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    • What to do when someone dies
    • Cremation and Burial Costs
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  • Home
  • Contact us
  • Meet the Team
  • Funeral Costs
    • The Simple Funeral Service
    • The Classic Funeral Service
    • The Burial Funeral Service
    • Bespoke / Additional Funeral Options
  • Arranging a Funeral
    • What to do when someone dies
    • Cremation and Burial Costs
    • Coffin Selection
    • Funeral Vehicles
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Funeral Notices and Donations
  • C.M.A Standard Price List
  • The Direct Cremation
  • Pre-paid Funeral Plans
  • Grief Chat
  • Community
  • Testimonials
  • Coronavirus (Covid-19) Updates
The Bespoke Funeral Service

 Our Bespoke Funeral option allows you to tailor your loved ones Funeral Service to their specific wishes, enabling the funeral to reflect the life that they lived. No matter how simple or elaborate those wishes may be, we can help.
We will guide you through the many options to ensure the final farewell of your loved one will be a special and fitting tribute to them.
Like all of our funeral options the costings are made up of two elements, Our Services and the Third Party Fee's known as Disbursements. 

We work with many funeral service providers to ensure that we can facilitate every request made by you. We can also assist with Funeral arrangements throughout the country, just speak with Barry, Claire or Jason who will be able to assist with these requests and will liaise with the appropriate people and authorities on your behalf. ​

Please Note: As Funeral Directors, we are unable to register the death of a loved one, however, we will guide you every step of way, to ensure this procedure is taken care of as smoothly as possible for you.
Charges for our services (All Prices From)
Conveyance of your loved one from place of death to our Chapel of Rest,
  within 30 miles.                                                                                                           £150.00
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Care of the Deceased up to and including the Funeral.                        £275.00

Choice of Hearse for your loved ones final journey and necessary staff:  

The Norwood Hybrid Hearse for local Crematorium Service:         £395.00
The Norwood Hybrid Hearse for local Service Followed by
Local Crematorium Service:                                                                                 £450.00

The Norwood Hybrid Hearse for local Service followed by
local Burial:                                                                                                                     £395.00


Alternative forms of transport are available such as A Horse Drawn Hearse, Motorcycle Hearse, Volkswagen Hearse, Land Rover Hearse:            (Payment required prior to the funeral taking place)                                    P. O. A




Additional Options to consider.

Provision of Jaguar XJ8 Limousine:  (Seating up to 6 Passengers)     £225.00

Reception in to Church or private address on the evening before the Funeral Service:                                                                                                            £225.00

Preparation of an Ashes Grave:                                                                             £85.00

Arranging and Attending a Burial of Ashes Ceremony:                           £85.00
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Provision of a Solid Oak Ashes Casket:                                                             £85.00

Provision of a Small Scatter Tube for Ashes:                                                     £7.50

Provision of Medium Scatter Tube for Ashes:                                                  £9.50

Provision of a Large Scatter Tube for Ashes:                                                 £15.00
Our Professional Services,  meeting at one of our offices or in the comfort of your own home, offering our advice and guidance when making the funeral arrangements of your loved one, providing our care to you as a family leading up to, including and after the funeral service.                                                                                                                                                     £695.00

Coffin Selection Complete with lining and fittings suitable for
Cremation or Burial: 

Plain Elm Foil Wood Effect                                                                       from £415.00  Plain Oak Veneer                                                                                            from £445.00
Oak Veneer with Panelling                                                                        from £525.00
Solid Oak Coffin                                                                                           from £1,045.00
Solid Pine Coffin                                                                                              from £760.00
Musgrove Willow Coffin                                                                            from  £755.00
Plain White Cardboard Coffin                                                                from  £395.00
Colourful Coffin (Cardboard)                                                                   from £755.00
Colourful Coffin (Wood Veneer)                                                           from  £855.00

These are some of our most popular styles of coffin which can be found on our Coffin Selection page, alternative options are available.

Third Party Fee's known as Disbursements:  
As Funeral Directors we have no control over the third party costings and we will never add any further charges on.

Officiant Fee - For an officiant to lead the service on the day of the Funeral, either a Vicar or Celebrant.                                                                          From £206.00
 
Doctor's Fee - For completion of cremation paperwork.  (for burial and in certain cases where the Coroner is involved there will be no charge)                 £82.00
 
Crematorium Fee - Each Crematoria will have different fee's-:  Taunton Crematorium  (30 minute Service)                                                                                       £871.00                                                                       Taunton Crematorium Extended Service Time (Additional 30 Minutes to an Existing Service)                                                       £206.00                                                                                                                                               Yeovil Crematorium (40 Minute Service)                                                                                           £825.00                                                                                                                                               East Devon Crematorium                                                                                                                          £925.00
Please Note: Alternative Service Venue's are available and can be discussed during the funeral arrangement.



Because the following disbursements vary,
an individual price will be given on your estimate.

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 Church / Funeral Service Venue 
Cemetery fees - Churchyard fees - Gravedigger  
Catering - Newspaper Notices - Service Sheets -  Floral Tributes
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​B. Gibbs Funeral Services Ltd. Proprietors: Mr. Barry J. Gibbs Dip. F.D. (N.A.F.D) Mrs. Claire E. Gibbs (RGN retired)
Registered Address: The Manse, 28 Fore Street, Chard, Somerset TA20 1PT.


​Chard Funeral Home - The Manse, 28 Fore Street, Chard, Somerset TA20 1PT
Ilminster Funeral Home - 25 Silver Street, Ilminster, Somerset TA19 0DH


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