A Golden Leaves Funeral Plan is a secure way to pre-plan and pre-pay for your funeral

• This is not an insurance policy.
• No health check is required
• No personal questions need to be asked.
• Anyone can take out a Golden Leaves plan and at any age
• Available throughout the UK and other selected Countries.
• Members of the National Association for Pre-paid Funeral Plans
• Members of the Funeral Planning Authority.

Many thousands of people in the UK and expatriates abroad have now planned and paid for their funerals as part of a sensible and responsible approach to organising their lives.

Golden Leaves Limited has been at the forefront of Pre-paid Funeral Planning since 1984 when such plans first became available in the UK. Golden Leaves is a founder member of the National Association for Pre-paid Funeral Plans.

From January 1st 2002, Funeral Planning became a regulated activity by the Financial Services Authority. Golden Leaves is a registered provider with the Funeral Planning Authority which monitors the marketing, financial and service provisions of the Plan providers it regulates.

Golden Leaves is now available throughout the UK, Europe and other countries and is provided to you locally by reputable Funeral Directors, Financial Service Advisers and authorised representatives.

All Funeral Directors accepted to provide Golden Leaves services must first satisfy a number of stringent requirements. Not least, they must demonstrate outstanding service records in the communities they serve, and must be affiliated to accredited professional associations. Golden Leaves UK appointees are members of the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) and/or The Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF) or the Funeral Standards Council (FSC).

All of the monies paid are invested in the Trust Fund and remain in the Fund until required for the funeral
The Trust has the Royal Bank of Scotland as Custodian Trustee
Grant Thornton acts as auditors and annual accounts are prepared
Newton Investment Management Limited, a leading City investment company, manages the Trust Fund and ensures continual growth
Plans can be tailored to meet the exact needs of the client to offer ultimate flexibility
To simplify the decision-making process, a selection of 'package' funeral plans is also available, the contents of which are regularly reviewed to ensure customers' needs continue to be met in an ever changing market
Plans can be amended at any time to meet changes in the circumstances or needs of the plan holder
Plans can be paid for in total or in 12 monthly instalments
The funeral, as arranged in the 'Perfect Choice' plan, is the funeral that is delivered, with no hidden extras or costs
All Trust administration costs for the duration of the plan are covered by a clearly defined one-off nominal management fee

 
Pre-planning gives you the peace of mind of knowing that the arrangements you particularly want, will be conducted sensibly, in dignified respect to your wishes.

Pre-paying now will save you, your family or your estate a great deal of money. Bought now at today's prices, every detail is guaranteed no matter when it is needed or how much the costs of a funeral have risen in the mean time.

Sharing the intimate details of your preferred funeral service 5, 10 or 15 years ahead of its time can be quite a difficult concept to consider. If you write it down, who will you entrust the paper to? If you tell your partner, sons or daughters, how will they remember and plan your every wish in their time of sadness? Only you can advise sensibly on such individual requirements - Burial or Cremation? Church? Hymns? Music? Cars? Memorialisation? Or perhaps you have an environmental requirement such as woodland burial for instance?

Bereaved relatives have grief and anger to contend with. Adding the administrative burden of arranging the funeral to their confused and emotional state may lead to mistakes being made and unnecessary costs being incurred. Three cars are ordered when it should have been two; or a service at the church might be overlooked altogether.

Planning and paying for your funeral in advance saves your family the anguish and grief of doing anything other than remembering you.

Why Pay Now?

The cost of funerals has historically increased above the normal levels of inflation and this is a theme that is predicted to continue. A funeral costing just £850 ten years ago, would cost nearer £2,000 now. It is impossible to say what that cost might be in five or ten more years time.

What is certain is, with a Golden Leaves Funeral Plan, bought now at today's prices or paid for in convenient monthly instalments, the quality of the service provided in respect of your planned wishes will not cost your family one penny more - whenever it is ultimately needed.

Please contact us for more information

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