or strengthened coffin | £at cost |
| Additional bearers (if required) | £75.00 |
Direct Cremation
With this option you have the flexibility to add further services, as detailed below.
| Services included: Professional Fees, including coffin. | |
| Local removal of the deceased during normal working hours from either private residence or hospital, to our private Chapel of Rest. | |
| Provision of our professional services, facilities, advice and funeral arrangements. | |
| A basic coffin. | |
| Transportation to a local crematorium, inclusive of cremation fee and medical certificates, as required. | £1,695.00 |
| Further elements which can be added: | |
| Collection of cremated remains and their return to our funeral home | £50.00 |
| Preparation of the deceased and viewings by appointment | £135.00 |
| Embalming | £135.00 |
| Additional mileage | £2.00 per mile after first 30 miles |
| Out of hours removal | £235.00 |
| Removal of deceased by another FD | £at cost |
| Oversized or strengthened coffin | £at cost |
| Additional bearers (if required) | £75.00 |
Bespoke Funeral
With our Bespoke Funeral, you can have the funeral you want with full flexibility to choose your preferred coffin, limousines and additional options from our full range of services.
| Professional Services included: (excluding coffin - please see choices below). | |
| Local removal of the deceased during normal working hours from either private residence or hospital, to our private Chapel of Rest. | |
| Provision of our professional services, facilities, advice and funeral arrangements. | |
| Preparation of the deceased and unlimited viewings at any time, by appointment. | |
| Transportation for the funeral by our hearse to a local crematorium or cemetery with four bearers and a funeral conductor in attendance. This includes the option for the hearse to travel via a home address, then to a church, crematorium or cemetery, with a total travelling distance of thirty miles. | |
| Collection, collation and distribution of donations made in memory online. | |
| Collection of cremated remains and their return to our funeral home. | £2,275.00 |
Coffins & Caskets
The cost of the coffin or casket is in addition to the Professional Services cost above:
| TRADITIONAL COFFINS | |
| Chiltern Elm polished Elm veneered coffin | £525.00 |
| Chiltern Oak polished Oak veneered coffin | £555.00 |
| Chiltern Mahogany polished Mahogany veneered coffin | £585.00 |
| Traditional Knotted Oak veneered wax finished coffin | £690.00 |
| Canterbury polished Oak veneered panelled coffin | £845.00 |
| Tudor Rose polished Oak veneered rose panelled coffin | £895.00 |
| The Signature polished Oak veneered panelled coffin | £995.00 |
| Last Supper polished solid Oak last supper panelled coffin | £1,475.00 |
| Windsor polished solid Oak coffin | £1,535.00 |
| Cambridge polished solid Oak panelled coffin | £1,695.00 |
| OTHER COFFINS AND CASKETS | |
| Cardboard coffins | £475.00 to £650.00 |
| Contemporary coffins | £845.00 to £1,350.00 |
| Environmental coffins | £845.00 to £1,350.00 |
| English caskets | from £1,625.00 |
| American caskets | from £1,995.00 |
We will initially make all payments to clergy, crematorium or cemetery, doctors, newspapers etc., as required or instructed, and then itemise these on your account.
Additional Options
| LIMOUSINE/FLORAL HEARSE CHARGES | |
| Limousine (seats up to 6 people) return journey of 30 miles | £230.00 |
| `S’ class limousine (seats up to 3 people) return journey of 30 miles | £185.00 |
| Additional limousine mileage (after the first 30 miles) | £2.00p per mile |
| Floral hearse – for carriage of additional flowers | £250.00 |
| THANKSGIVING SERVICE | |
| Conductor in attendance | £125.00 |
| REMOVAL OF DECEASED | |
| After hours and weekends | £235.00 |
| Bank Holidays | £260.00 |
| Removals during working hours for another F.D. | £260.00 |
| Removals outside working hours for another F.D | £295.00 |
| ADDITIONAL MILEAGE (After the first 30 miles) | |
| Up to 100 miles | £2.00p per mile |
| 100 to 300 miles | £1.90p per mile |
| Over 300 miles | £1.80p per mile |
| CORTEGE TO CHURCH OR TAKE HOME | |
| Normal hours. | £250.00 |
| After hours. | £275.00 |
| Bank Holidays and Sundays. | £300.00 |
| HORSE-DRAWN FUNERALS | |
| A 19th Century Hearse drawn by two plumed Friesian horses | £1,195.00 |
| A 19th Century Hearse drawn by four plumed Friesian horses | £1,895.00 |
COLLECTION OF DONATIONS IN MEMORY
Collection and collation of cheques and cash, together with debit and credit card transactions made online.
Our bespoke In Memory pages also enable photographs and an obituary to be uploaded and messages of condolence to be left by donors.
Sending donations to the nominated charity/charities and sending the client a list of donors and any cards or messages received.
£25.00 all inclusive
| ADDITIONAL FUNERAL CHARGES | |
| For a Part Funeral on a following day | £625.00 |
| For a Saturday Funeral | £725.00 |
| For a Sunday or Bank Holiday Funeral | £850.00 |
| For a split funeral on the same day | £275.00 |
| For a Funeral exceeding 4 hours there may be an additional charge of £125. per hr. | |
| CREMATED REMAINS (Funeral Directors charges only) | |
| Polished solid wood casket with engraved name plate:- | |
| Aston Oak Urn | £100.00 |
| Malvern Oak/Mahogany Urn | £100.00 |
| Transporting Cremated Remains to local churchyards, including plot preparation, with: | |
| Staff in attendance | £125.00 |
| Weekend or after hours | £180.00 |
| PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT | |
| Embalming | £135.00 |
| Embalming for transportation | £225.00 |
| Specialist treatment – charges on request |
BESPOKE PERSONALISED
SERVICE SHEETS
Inclusive of bespoke layout and design by our in-house designers.
Liaison with Ministers, Celebrants, etc.
Proofing of the Service Sheet and delivery to the venue on the day of the funeral.
Photographs may be added at an additional cost of £40.00.
| Quantity | 4 Page | 8 Page |
| 50 copies | £90.00 | £130.00 |
| 75 copies | £110.00 | £150.00 |
| 100 copies | £125.00 | £170.00 |
| 150 copies | £160.00 | £205.00 |
| 200 copies | £195.00 | £245.00 |
| 250 copies | £235.00 | £285.00 |
| 300 copies | £270.00 | £330.00 |
Price Information for Crematoria Operators
| Name of Crematoria | Peak-Time Attended Service | Non Peak-Time Attended Service | Unattended Service |
| Cambridge | £963.00 | £695.00 | £438.00 |
| Cam Valley (Gt Chesterford) | £995.00 + £29.00* | £750.00 + £29.00* | £475.00 + £29.00* |
| Chelmsford | £1,050.00 | £n/a | £909.00 |
| Colchester | £977.00 | £n/a | £587.00 |
| Gt. Dunmow | £850.00 | £450.00 | £350.00 |
| Enfield | £1055.00 + £35.00* | £750.00 + £35.00* | £499.00 + £35.00* |
| Harwood Park (Stevenage) | £1,400.00 | £n/a | £n/a |
| Parndon Wood (Harlow) | £1,095.00 + £29.00* | £765.00 + £29.00* | £475.00 + £29.00* |
| Forest Park (Hainault) | £1,170.00* + £29.00* | £820.00* + £29.00* | £475.00 + £29.00* |
| Three Counties (Braintree area) | £1,044.00 + £35.00* | £750.00 + £35.00* | £499.00 + £35.00* |
| West Suffolk (Bury St Edmunds) | £1,065.00 + £29.00* | £875.00* + £29.00* | £475.00 + £29.00* |
| Woollensbrook (Hertford) | £1,095.00* + £29.00* | £765.00* + £29.00* | £475.00 + £29.00* |
* Crematoria temporary Fuel Surcharge
Some crematoria offer reduced fees at non-peak times (which may vary). Please contact us for details.
(All prices listed are based on a standard adult cremation). Due to circumstances beyond our control, prices may be subject to variation and will be confirmed in your funeral quotation.
Legal Information
TERMS OF BUSINESS
On acceptance of our written estimate of funeral costs, payment of a minimum deposit payment is required at least 3 days in advance of the date of the funeral. The amount of the deposit is set out below:
Attended & Bespoke Funerals: The total cost of all third party disbursements.
Unattended & Direct Cremation Funerals: 100% of the total cost of the written estimate.
We reserve the right to request 100% of the total cost of the written estimate, regardless of the type of funeral selected, under certain circumstances.
Any balance owed on the funeral account following receipt of all deposit payments made, will be due strictly 30 days from the date of our funeral invoice.
Invoices not paid by the due date, where we have not approved any delay in payment will be passed to our Collection Agency or solicitors, without further reference to you. All costs incurred in the recovery of overdue invoices will be met by you. We reserve the right to charge interest on all outstanding balances from the invoice date at a rate of 2% per calendar month.
DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS
Peasgood & Skeates is a trading name of Daniel Robinson & Sons Ltd., that is the ultimate business owner.
Company Registration Number: 455065. Registered office: 79/81 South Street, Bishop’s Stortford, CM23 3AL. 01279 655477
Peasgood & Skeates’ principal office address is: Shire Hill, Saffron Walden, CB11 3AQ. 01799 523314
There is no business or material financial interest in a price comparison website.
CHARITABLE DONATIONS
Daniel Robinson & Sons Ltd., has not made any material charitable donations (greater than £250) to third parties or charities connected to the funeral sector in the last 12 months.
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We aim to be for all the communities we serve, the people to turn to in time of bereavement; to ensure, by our wholehearted commitment, that every funeral is carried out to the highest possible standard; and to be available to offer advice, support and assistance at all times.