With a Golden Charter funeral plan, you can help protect yourself against rising costs. Once you’ve paid for your plan, there will be nothing more to pay for the funeral director’s services included in the plan. In addition, buying at today’s prices could also save you money. The average cost of a funeral in 2004 was £1,920, today it’s £4,078. That’s an increase of 112% ** – well above inflation. At this rate, in another 10 years the average cost of a funeral could be more than £7,200***.
When you take out a funeral plan with Golden Charter, you can be sure that your money is protected. Depending on how you choose to pay for your plan, your money will be held in a legally separate trust, managed by an independent Board of Trustees, or paid to a UK-based life assurance company.
Very simply, a funeral plan from Golden Charter can offer peace of mind for you and your loved ones. Because your arrangements are taken care of in advance, it can help reduce financial stress and means there are fewer difficult decisions for your family to deal with at an already difficult time. Below is a genuine quote from the daughter of a customer:
‘I knew my mum had a Golden Charter Funeral Plan before she passed away but I didn’t realise how much this would mean at a really stressful time. For me personally, it wasn’t about the money. We would have been able to find the money. For me, it was the fact that my mum had chosen what she wanted. It made me feel better to know that the key things were her choices. After personal experience of a Golden Charter funeral plan, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to anyone who was thinking about buying a plan.’
Lynn S., Aberdeen
Daughter of a Golden Charter plan holder
*Based on recent market share of funeral plans sold. For details please see Funeral Planning Authority statistics 2017 at funeralplanningauthority.co.uk/statistics and Golden Charter Annual Review 2016/2017 at goldencharter.co.uk
**SunLife Cost of Dying Report 2017
***Projections by Golden Charter based on SunLife Cost of Dying research
Source: Golden Charter 3,000 Independent Funeral Directors.
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