Forsey and Son Funeral Directors and Memorial Masons is a fourth generation independent family business in Glastonbury, Somerset.
From the funeral director's own website.
Published prices
Attended funeral · estimated all-in
Around £3,520
Director's fee £3,025 + cremation fee £495
Direct cremation
£1,795
No service · already includes the cremation fee
What's included & optional extras
What's included in the attended fee
Legal & administration
£1,365
Collection of the deceased
£325
Care of the deceased
£315
Coffin (a traditional oak veneer)
£495
Viewing / chapel of rest
£1
Hearse / transport
£495
Burial (instead of cremation)
Unattended burial (director's fee)
£1,795
+ typical burial fee (paid to the cemetery)
£1,101
Optional extras (charged if used)
Mileage (per mile)
£1
Transfer / removal
£295
Return of ashes
£60
Embalming
£175
Officiant / minister
£275
Estimated all-in = the funeral director's own charges plus the crematorium's cremation fee. Prices from their CMA Standardised Price List. An estimate — confirm the exact, current price directly with the provider.
What people say
★★★★★ I would thoroughly recommend Forsey and Son Funeral Directors. They handled my dear Mum’s body and funeral with compassion and true professionalism. Funeral Director Debbie was lovely to me; completely understanding of all my wishes for mum’s funeral and she ensured that everything ran smoothly on the day. Thank you so much Debbie, secretary Ali and everyone there for making such a difficult time in my life a bearable experience - you were all wonderful.
★★★★★ Forsey & Son went above and beyond our expectations. Due to various issues, they were able to see us the same afternoon to make the arrangements, and Sally took us through all the options with patience and care. They were proactive in keeping us informed and even fetched a missing item from the hospital and ensured it was returned promptly, and also were very helpful in making sure Dad could see Mum in the chapel of rest. On the day, the utmost care and respect was shown towards Mum and the family and made a difficult day much easier. All in all a stress free process. Thank you.
★★★★★ I am really grateful to Forsey and Son for all the support and kindness they have shown me during the months since Mike (my husband) passed away.
It was all such a shock and unexpected that I had no plans or ideas of what I would do in terms of funeral arrangements. Forseys made the process so straightforward with the way they conducted our first and subsequent meetings. I can't believe how well everything fell into place because of their skill in co-ordinating all the different aspects. I really appreciated all the advice and the way everything went so smoothly before and on the day of the
★★★★★ We are so grateful to Glyn and his team for helping us arrange our dad's funeral. We visited Glyn with some ideas and he talked us through the options. I think he recognised that we wanted an informal and a very personal goodbye; which was totally achieved. Glyn was empathetic and able to make changes or organise new requests at very short notice. Nothing was too much trouble. We totally trusted their recommendations.
We were also so pleased with their informing us of Mendip Crematorium. It is great venue in a lovely rural location who even allow family dogs to attend.
Thank you so much Glyn a
★★★★★ Right from the start Sally from Forsey and Son was amazingly patient with me and made the whole process seem less daunting. She gently kept me ticking along with all the decisions I had to make and I will always remember her wonderful kindness and professionalism.