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The UK’s Top-Rated Prepaid Funeral Plans

With Aura’s top-rated, all-inclusive, prepaid funeral plans, find the peace of mind you’ve been searching for. Designed to meet your needs and budget together, we offer a service that is five-star and family-run.

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Aura’s Prepaid Funeral Plans

The UK’s highest-rated prepaid direct cremation plans.

Aura’s prepaid direct cremation funeral plans are a simple, low-cost alternative to a traditional funeral. Our five-star-rated plans are all-inclusive with no hidden costs, so there’s nothing left for your loved ones to pay when the time comes.

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Simple Unattended Direct Cremation Plan

from £1,595

With an unattended direct cremation plan, on the day of your cremation, we’ll take you to the crematorium privately. We’ll support your loved ones through the entire process and keep them informed every step of the way.

Within 21 days of the cremation, we will hand-return the ashes to your next of kin.

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Low-Cost Attended Direct Cremation Plan

from £2,195

With an attended direct cremation plan, choose between a 15-minute private service for up to 15 attendees, or a 45-minute service up to the crematorium’s maximum guest capacity.

We’ll support your next of kin to find a suitable celebrant or minister to lead the service if this is something they’d like.

What is a Prepaid Funeral Plan?

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An Aura prepaid funeral plan allows you to plan and pay for your funeral in advance. Then, when the time comes, we’ll arrange your funeral exactly as you planned it.

A prepaid funeral plan brings peace of mind to those around you, knowing that everything relating to your funeral will have already been organised and paid for ahead of time.

Aura is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and our plans are protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). You can rest assured that, when you purchase a prepaid funeral plan from Aura, your money is secure.

How Our Five-Star-Rated Funeral Plans Work

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1. Choose your plan

Select a plan that meets your needs from our range of highly-rated and fully-secure funeral plan options.

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2. Make your purchase

Speak to one of our lovely experts to secure your plan, or purchase your plan securely online in a few simple steps.

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3. Secure your money

We’ll place your money into a secure, independently-managed trust, so that it’s ready to be used for when the time comes.

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4. We’ll make the arrangements

After you’ve died, we’ll bring you into our care and support your loved ones through the initial paperwork with patience and compassion.

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5. We’ll transport you privately

We’ll let your loved ones know the date and time of your cremation, and on the day, transport you privately to the crematorium.

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6. We’ll return your ashes

Within 21 days of the cremation, we’ll arrange to hand-deliver your ashes to your chosen person at no additional cost, or we’ll scatter them on their behalf.

Why Choose an Aura Funeral Plan?

A prepaid funeral plan means the people closest to you will be given peace of mind knowing that they’ll be organising your funeral according to your wishes, without having to pay for anything else.

They won’t need to worry about finding money to pay for your funeral, because all of the costs relating to your funeral will be covered in your plan.

  • All-inclusive, with nothing left to pay later
  • Your money is completely secure
  • Cancel or change your plan at any time, for free
  • Five-star-rated customer care
  • Get a full refund if you change your mind
  • Spread the cost of your plan over 12 or 24 months at no additional cost

Aura Funeral Plans have everything included, no hidden fees.

Aura has a number of different prepaid funeral plan options that are made to meet the needs of different personalities and budgets. Whether your plan is unattended or fully attended, we will either scatter your ashes in your crematorium’s Garden of Remembrance, or hand-deliver them to your chosen person. We’ll get this sorted for you within 21 days of the cremation taking place.

Unattended Direct Cremation Plans

Our Perfectly Simple Direct Cremation Plan offers a simple and understated unattended direct cremation.

What’s included:
  • Unattended direct cremation
  • Cremation fees and a simple coffin
  • Hand-delivered return of ashes
  • Collection from anywhere in mainland Great Britain
  • All costs associated with the delivery of your direct cremation
What’s not included:
  • Attendees at the cremation
  • A service at the crematorium
  • A choice of crematorium
  • The use of a hearse, limousine or flowers
  • A minister or celebrant
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Our locations

Aura offers person-centred and compassionate direct cremation services across all of mainland Britain. To see what areas we cover, click ‘Our locations’ below. If you don’t see your hometown on the list, please give us a call and we’ll be happy to look into the necessary arrangements.

How to Purchase a Prepaid Funeral Plan

It couldn’t be simpler to buy one of our prepaid funeral plans: you can either call us, or you can buy online. If you’re not ready to make that step yet, you can always request a free quote and one of our Customer Care Experts will be happy to help.

And you can rest assured that, if you do buy one of our plans, your money will be safe. We are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and we are also signed up to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

How Much Our Funeral Plans Cost

Our plans begin at £1,595 – less than half of the average cost of a funeral in the UK*.

They include total flexibility to cancel or amend without any penalties, as well as the ability to decide how you want to pay. Our plans are also all-inclusive, meaning there’s nothing left for your family to pay when the time comes. 

Keep in mind too that a prepaid funeral plan allows you to lock in today’s prices. No matter how expensive funerals have become by the time you pass away, yours will only ever cost what you paid for it when you bought your plan.

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*According to figures taken from the SunLife Cost of Dying Report 2024

How Your Money Is Protected

When you buy one of our plans, we place your money into a secure trust.

That trust is independently managed, and it means your money is kept to the side, safe and sound, ready to be used when the time comes.

We can access it in order to activate your plan when it’s needed to pay for everything, or in order to give you a refund if you decide to cancel.

Our plans are also protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). This reassures you that, in the highly unlikely scenario where Aura is not able to action your plan, you may be eligible for compensation.

How Aura’s Highest Rated Funeral Plans Compare

Aura is the highest-rated ‘Cremation Services’ provider out there on Trustpilot, with a 4.9/5-star rating. On top of that, we are the only prepaid direct cremation plan provider on Fairer Finance with two 5-star-rated plans.

It’s success like that which helps us to know that we’ve got the right balance of quality, affordability and trustworthiness. Don’t just take our word for it; see how we compare to other providers.

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* All costs associated with your cremation are included. This comparison only includes trust-based direct cremation plans. Information is correct as of September 2024.
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Call our friendly team of experts for more information

If you have any questions, would like a brochure or simply would like a chat through our services, our award-winning team is here to help.

Unlike other providers, we won’t hassle you with constant calls. We’ll simply ensure you have the information you need and leave you to come to a decision in your own time. When you’re ready for us, our team will be ready to help.

Frequently Asked Questions

To see our full list of FAQs, please click here.

We are the only prepaid direct cremation plan provider to have two cremation plan options rated five stars by independent experts, Fairer Finance and The Times Money Mentor. Our plans have this rating because they are both fully guaranteed, have no additional charges for collecting the deceased or removing medical devices, offer free cancellation and hand-deliver the ashes back to the family at no additional cost. You can read more about why our plans are rated five stars here.

 We offer flexible payment plans so you can secure your plan today and pay over a longer term. You can either pay in full or spread the cost of your plan over 12 or 24 months. Our plans are not a credit product, so you’ll never pay interest. The cost of your plan will stay the same no matter how you pay.

Purchasing a funeral plan guarantees your funeral costs when you die, which means no matter how high funeral costs might rise in the future, your family have nothing to pay when the time comes. Purchasing a funeral plan brings great peace of mind to both you and your family knowing that, when a difficult time comes, there is one less thing to worry about.

When you pay for an Aura funeral plan, the money for your funeral is put into a safe and secure trust. This is managed by independent trustees separate from Aura. The trustees look after this money on your behalf until it is needed to pay for your funeral.

That’s very unlikely but if we couldn’t deliver the services we’d look to put an alternative provider in place or offer a full refund. The money that you pay to us is protected in a trust that’s managed independently from both Aura and the Funeral Services Provider.

Just get in touch by phone or email. There’s no fee for making a change and you’ll only pay extra if you upgrade your plan.