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The Copper Plus Plan – Simple Funeral

This plan provides a simple family led, attended cremation service for up to 20 people at the crematorium. It includes the professional services of the
Funeral Director (via telephone consultation), and a private vehicle to deliver the simple coffin to the crematorium chapel. The time and date of the early morning funeral service is set by the funeral director. This plan is fully guaranteed and includes all professional fees and third-party costs listed in the plan.

This plan is available to purchase in mainland England, Scotland, and Wales.

What’s included?

  • Funeral Director in the Golden Leaves approved network
  • Advice on registration, documentation and certification
  • Telephone consultations only
  • Collection of deceased in mainland UK (24 hrs)
  • Care and preparation of the deceased
  • Removal of medical implants
  • Wood veneer coffin
  • Private ambulance to the Crematorium
  • Service at the Crematorium before 11.00am
  • 20-minute service time (led by the Family/Next of kin)
  • Guaranteed cremation fees
  • Return of Ashes (Monday to Friday excluding Bank Holidays) or scatter at crematorium

What is not included?

  • Choice over the date and time of the funeral
  • Pall bearers
  • Embalming
  • Viewing of the deceased
  • Burial of the deceased
  • Ministers’ fees
  • Doctors/Medical Examiners fees

Special Details

The Copper Plus plan provides a simple family led, early morning attended cremation service for up to 20 people at the crematorium. It includes the professional services of the Funeral Director. The Funeral Director will be allocated by the company in the client’s locality.

Once you’ve decided on the plan that best suits your needs, just talk to us and we can arrange the payment method that is most appropriate to your personal circumstances. Payments can be made by way of single payment, or by instalments over 12 – 120 months.

Contact us if you would like a more detailed chat about all your options.
Call 0800 85 44 48.

Important information that you should know

Golden Leaves offers flexible payment options to suit your budget. You can choose to pay for your funeral upfront or spread the cost by paying monthly over a fixed term.

Monthly payments span between 1 to 10 years. The option to pay by Direct Debit makes it easier to manage the financial commitment.

1. Single payment

  • The whole sum is paid immediately, and full cover starts once the contract confirmation email is sent
  • No health checks
  • No age restrictions
  • You can cancel your funeral plan within 30 days or within 7 days of us telling you who your funeral director is (if this is later). You’ll get all your money back
  • If you cancel after this, you’ll get your money back, but we’ll deduct a £325 charge for administration

2. 12 month instalments

  • A deposit is paid, and the remaining balance is spread over 12 months
  • Accidental death cover commences immediately after the contract confirmation email is sent
  • Full cover commences after 12 months
  • No age restrictions
  • You can cancel your funeral plan at any time in the 12 months and get back everything you’ve paid.
  • If you cancel after this, you’ll get your money back, but we’ll deduct a £325 charge for administration.
  • This payment option is not available if you have been advised by a doctor of a condition or illness that will cause death within 12 months of applying for a plan.

3. 24 – 120 months instalments

  • A deposit is paid, and the remaining balance is spread between 24 to 120 months
  • Accidental death cover commences immediately after the contract confirmation email is sent
  • Full cover commences after 12 months
  • You must complete your instalments by your 80th birthday.
  • You can cancel your funeral plan at any time in the 12 months and get back everything you’ve paid.
  • If you cancel after that, you’ll get your money back, but we’ll keep a £325 charge for administration. For cancellations after 12 months, you will get back all amounts paid to the date when you can cancel but you will be charged a fee of £325 and we will also retain 50% of the Instalment Payment Fees (IPF) due up to the date of cancellation.
  • This payment option is not available if you have been advised by a doctor of a condition or illness that will cause death within 12 months of applying for a plan.

What happens to the money I paid for my plan? – We help many thousands of customers to plan and fund their funerals. Because of economies of scale, we can sell our Plans to our customers at a rate which is usually far more cost effective than it would be for them buying from a funeral director at the time of the funeral itself. As a commercial enterprise, we have costs of doing business and promotional marketing.  These costs are met by supply side economies of scale delivered by our ability to purchase funerals in bulk and are consequently absorbed into the price of our Plans.

We retain an amount from the price paid by you for your plan (which is currently £325) to cover our administrative costs of running the business.  We also retain an amount (which currently ranges between £455 and £680 dependent on which plan you purchase) to cover marketing, sales fulfilment expenses and to provide the business with an element of profit. The balance is placed in the Trust in order to pay the Appointed Funeral Director and other costs of the agreed funeral (for further information, please see our Commission and Payment Disclosure and refer to our fees and payments breakdown summary table for further details.

Any more questions?

If you require any further information and wish to speak with one of our advisors, please select the Request a Callback button, submit your details and a member of staff will contact you shortly. Alternatively you may find the info you require in our FAQs section.

You can also call us on 0800 85 44 48

Copper Plus Plan Costs

Single payment:
£2,449.00
For all payment plans min deposit of £49 is followed by:
12 Monthly Payments:
£200.00
Total Payable:
£2,449.00
24 Monthly Payments:
£106.00
Total Payable:
£2,593.00
36 Monthly Payments:
£74.91
Total Payable:
£2,745.64
48 Monthly Payments:
£59.55
Total Payable:
£2,907.44
60 Monthly Payments:
£50.50
Total Payable:
£3,078.94
72 Monthly Payments:
£44.61
Total Payable:
£3,260.74
84 Monthly Payments:
£40.53
Total Payable:
£3,453.45
96 Monthly Payments:
£37.59
Total Payable:
£3,657.71
108 Monthly Payments:
£35.42
Total Payable:
£3,874.24
120 Monthly Payments:
£33.79
Total Payable:
£4,103.75

Please Note: Should you want to pay by instalments, and require the additional options, their cost will be paid in advance. This illustration is based on an initial deposit of £49, but amounts will change with the payment of a higher deposit.