Everything we charge is on this page
You can read it before you speak to us, and we'd rather you did. Nobody should have to ask what a funeral costs while sitting in a room with a stranger, and nobody should find out what something costs when the invoice arrives.
Say so at the start rather than the end.
It is one of the most common worries there is, there is nothing embarrassing about it, and there is usually more that can be done than families expect. The DWP Funeral Expenses Payment may help if you're on certain benefits, and we can talk you through what a simpler funeral would look like.
Tell us early and we'll find a way. Tell us late and there's less we can do.
Standardised Price List
Every funeral director in the UK is required to publish this, in the same format, so that families can compare firms properly. Ours is below.
The crematorium or burial ground fee is not included in the attended funeral figure. That fee, and the minister or officiant, are paid to others on your behalf and we pass them on at cost. They are set out further down this page.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Attended funeral — a funeral where family and friends attend a service Includes collection and care of the person who has died, arrangements, a coffin, a hearse to the service, and the funeral director's staff on the day | £3,295 |
| Unattended funeral — a burial or cremation without a service | £1,595 |
| Additional cost of a burial, excluding the cost of the grave and the interment fee | £150 |
| Additional cost of a cremation, including the cremation fee | £1,260 |
| Fees you may need to pay to others — crematorium, burial ground, minister or celebrant, doctors' fees where applicable | Varies |
The same figures, in the format the CMA requires, for printing or comparing side by side.
Additional Options Price List
The Standardised Price List covers an attended funeral, an unattended funeral and the fees we pay to others on your behalf. This one covers everything else you might choose to add — a limousine, embalming, an organist, a visual tribute, service sheets, a coffin other than the plain one, and the burial charges.
Nothing on it is required, and nothing on it is already included in the standardised prices. Webcasting is charged by the crematorium rather than by us, so it sits with the fees we pass on at cost.
Our business interests
The CMA requires us to tell you if we have a financial interest in any other business you might be referred to, or if anyone has a financial interest in us.
Will Case Limited has no financial interest in any crematorium, cemetery, burial ground or related business, and we receive no commission or payment of any kind for referring families to anyone. Where we recommend a florist, a monumental mason or a caterer, it is because we have found them reliable — not because we are paid to.
No third party holds a financial interest in Will Case Limited.
Paying for a funeral in advance
If you'd rather arrange and pay for a funeral before it's needed, we offer pre-paid funeral plans.
Our full price list
Our professional services
| Professional services fee Qualified funeral directors on call at any hour, all the arrangements, the statutory paperwork, and acting for you with the registrar, the coroner and the crematorium | £1,600 |
| Bringing someone into our care From the place of death to our chapel of rest, within twenty miles of our premises | £300 |
| Additional mileage Beyond the twenty miles included above | £1.50 per mile |
| Care and attention of the person who has died Presentation and dressing by our trained staff, use of our cold room, and chapel visits during office hours | £350 |
| Viewing outside office hours For the member of staff who opens up and stays with you | £15 per hour |
| Hearse Within twenty miles of our premises | £495 |
| Limousine | £295 |
| Four bearers | £180 |
| Taking the coffin to a church or home overnight | £350 |
| Embalming Optional. We will always ask, and you are free to decline | £150 |
| Collection of ashes Collecting the ashes from the crematorium and bringing them to our office for you. Holding them for you afterwards is free of charge | £25 |
Coffins — every range and price
| Foil | £370 |
| Oak veneer Various colours available | £595 |
| Cardboard | £650 |
| Pine | £850 |
| Picture Any design, including your own photographs | from £950 |
| Willow | £795 |
| Banana leaf | £795 |
| Metal caskets and special orders | On request |
These are the ranges we keep. Our coffin brochure shows the full range with prices — around twenty in all, from woven willow to solid hardwood.
At the service
| Visual tribute Photographs set to music, played during the service | £65 |
| Our own officiant | £150 |
| Organist | from £150 |
| Church and clergy fees A further £37 is added where there is a service at church and a committal at the crematorium | £244 |
| Officiant, without a minister Estimated | from £250 |
| Clergy at the crematorium | £281 |
| External live stream Arranged through an outside company, where the crematorium's own webcast won't do what you need | from £600 |
| Service sheets Printed locally for you | Priced on request |
Burial
| Grave digging — child, 1 to 10 years | £70 |
| Grave preparation | £150 |
| Grave preparation, weekends and holidays | £250 |
| Grave digging — 10 years to adult | £700 |
| Cemetery fees | As invoiced |
| Removal of a memorial | As invoiced |
Afterwards
| Attending the scattering or interment of ashes | £100 |
| Attending, weekends and holidays | £200 |
£1,595
A cremation without a service.
If you'd like to be there, our attended direct cremation lets two people be present at 8:30am for a £100 attendance fee extra.
Collection in our own private ambulance, care in our chapel of rest with the option to visit, transfer to Salisbury Crematorium, a plain foil coffin, our professional fees and the cremation fee.
Fees we pay to others for you
Some of what you pay isn't ours. Crematorium and burial fees are set by the crematorium or the local council, ministers and celebrants set their own fees, and we pass those on at cost, without adding anything to them.
Local crematorium fees
| Crematorium | Fee |
|---|---|
| Salisbury — child, 0 to 21 years | No charge |
| Salisbury — 8:00am reception (no attendance) | £350 |
| Salisbury — reception (up to two attending, one piece of music) | £450 |
| Salisbury — committal service (35 minutes) | £1,225 |
| Salisbury — full service (35 minutes) | £1,260 |
| Charlton Park — reception (no attendance) | £375 |
| Charlton Park, Andover | from £1,095 |
| Basingstoke — child, 18 or under | No charge |
| Basingstoke — unattended direct cremation | £575 |
| Basingstoke — reduced-time service (30 minutes) | £795 |
| Basingstoke — full service (45 minutes) | from £995 |
| Webcast (charged by the crematorium — streamed on a secure link for anyone who cannot be there) | £80 |
Prices vary with the time of day, weekends and double-length services, and Sunday services cost considerably more. Ask us and we will talk the options through. Charlton Park and Basingstoke figures are as published by those crematoria in April 2026; we pass all of these on at cost.
Burial fees
Grave and interment fees are set by the parish, the council or the burial ground, and vary considerably between them. We'll tell you exactly what they are for the place you choose, before you commit to anything.
About paying
Why are your prices on the website?
Because you shouldn't have to ask. Every funeral director is required to publish a standardised price list so families can compare properly, and we'd rather you read ours before you contact us at all.
What if I can't afford a funeral?
Tell us at the start rather than the end. The DWP Funeral Expenses Payment may help if you're on certain benefits, and there is usually more that can be done than families expect — but only if we know early.
When do I have to pay?
There is no deposit to find before the funeral. We send the account afterwards, and it is due within 28 days of the date on it. We accept bank transfer (Bacs) or cheque.
Fees we pay to others on your behalf can only be an estimate until they are invoiced to us, so the final account shows what was actually charged rather than what we expected.
We do not charge interest on a late account and we do not use a debt collection agency. If paying is going to be difficult, tell us early rather than late — there is usually more that can be done than families expect, and almost all of it has to be done before the funeral.
Are there costs that aren't on this page?
Fees paid to others — the crematorium, the burial ground, a minister or celebrant — are set by them rather than by us. We'll tell you exactly what they are before you commit to anything.
Do you add anything to those fees?
No. Crematorium, burial and minister's fees are passed on at cost.