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Full cost breakdown & optional extras
Estimated cost by funeral type
Attended cremation Service with mourners + cremation
£3,850
Unattended (direct) cremation No service · fee included
£1,800
Attended burial Service with mourners + burial
£3,700
Unattended burial No service · burial
£3,000
Burial estimates: May exclude grave plot costs; May exclude memorial removal or replacement fees; May exclude other cemetery fees.
What's included in the attended fee
Legal & administration
£1,225
Collection of the deceased
£260
Care of the deceased
£220
Coffin (simple Elm effect coffin with four handles and nameplate.)
£450
Viewing / chapel of rest
£5
Hearse / transport
£340
Optional extras (charged if used)
Mileage (per mile)
£2
Transfer / removal
£260
Return of ashes
£120
Embalming
£120
Officiant / minister
POA
Out-of-hours collection
POA
Figures from their CMA Standardised Price List.
What people say
5 written reviews · 5.0★ average · 100% rated 5★
★★★★★ Wonderfully professional in everything they do. They get the perfect balance between being sombre, supportive , caring and positive. They give great advice and support. Exactly what is needed when planning a funeral.
★★★★★ J.Dilnot Smith & Son guided us through a sad and difficult time and provided an excellent service. Not only were they extremely professional but they were also very kind, compassionate and approachable - nothing was too much trouble.
Highly recommended - you will be in safe hands.
★★★★★ I would highly recommend this local funeral director. They offer a compassionate, highly professional service that is worth every penny. I'm so very grateful to this caring team for supporting me and my family during a very painful and difficult time in our lives.
★★★★★ What a wonderful wonderful bunch the team at Dilnots are. Tom and Jackie were just so helpful at such a difficult time. My mum would have absolutely approved of the most amazing attention to detail that Dilnots took in.arranging a really beautiful funeral service. Can’t thank them enough.
★★★★★ From arranging mums funeral to collecting her ashes Dilnot Smith staff made it easier by their kindness and professionalism.
We used a celebrant for mums service who captured her essence and spirit completely.
They made a sad event bearable.
Highly recommend if you ever need to arrange a funeral.
5 * service
About J.Dilnot Smith & Son
J. Dilnot Smith & Son is based in Deal and Sandwich, Kent, has been established for over seven generations and is still a family owned and run funeral business.