Funeral Plans

A prepaid funeral plan is a safe and simple way for peace of mind for you and your family. We offer independent way funeral plans through the UK’s largest independent funeral plan provider, Golden Charter. Our plan allows an easy way for you to organise your funeral arrangements with us, specify your wishes and take care of the costs in advance.

The funeral directors services which are guaranteed to be covered as set out in your plan include:-

  • Professional services
  • Removal of deceased within 20 mile radius to funeral home
  • Care of the deceased and use of chapel of rest (excludes embalming)
  • Family viewing during office hours
  • Help and guidance on all funeral arrangement including certification and registration of death documents
  • Traditional furnished coffin
  • Hearse and one limousine funeral vehicles

Third party costs which are not guaranteed and could incur extra charges at time of funeral include:-

  • Crematorium fee
  • Clergy or officiant fee
  • Cemetery fee
  • Purchase of new burial lair
  • Hire of church fee
  • Hire of organist fee
  • Memorial headstone or  ashes casket
  • Floral tributes
  • Newspaper announcements
  • Funeral teas

Once your plan is paid for,the plan is guaranteed to cover the funeral directors services in your plan.

 

Your money is paid into the golden charter trust fund and it is expected that growth and maturity of the trust fund will cover any additional third party costs that may be chargeable at time of need due to inflation and price increases outwith the funeral directors control.

Talking about death and funerals isn’t easy. And yet there are several very good reasons why having a funeral plan in place makes perfect sense – from an emotional, practical and financial point of view. From a traditional funeral, to something simpler, with a plan in place you can make sure you get the send-off you really want.A plan allows you to specify your wishes and pay for the funeral director’s services included in your plan. As customers often tell us, that can bring peace of mind to you and your family. A plan from Golden Charter also includes an allowance towards third party costs. These are essential, non-funeral director services such as cremation or burial fees, plus the minister or officiants’s fee to perfrom the service. The value of the allowance included in your plan may grow over time. There will only be more to pay at the time of the funeral if the third party costs exceed the allowance when you buy your plan, or if the costs increase by more than the growth of your plan.

At RB Steele LTD we’re proud to partner with Golden Charter, one of the UK’s leading funeral plan providers.* With a Golden Charter funeral plan you choose us as your preferred funeral director. When the time comes, we’ll take care of your wishes locally with the utmost care and respect.

It means your Golden Charter funeral plan offers the best of both worlds – the reassurance of a leading plan provider and our personal care and service when it matters most. Rest assured a plan from Golden Charter is available to all UK residents regardless of age or state of health.

Would you like to know more information about how a Golden Charter funeral plan could work for you?
Golden Charter can provide you with all of the information you need to make an informed decision for you and your family, so get in touch today!

Call Golden Charter on 0800 090 2495 and quote RB Steele Ltd.
Ready to take the next step? Get in touch today. 
As well as the comfort of having a plan in place, you’ll have the peace of mind that comes with being able to help save your family from worry and expense in the future. So why not take the next step?

*Based on  a Golden Charter analysis and an independent reserch of the funeral plan market size as at January 2023.

RB Steele Ltd is an introducer appointed representative of Golden Charter Limited trading as Golden Charter Funeral Plans which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Authority (FRN:965279).

Independent Way Pre-Paid Funeral Plan Features

Cremation

Burial

Professional Services

Professional Services

Professional Services

Removal of deceased within 20 miles of funeral home

Removal of deceased within 20 miles of funeral home

Removal of deceased within 20 miles of funeral home

Traditional furnished coffin

Traditional furnished coffin

Traditional furnished coffin

Family viewing (during office hours)

Family viewing (during office hours)

Family viewing (during office hours)

Cremation fee

Cremation fee

Cremation fee

Burial fee (excluding new lair)

Burial fee (excluding new lair)

Burial fee (excluding new lair)

Hearse and One Limousine

Hearse and One Limousine

Hearse and One Limousine

Care of deceased and use of chapel of rest/rest rooms (excludes embalming)

Care of deceased and use of chapel of rest/rest rooms (excludes embalming)

Care of deceased and use of chapel of rest/rest rooms (excludes embalming)

guidance and help on all funeral arrangements including certification and registration of death documents

guidance and help on all funeral arrangements including certification and registration of death documents

guidance and help on all funeral arrangements including certification and registration of death documents

Independent Way Pre-Paid Funeral Plan Costs

Independent Way Cremation Plan
£4,130.00
Independent Way Burial Plan
£3,756.00

All plans can be tailored to individual requirements when purchasing the plan so that all choices are submitted with the plan paperwork.  This means that family members know exactly what you have requested.