Funeral Costs

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)

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.

£2,050


Taking care of all necessary legal and administrative arrangements.

£975


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.

£170


Care of the deceased person before the funeral in appropriate facilities. The deceased person will be kept at the funeral director’s branch premises (A.V. Griffiths & Son, Delfan, Felinfach, Brecon LD3 0UD).

£130


Providing a suitable coffin – this will be made from light oak veneered finish. 

£485


Viewing of the deceased person for family and friends, by appointment with the funeral director (where viewing is requested by the customer). 

£40


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.

£250

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)

£1,815


Cremation (funeral director’s charges plus the cremation fee)**

£1,050

Fees You Must Pay

For an Attended or Unattended burial funeral, the burial fee.*


In this local area, the typical cost of the burial fee for local residents

£882


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.**

£2,550


In this local area, the typical cost of a cremation for local residents

£935


Please discuss any specific religious, belief-based and/or cultural requirements that you have with us.

Additional Funeral Director Products & 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)  £1


Additional transfers of the deceased person’s body on a separate occasion to the committal (e.g. to theirhome, to a place of worship the night before. etc.)

Price per transfer £120


Collection and delivery of ashes  £POA


Embalming  £145


Funeral officiant (e.g. celebrant, minister of religion etc.)  POA


Services supplied outside of normal office hours  POA


Bearers  £50 each


Obituary Notice in a Local Newspaper  POA


Flowers  POA


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 reopening and closing an existing.

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Additional Information


Llwydcoed Crematorium

Every 45 minutes I 35 minute Service in chapel
Standard Fee £1,103 I Reduced Fee Not Available I Unattended Service £525

Hereford Crematorium

Every hour at 15 minutes past the hour I 45 minute Service in chapel
Saturday Fee £1,384 I Standard Fee £1,054 I Reduced Fee £883 I Unattended Service £518

Invoice Terms

  • We request an amount equal to the total cost of the disbursements to be paid before the funeral takes place
  • The funeral account is due for payment within thirty days of our account unless otherwise agreed by us in writing
  • If you fail to pay us in full on the due date we may charge you interest:
  • At a rate of 4% above our Bank’s Base Rate from time to time in force
  • Compounded on the first day of each month; and
  • Before and after any judgement (unless a Court orders otherwise)
  • We may recover the cost of taking legal action to make you pay.

Charitable Donations

The company may from time to time make donations to various good causes in the local area. These donations will be in some form of sponsorship, and we do not expect or require any recommendation for our support. Any donations amounting to more than £250 in any given year can be obtained from our office by request. These donations are not from collections at funeral services.