A FUNERAL SERVICE ORDER TAILORED TO YOU
Carl Kenyon’s Meridian Funeral Home is a family run business that has been providing support to the Chorley community for nearly a century. As the longest serving Funeral Directors in Chorley, the business has been operating officially since 1926. Kenyon’s Funeral Directors was originally established by the Grandfather of the current proprietor, Carl Kenyon, and we now welcome the fourth generation of the Kenyon family to the business, ensuring Kenyon’s Meridian Funeral Home remains an integral part of the local community for many years to come.
All funerals are carried out with utmost respect regardless of what plan you choose.
We do have a true Funeral Home
Standard Funeral
£2650.00 + Disbursements
What is included
- Collection of the deceased. We do not charge extra for collection outside of normal office hours.
- All necessary work to arrange the collection of the deceased, arrangements of the cremation or burial, conducting the order of service funeral and return of ashes (cremation only).
This includes arrangements of the funeral in person. £1300.00 - Veneered either in Oak, Mahogany or Pine coffin with handles and nameplate. A wide range of upgraded coffins are available at an additional cost £450.00
- Care of the deceased including preparation for visits £250.00
- Chapel of rest visits by family and friends. N/A
- Choice of date and time of funeral between Monday and Friday.
- Provision of a standard motor hearse to convey the deceased from our funeral home to the ceremony. This can include an interim stop at a residential address or similar location to meet mourners who wish to follow the hearse to the ceremony. £400.00
- One limousine for the carriage of mourners to the ceremony and return to a local location of your choice. Further limousines can be added for an additional charge. £250.00
- Return of ashes from the crematorium for collection from our funeral home (cremation only)
What is not included
- Statutory doctors fee required by law (cremations only)
- Obituary in the local press
- Floral tributes
- Choice of officiant to conduct the ceremony. This may be a religious officiant or a civil celebrant
- Service at a place of worship prior to cremation or burial. Whilst a service will take place in the crematorium (or at the graveside in the case of burial), it is possible to have a more in-depth service at a place of worship beforehand.
- An urn is not included. The ashes will be returned to you in the receptable provided by the crematorium which may be a box or plastic container. We have a choice of cremation urns and scatter tubes to purchase for an extra charge.
- In the case of burials, if you don’t already own the grave. You will need to purchase the grave. We can arrange this for you:
- Charnock Richard Crematorium – £1,220.00
- Pleasington Crematorium – £980.00
- Overdale Crematorium – £980.00
- Catholic Church – Price on request
- Church of England Church – Price on request
No Charge applied to Under 16 years
If you need to arrange a funeral for a child, whether it’s for a baby lost during pregnancy or a child up to the age of 18, we will carry out our services for free.
We will carefully guide you through all the arrangements and listen to you to understand your thoughts and wishes. We will gently suggest unique ways to add personal touches to the day and be right by your side before, during, and after the funeral..
The free services we provide are:
- Our funeral director’s services
- Our funeral directors will support you through everything you need to do, including completing all the paperwork and making all the arrangements for the funeral.
- Our rooms where you can come to visit your child if you want to. You can spend as much time with them as you need. If you’d prefer them to be at home before the funeral, we can help you with this.
Other free services include:
- suitable funeral cars, such as hearse and limousine
- choice of coffin – fully lined and fitted with a soft interior
- your choice of route for the funeral procession
Children’s Funeral Fund for England
The Children’s Funeral Fund is a scheme to provide funding for the fees charged for a cremation or burial of a child under the age of 18. If you need to apply for this funding your funeral director will be able to help you.
If you want to choose a different coffin to the ones included for free in our funeral service, if you live in England, we can claim back the first £300 of the cost from the Children’s Funeral Fund for England (CFF) on your behalf and you won’t be charged.
Burial and cremation fees
In England, cremation and burial fees, including doctors’ fees for cremation documents, and the cost of a burial plot, will be claimed back from the Children’s Funeral Fund on your behalf.
If you live in England, Scotland or Wales your local authority will not charge for a standard burial or cremation of a child under the age of 18, but this might not include the cost of the grave.
Things you’ll need to pay for
You’ll need to pay for minister or officiant fees and any additional products and services that are not included in our free children’s funeral services.
You can choose to add other products or services to the funeral at an additional cost:
- personal floral tributes
- funeral stationery, memorial books
- obituary notices, acknowledgements
- caskets, urns and keepsakes
- headstones and masonry
- catering
- alternative hearse
- additional limousines
There are a number of charities and organisations that support people dealing with the death of a child.
You might find these helpful if you need further support, counselling or somebody else to talk to:
- Cruse Bereavement Care
- SANDS
- Child Bereavement UK
Simple Funeral Plan
£2400
What is included
- Collection of the deceased. We do not charge extra for collection outside of normal office hours.
- All necessary work to arrange the collection of the deceased, arrangements of the cremation or burial, conducting the funeral service and return of ashes (cremation only). This includes arrangements of the funeral in person.
- Coffin with handles and nameplate. A wide range of upgraded coffins are available at an additional cost including eco friendly, wicker, picture and solid wood coffins
- Care of the deceased including preparation for visits
- Chapel of rest visits by family and friends.
- Choice of date and time of funeral between Monday and Friday.
- Provision of a standard motor hearse to convey the deceased from our funeral home to the ceremony. This can include an interim stop at a residential address or similar location to meet mourners who wish to follow the hearse to the ceremony. We are also able to offer a range of alternative hearses. Example include a horse drawn hearse.
- Return of ashes from the crematorium for collection from our funeral home (cremation only)
What is not included
- Statutory doctors fee required by law (cremations only)
- A limousine is not included. Mourners may follow the hearse to the ceremony.
- Obituary in the local press
- Floral tributes
- Service at a place of worship prior to cremation or burial. Whilst a service will take place in the crematorium (or at the graveside in the case of burial), it is possible to have a more in-depth service at a place of worship beforehand.
- Choice of officiant to conduct the ceremony. This may be a religious officiant or a civil celebrant
- An urn is not included. The ashes will be returned to you in the receptable provided by the crematorium which may be a box or plastic container. We have a choice of cremation urns and scatter tubes to purchase for an extra charge.
- In the case of burials, if you don’t already own the grave. You will need to purchase the grave, we can arrange this for you.
- A limousine can be provided at an additional cost of £200.00.
A funeral plan is an easy way to arrange the funeral you want in advance. A plan allows you to specify your wishes and pay for the funeral director’s services included in your plan. As customers often tell us, that can bring peace of mind to you and your family. A plan from Golden Charter also includes an allowance towards third party costs. These are essential, non-funeral director services such as the cremation or burial fees, plus the minister or officiant’s fee to perform the service.
At Meridian Funeral Home , we work in partnership with Golden Charter to provide you with a simple way to plan ahead. As one of the UK’s largest funeral plan providers1, Golden Charter has helped over 900,000 people to plan ahead2, so we’re completely confident in offering their plans to you.
Everyone has different needs when it comes to funeral planning, so we make sure the plans we offer are as flexible as possible. When you get in touch, we’ll be happy to discuss your funeral requirements and tailor a plan to suit you. Rest assured a plan from Golden Charter is available to all UK residents regardless of age or state of health.
A plan to suit your needs
As an independently owned funeral director, we’ll take the time to understand your wishes and tailor a plan to suit you. We can discuss these at our premises or in your home, at a time that is convenient for you. If you’d prefer to discuss this over the phone or via email, we can assist with this too. You can tell us about any preferences you have in mind – the type of funeral you would like to have, hymns, music or any other personal touches – and we’ll make sure your plan takes these into account.
What’s included in a pre-paid funeral plan?
Our funeral director’s services will be covered in your funeral plan, which means our fees will be fixed at today’s prices and protected against rising costs. These services typically include:
- Professional services and making arrangements for the funeral
- Transportation of the deceased from the place of death to our premises, chapel of rest or other suitable location
- Care of the deceased and preparations for family viewing if requested
- Advice on the certification and registration of death and related documentation
- Provision of funeral vehicles
- Advice on bereavement counselling
- Coffin or casket requested
Although a pre-paid funeral plan can cover all of the services above, there are some additional third party costs to consider. These are the costs for essential, non-funeral director services required to carry out a cremation or burial which need to be paid at the time of the funeral. These costs are outside our control. Depending on the plan type chosen, a Golden Charter funeral plan can include a contribution towards some third party costs. They may include:
- Crematorium fee
- Minister or officiant’s fee
- Cemetery fee: the opening of a new or existing grave for burial or interment of cremated remains
Other third party costs that may be associated with a funeral include:
- Purchase of grave or lair
- Hire of church or other venue
- Fees for organist or soloist
- Memorial, such as a headstone, entry in a book of remembrance, or the planting of a tree
- Catering, floral tributes and newspaper announcements
There will only be more to pay at the time of the funeral if the third party costs exceed the allowance when you buy your plan, or if the costs increase by more than the growth of your plan.
However, even if prices rise in the future, you’ll have the reassurance of knowing there’ll be nothing more to pay for our funeral director’s services included in the plan once your plan is fully paid for – guaranteed.
Payment options to suit you
With a Golden Charter funeral plan, you can pay for your plan in several ways. Spread the cost or make a one-off payment – simply choose the one that’s right for you. We will provide you with the information you need to make an informed decision.
The retail price of your funeral plan is representative of the equivalent cost of a funeral today plus an arrangement fee of £285 which is retained by Golden Charter to help cover the costs of setting up your plan.
Your payments are held within the Golden Charter Trust. With almost £1.2 billion under management3, the Trust is operated by a Board of Trustees, completely independent of Golden Charter. Their role is to hold your payments and ensure that the funeral director services in your plan can be paid for at the time they are required – however far into the future that may be. For more information on how your payments are protected, please visit goldencharter.co.uk/faqs
Looking after you as a customer
As a Golden Charter plan holder, you’ll receive personalised plan documents, which include a summary of your plan, our details, your plan holder certificate and a personal membership card for you to carry in your purse or wallet. You can add a nominated representative to your plan if you wish to do so. Your nominated representative will receive a letter which will provide details of your plan and our details, as your chosen funeral director. They will have no authority to make changes to your plan.
You’ll also receive a statement from Golden Charter every three years which will be sent via post.
As your funeral director, we’ll hold full details of your funeral plan. When the time comes, one phone call is all it takes to activate your plan and get the arrangements underway.
Ready to take the next step? Get in touch today
As well as the comfort of having a plan in place, you’ll have the peace of mind that comes with being able to help save your family from worry and expense in the future. So why not take the next step?
1Based on a Golden Charter analysis and independent research of the funeral plan market size as at January 2023.
2Correct at October 2023.
3Confirmed by Golden Charter Trust’s audited accounts at 31 March 2023.
MERIDIAN FUNERAL HOME LIMITED trading as ‘Carl Kenyon Meridian Funeral Home’ is an appointed representative of Golden Charter Limited trading as Golden Charter Funeral Plans which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN:965279).
Direct Cremation
£1,800.00
We believe that the Direct Cremation is the way that all funerals will be held in the future – it is a dignified, respectful and cost-effective way to say goodbye to a loved one without the fuss. Arranging a funeral this way gives you time to celebrate the person’s life at a later date with a memorial service or a family gathering to share memories of your loved one.
There are no hidden costs.
Includes:
- Doctors fee
- Crematorium fee
- Coffin
- All paperwork and arrangements made on our behalf
- Visit to the funeral home if you wish to sit with your deceased relative to say a final goodbye
AVAILABLE SERVICES
Our Simple Funeral Plan is a basic package costing £1,850 that includes all essential aspects including:
- Transportation to Meridian House
- Oak Veneer Coffin
- Grave Arrangement
- Hearse & Driver
- Footman
The Simple Plan excludes any third party costs not listed above, such as flowers or specialist transport, however these can be added onto this service, allowing you to create a truly personalised funeral plan.
We will phone the Church or Crematorium to arrange the best day for you. We never say this is when the funeral has to be.
We have flower books from Chorley florists for you to look at at the funeral home or if you can view them at your own home.
You can choose from:
- Mercedes Hearse
- Horse-drawn hearse
- Motorbike hearse
- Bespoke transportation.
We also let families place the coffin on a wagon if that is your preference.
THERE WHEN YOU NEED US
The Kenyon family have been providing funeral services in Chorley since 1926. We are a fourth-generation independent family business run by Carl and Brett Kenyon.
You can choose from a wide range of services and our prices for a simple funeral start from just £1850.00 plus third-party costs.
A QUIET PLACE TO REST
Meridian House is a truly traditional Funeral Home, and not just a business premises.
Kenyon’s Meridian Funeral Home is always attended, as Meridian House is also the Kenyon family residence. This ensures that your loved ones are never left alone and there is always someone available 24/7.
A TAILORED SERVICE
The Kenyon family have been providing funeral services in Chorley since 1926. We are a fourth-generation family business run by Carl and Brett Kenyon.
You can choose from a wide range of services and our prices for a simple funeral start from just £1850.00 plus third-party costs.
ALWAYS AVAILABLE – ANYTIME, NIGHT & DAY
From your very first call, we are always available to help. If a person has passed away at home, we can always be there within the hour to transport the deceased back to our funeral home, where they are looked after in a calm environment, and never left on their own.
When a person has passed away in hospital, the first step is to register the death at the registrar. Once this has been completed, we are able to collect that person from the hospital and deliver to Meridian House where they are able to rest while we help you arrange every aspect of the funeral, from the Order of Service to flowers and transport.
To start making arrangements, please feel free to contact us anytime, day or night. Call us now on: 01257 234 377, or use the contact form below.
Thank you so much for your professionalism, help and advice for the funeral of my husband.
All these
Things made a difficult and emotional time so much easier to bear.
Beth and Family
Carl and Team, Just a few heartfelt words to thank you for the care and dignified professional service you provided.
All the family truly appreciated your attention to detail at this very difficult time. God bless you all.
Pat and Family
Thank you so much Carl and all the staff at the Meridian for the kindness and dignity shown to myself and my family during the funeral arrangements.
Your support was very appreciated.
Mary H.
A big thank you to Carl and Staff for all your support in organizing the Funeral.
Thank you as well as being so efficient you handled everything in such a kind and considerate manner. Thanks again.
Big thank you so much for carrying out the funeral, with professional and compassion concern on the day.
Your drivers were superb as was the minister. As we can say once gain Thank you
Mr and Mrs RT
We are so appreciative for all that you did for the funeral.
Thank you for the care and compassion by everyone.
Roys Family
Thank you so much Carl, Brett and all the Meridian House for your care and compassion surrounding
and wonderful service you provided. God Bless
Smith Family
ENQUIRE ABOUT OUR FUNERAL SERVICES
If you would like to discuss our pre-paid funeral plans, or have any questions about the services provided by Kenyon Meridian Funeral Home, then please fill in the contact form and we will get back to you at the earliest opportunity.