Helliwells Funeral Service 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) - £2594

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£1029.00
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£252.00
Care of the deceased person before the funeral in appropriate facilities. The deceased person will be kept at the funeral director’s
branch premises
£294.00
Providing a suitable coffin – this will be made from an oak veneered£567.00
Viewing of the deceased person for family and friends, by appointment with the funeral director (where viewing is requested by the customer)£52.00
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£400.00

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)£1,365.00
Cremation (funeral director’s charges plus the cremation fee) £1864.00
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:
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.
£600.00-
£880.00
For an Attended cremation funeral, the cremation fee.
In this local area, the typical cost of a cremation for local residents is:
£917.00-
£945.00
Please discuss any specific religious, belief-based and/or cultural requirements that you have with the funeral director.

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.

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)£2.30
Additional transfers of the deceased person’s body (e.g. to their home, to a place of worship etc.) (price per transfer)£190.00
Collection and delivery of ashesN/A
Embalming£105.00
Funeral officiant (e.g. celebrant, minister of religion etc.)Prices on request
Services supplied outside of normal office hoursPrices 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.

Disclosure of interests

  1. The ownership of Helliwells Funeral Service Ltd is Keith Lawson and Marguerite Lawson (only)
  2. There is no business or material financial interest in a price comparison website
    • There has been no material charitable donation to a third party
    • There has been no charitable contribution or payment of gratuity to a third party
    • There has been no material form of payment to a third party that does not relate to a cost incurred or a service provided by the third party on behalf of Helliwellls Funeral Service Ltd.

Burnley Crematorium

Cremation Fees
18 years and over£917.00
Direct Cremation - no chapel service£499.00
Additional fee for Saturday & use of Chapel – 18 years and over£249.00
Media Charges
Webcast live (including 7 days on demand)£35.00
Recordings (downloadable MP4 video file) £24.00
Visual tribute - single imageFree
Each additional image£11.00
Slideshow with music & 25 images£53.00
(every additional 25 images)£18.00
Family video file£24.00

Skipton Crematorium

Cremation Fees
18 years and over£945.00
Extra fee for same day cremation£44.00
Weekend feeOn application
Early morning slot (09.10)£695.00
No service cremation£463.00
Media Charges
Webcast (live and 28 days on demand)£50.00
Visual tribute - Single imageFree
Any additional image£15.00
Slideshow (no music)£49.00
Music tribute (up to 25 photos)£78.00
Themed tribute (up to 25 photos)£95.00
Every additional 25 photos£25.00
Family supplied video£32.00

Pendle Cemeteries fees

Exclusive right of burial
The fee for the issue of a deed of grant for -:
a: For the exclusive right of burial in an earthen grave, bricked or vault (and not exceeding 6 foot in depth). Also wooden graves for a child whose age at time of death did not exceed 7 years.£996.00
b: For the exclusive right of burial in a wooden grave for persons over 7 years.£1,493.00
c: For the exclusive right of burial for half a grave space (for the interment of ashes and babies under 2 years old)£499.00
Interment in a grave
For the interment in a grave or bricked grave in respect of which an exclusive right of burials has
been granted.
a: Foetal Remains (24 weeks & under)£181.00
Saturday £231.00
Sunday £280.00
b: Of the body of a child whose age at the time of death did not exceed 7 years (grave for one)£393.00
Saturday £502.00
Sunday £608.00
c: Of the body of a person (grave for one)£785.00
Saturday £1,001.00
Sunday £1,216.00
d: Of the body of a person (grave for two)£880.00
Saturday £1,122.00
Sunday £1,364.00
e: For the digging of a grave for each additional coffin depth over 6 foot£220.00
Saturday £280.00
Sunday £340.00
Interment in a vault
a: Of a body of any person£653.00
Saturday £833.00
Sunday £1,012.00