With effect from 1st April 2025
“Human beings must be said goodbye to with dignity even when it has to be swift and with very few people there.”
We would encourage you to arrange for a date that is in around 7–14 days from death occurring where possible.
It is our policy to require a deposit payment which is made up of the disbursement costs (see below for detail) and 50% of our own fee, to be paid at least 48 hours in advance of the funeral. Full details of our terms and conditions of business can be found here: www.cpjfield.co.uk/terms-and-conditions
Guidance, expertise, care and administrative support from our team of trained funeral professionals (available 24 hours a day)
Meeting to make funeral arrangements over the phone, by video call or in person.
Liaising with a celebrant (religious or non-religious) who is to lead the funeral ceremony and contact you to agree the form and content of the service.
Advice on all aspects of certification and registration of the death.
Advice and assistance in completing burial or cremation applications and digital submission to the Burial or Cremation Authority.
Liaising with Hospitals, Doctors or HM Coroner as required by the circumstances.
Booking the service time, ordering music and submitting other items for the funeral (i.e. at a crematorium this might include a video tribute, request for live streaming service, photos for display screens and so on).
A condolences page on our website with an obituary for the person who has died where friends and family may post messages of comfort and support. In memory donations to a charity of your choice can also be left here.
Receiving and listing charitable donations and forwarding monies collected to chosen charity.
Placing a notice of death in local and national newspapers on your behalf (at your cost). We recommend that details of the condolence page on our website are included.
Liaising with florists for the delivery of tributes on the day of the funeral ceremony.
Attendance of a funeral director to conduct the funeral and sufficient funeral service team members at the graveside or crematorium chapel before the service.
Provision of written estimates and final accounts detailing all charges relating to the funeral as well as use of the client portal on our website for current estimates of costs and payment of deposits due.
Collect the ashes from the crematorium (as applicable) and return to the funeral home for storage of up to three months until further arrangements can be made.
Placing a temporary maker on the grave (as applicable) after the ceremony has been completed.
Provision of advice and support following the funeral.
Provision of mortuary care by experienced and qualified members of our funeral service team from arrival at our mortuary facility for up to 14 days after arrival.
Wash and dress the deceased person in clothes provided to us or in the selected robe or gown.
Embalming is provided only with express consent, and where the embalmer is an employee of CPJ Field & Co. there is no additional charge for their services.
Facilitating a visit to the funeral home (within usual office hours) to see the deceased person in our visiting room. (Some of our locations are smaller than others please call ahead to check how many people can be accommodated on a visit).
Attendance of our funeral service team (usually a minimum of two people although this may vary according to the situation or circumstances) to prepare for the deceased person to be transferred from the place of death.
Conveyance of the person who died to a mortuary facility at a nearby CPJ Field funeral home.
For collections from locations that are more than 15 miles from our nearest funeral home additional mileage charge will apply.
*Alternative hearses (horse drawn, vintage car, motorcycle, lorry etc) are still available on request.
NB – Where a double funeral is arranged only 50% of our professional fee will be charged for the second deceased person.
Where the balance of the funeral account is paid direct by a bank or solicitor we will refund the deposit (to the individual who paid it) and no surcharge will be applied to the account.
| Copies | 50 | 100 | 150 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 pages | £127 | £175 | £222 |
| 8 pages | £166 | £228 | £293 |
A wide range of traditional bespoke coffins are available:
A real oak veneered coffin with flat sides and flat lid fitted with six electroplated brass effect handles and plate.
Available in a variety of colour finishes.
£454
£1,489
A solid European pine coffin with plain sides and flat lid. Finished with a water-based natural polish for a matt appearance.
Furnished with six solid pine wood handles.
£1,195
A solid oak coffin with feature deep panels to the sides and ends. This coffin has a high raised lid and is polished to a rich gloss finish. Fitted with six brass coloured bar handles on the side and one on both the head and the foot ends of the coffin.
Available in a variety of colour finishes.
£1,389
A solid oak coffin with simple plain sides and flat lid. Fitted with deep solid wood moulds to the base and lid.
This coffin is polished to a high gloss finish.
£1,324
It is our policy to ask for all of the disbursements (see below for detail) and 50% our fee for a no-ceremony funeral to be paid at least 48 hours before the the service is provided.
A no-ceremony does not include:
NB: this is a fixed price service. You may consider organising a celebration of life ceremony or a service of remembrance and thanksgiving at a later date. There will be no ceremony on the day the service is provided.
With your permission we will make a diary note to contact you three months after the funeral to offer our assistance in arranging such a ceremony or service.
We offer a significant range of keepsakes and memorial jewellery that incorporate or store ashes.
Please see our Continuing to Remember brochure for a wide range of ideas of what you might do with the ashes after a cremation.
These consist of monies paid out by us on your behalf to secure the services of others in order to carry out the funeral in accordance with your wishes. These are often referred to as ‘disbursements’.
Please consider settling your account by BACS or by credit card online via our website.
You can find a more detailed version of this page’s content in our printable booklet:
PDF Booklet
If you’re struggling, you may find the following websites offer useful resources, advice and support groups for coping with grief and loss.