Services provided by Houghtons Funeral Directors Ltd
Professional charge, administration and attendance of all necessary personnel to conduct the funeral Includes – bringing deceased into our care; arranging and
supervising of funeral; care, preparation and hygienic treatment of deceased, with use of chapel of rest; hearse and up to four pall bearers
Total cost £1940
Additional costs
1st limousine (for people of the same household) £295.00
Additional limousines (each) £225.00
Additional pall bearers, if required (each) £50.00
Taking deceased home or to church overnight (please contact us to confirm this service is available) £225.00
Horse-drawn hearse (starting from) £995.00
Disbursements and Third Party Fees
Cremation disbursements (these are payments made on your behalf)
Crematorium fee at Walton Lea Crematorium - £810
Cremation fee at Widnes Crematorium - £765
Cremation fee at St Helens Crematorium - £638 (9am & 9:30am service £459)
Cremation service through Greenacres - £645 (9am service £499)
Doctors’ fee (1 part cremation papers – Form 4) - £82 - No charge if a coroner is issuing a Cremation Form 6 or White Burial Order
Minister’s fees are as follows
Church of England - £199
Methodist - £199
Roman Catholic - £150 (approx this is a donation made to the church rather than a fee)
Celebrant – from £135
Organist’s fee - £70
Soloist’s fee - £80
Burial disbursements
The cost of burial is comparable to cremation charges however this would depend on existing grave ownership, where the deceased lived and for how long for, how an
existing headstone is erected and if it has to be removed prior to interment, how many previous interments there has been within the plot, the size that the grave needs to be opened to
accomodate the coffin, the remaining depth of the grave. There could be other factors which affect the cost and availability not mentioned here and we will be able to provide an accurate estimate for
exacting requirements.