Steven Stewart Funeral Directors Ltd Prices

Funeral Directors Charges / Disbursements:

Funerals costs are split between the funeral directors costs and the disbursements and depend on the requirements you have..

Funeral Directors costs:

include: care of the deceased, bearers, vehicle and facilities in local transfer of deceased from place of death to funeral home, first offices and use of rest rooms. Professional Services, our professional attention throughout, including the arrangements interview, administration, bearers and funeral directors attendance at funeral service and provision of hearse and chauffeur to funeral. Additional costs include the coffin/casket price; hire of limousines and chauffeurs for conveyance of mourners, coffin to church or home out of hours; additional transfer costs outwith Fife.

Disbursements:

these are the costs we pay on your behalf to external providers including: crematorium or burial charges; doctors fees for cremation certificates; donations for ministers/church/organist; death notices and acknowledgements; floral tributes; catering; special requirements such as doves; balloons etc

Deposit:

We request a deposit to cover the disbursements which we have to pay on your behalf. This is due prior to the funeral taking place and can be paid by cash, cheque or debit/credit card. Thank you.

Please find below a chart comparing the different Funerals available and cost for each one. each individual funeral will be tailored to the family's requests.

If you would like to know more about specific costs involved please do not hesitate to call us.

 

Standard 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)                                                                 £2,497.50

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:                                                         £1,100.00      Collecting and transporting the deceased person from the place of death (normally within 20 miles of the Funeral Director's premises) into the Funeral Director's care:                                                                     £160.00     Care of the deceased person before the funeral in appropriate facilities. The deceased person will be kept at [both] the Funeral Director's [branch premises] [and at other] [ non-branch permises]                                 £98.50

Providing a suitable coffin - this will be made from [Veneered Oak Coffin]                                                  £789.00

Viewing of the deceased person for the family and friends, by appointment with the Funeral Director (where viewing is requested by the client)                                                                                                                 £0.00

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.                                                                                                                                                         £350.00

 

UNATTENDED FUNERAL

This is a funeral where the 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)                                                                                                  £1,817.50

Cremation ( funeral directors charges plus cremation fee [Fife Crematoria])                                    £2,388.50

 

FEES YOU MUST PAY  

For an Attended or Unattended burial, the burial fee (Fife Council Fees)  

Purchase of the plot                                                                                                                                    £868.00

Opening Fee of plot                                                                                                                                     £836.00

For a new grave, you will also need to pay for the plot, for an existing grave witha memorial in place, you may need to pay a removal / replacement fee. In addition, the cemetery may charg a number of other fees. 

For an Attended cremation funeral, the cremation fee. In this local area, (Fife Council) the typical cost of a cremation for the local residents is:                                                                                                             £880.00

 

Please discuss any specific religious, belief-based and /or cultural requirements that yo have with the funeral directors.

 

ADDITINAL FUNERAL DIRECTOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

This Funeral Director may be able to supply a range of optional, additional products and service, or to arrange (on your behalf) for a third party to supply the. Examples include:

Additional mileage (price per mile)                                                                                                               £1.60

Additional transfers of the deceased person's body

(e.g. into their home, to a place of worship etc) (price per transfer)                                                                        £250.00

Collection and delilvery of ashes                                                                                                               £0.00 

Embalming                                                                                                                                                 £150.00

Funeral Officiant (e.g. Celebrant, Minister of Religion etc etc)                          [Prices on Request]

Services supplied outside of normal office hours                                              [Prices on Request] [Not Offered]

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.

 

This fee ~(which is sometimes called the interment fee) is the charge made for digging and closing a new grave, or for re-opening and closing an existing grave.

In England, Wales and Nortehrn 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

CREMATORIA PRICE INFORMATION

The information below gives the prices charged by crematoria within a 30 - minute cortege journey of this funeral home:

 

Standard Fee Attended Service:

Kirkcaldy / Dunfermline Crematorium                                                                                     £880.00

Dundee Crematorium                                                                                                                 £1,220.00  

 

Unattended Service:

Kirkcaldy / Dunfermline Crematotrium                                                                                    £440.00

Dundee Crematorium                                                                                                                 £499.00

 

Reduced Fee Attended Service:

Dundee Crematorium                                                                                                                 £675.00

 

TERMS OF BUSINESS

Our Terms of Business include the following:

 

You must pay a deposit of Disbursments Figure 2 days before the funeral.

 

the final balance must be paid 14 days after the funeral. 

 

the following charges will be made for late payment: at a rate of 4% above our bank's base rate from time to time in force. 

 

 

DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST:

The ultimate owner of this Business is Steven Stewart Funeral Directors Ltd

 

We have no business or financial interest in a price comaparison website which compares Funeral Director Services and/or Crematoria Services and their respective prices. 

 

We make charitable donations to the Following:

Duffus Park Bowling Club.