Independent Oxford Funeral Directors The Individual Funeral Company is an independent, award-winning family funeral directors based in Oxford specialising in traditional and bespoke funerals. Being independent means we are extremely flexible to our clients needs and can help you create the perfect funeral for an affordable cost. We operate a 24 hours service so you can call us any time to speak to a member of our own staff who can help and support you no matter what the time of day or night.
The Individual Funeral Company found it’s home in Rose Hill over a decade ago. As a company, it was really important that we were transparent with pricing (which was revolutionary when we first opened) and that we had a warm and welcoming environment for our clients. Fast forward to today and now we are highly sought after to arrange bespoke and highly complex services as well as being known for arranging eco-friendly natural burial funerals. As for the future of the company, we have thought long and hard about this. We don’t want multiple offices and lots of staff. We want to remain a small company where all of our clients get our complete and undivided attention while arranging the most memorial funeral services to commemorate and honour special people. Lucy Coulbert Funeral Director and Owner Lucy Coulbert trained with a national chain of funeral directors 20 years ago and left after four years to become the first full-time female hearse rider in the world with Motorcycle Funerals. After being mentored by the founder of Motorcycle Funerals, she decided to leave and pool all of her knowledge into creating The Individual Funeral Company. She is an expert on funerals and particularly surrounding funeral poverty which has led to speaking with MPs, Select Committee hearings and is often sought out by media for her comments and thoughts surrounding all things funerals and death. When she isn’t working (which Lucy admits there is hardly a time she isn’t!) she can usually be found with her head stuck in a book or riding any of her adored motorcycles but only once she and her partner have taken their beloved dogs for a walk. Joplin & Bunny Spoilt Office Dogs Joplin (French Bulldog) and Bunny (English Bulldog) are Lucy’s adored and beloved dogs. Both girls have been office dogs forever and two crates surround Lucy’s desk where they spend their days snoozing away. However, they are very important members of our team. Our clients often find comfort in our furry friends and the girls are always ready for attention. Since lockdown, they have been “working from home” but when they do have time off, Joplin loves long walks in the woods and finding puddles to jump in and Bunny loves skateboarding and sledging. As a family they all get down to the beaches of South Devon whenever they can.
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| Taking care of all necessary legal and administrative arrangements | £1,850.00 |
| Collecting and transporting the deceased person from the place of death (normally within 15 miles of the funeral director’s premises) into the funeral director’s care | £330.00 |
| Care of the deceased person before the funeral in appropriate facilities. | £250.00 |
| Providing a suitable coffin | £455.00 |
| Viewing of the deceased person for family and friends, by appointment with the funeral director (where viewing is requested by the customer) | £65.00 |
| At a date and time you agree with the funeral director, taking the deceased person direct to the agreed cemetery or crematorium (normally within 20 miles of the funeral director’s premises) in a hearse or other appropriate vehicle | £570.00 |
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| Burial (funeral director’s charges only) | POA |
| Cremation (funeral director’s charges plus the cremation fee)2 | £499.00 |
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For an Attended or Unattended burial funeral, the burial fee.1 In this local area, the typical cost of the burial fee for local residents is: For a new grave, you will also need to pay for the plot; for an existing grave with a memorial in place, you may need to pay a removal/replacement fee. In addition, the cemetery may charge a number of other fees. |
£630.00 |
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For an Attended cremation funeral, the cremation fee.2 In this local area, the typical cost of a cremation for local residents is: |
£1,220.00 |
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| Additional mileage (price per mile) | POA |
| Additional transfers of the deceased person’s body (e.g. to their home, to a place of worship etc.) (price per transfer) | POA |
| Collection and delivery of ashes | POA |
| Embalming | £240.00 |
| Funeral officiant (e.g. celebrant, minister of religion etc.) | POA |
| Services supplied outside of normal office hours | POA |
The funeral director can give you a full list of what they can supply. They are likely to charge for these additional products and services, so you may choose to take care of some arrangements without their involvement, or you can use a different supplier.
1. This fee (which is sometimes called the interment fee) is the charge made for digging and closing a new grave, or for reopening and closing an existing grave.
2. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, you will usually need to pay doctors’ fees as well. This is the charge for two doctors to sign the Medical Certificates for Cremation.
Prices correct as from 28/06/2024and may be subject to change. E & O.E.
86 Rose Hill, Oxford, OX4 4HX
