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Two Together: Save £100!
Save £100 when you purchase two funeral plans together. Call us for more details.
Buy now, pay in January
Buy your funeral plan today and pay in January for peace of mind this Christmas. Click here for full T&Cs.
Two Together: Save £100!
Save £100 when you purchase two funeral plans together. Call us for more details.
Buy now, pay in January
Buy your funeral plan today and pay in January for peace of mind this Christmas. Click here for full T&Cs.
Aura’s prepaid funeral plans in Basildon allow you to arrange a simple, low-cost send-off with our top-rated direct cremation plan.
As a family-run company, it's exactly what we'd want for members of our own family. We deliver on the promises we make to our customers, whether it's in the service that we provide to you or the practices in which we care for your loved one behind the scenes. You can read more about our processes. Don't just take our word for it, see how we compare to the others.
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Starting from price | £1,595 | £1,995 | £1,700 | £1,785 | £1,595 |
Trustpilot rating | 4.9/5 stars | 4.8/5 stars | 4.6/5 stars | 4.6/5 stars | 4.9/5 stars |
| All-inclusive* | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Lifelong free cancellation | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Money-back satisfaction guarantee | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
| Trust solvency | 146% | 124.8% | 106% | 138% | Unknown |
| No added instalment fees | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
Nestled in the streets of Basildon you will find many hidden gems. From the Mother and Child fountain in the centre to the big green spaces of Wat Tyler - there's not much you won't find in Basildon. What's more, you will also find the UK's top-rated prepaid direct cremation plan provider.
We at Aura are committed to providing pre-paid funeral plans that secure peace of mind for you and your family, and allow you to plan a simple, direct cremation with an optional ceremony at Basildon Crematorium.
We're here to help you plan for the future whether you're in the heart of Basildon or in the outskirts, such as Wickford, Little Burstead, Dunton, Fobbing, Canvey Island, Standford-le-Hope and the surrounding areas.
Aura's direct cremation services are available to families across all of Essex, including Billericay, Chelmsford, Colchester, Harlow, Ilford, Woodley and Woodley.
| Authorised to sell funeral plans | ✔ |
| Protected by the FSCS Scheme | ✔ |
| You're compensated if anything went wrong | ✔ |
| Money held in an independently-managed trust | ✔ |
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.
To give you a quick summary of how a funeral plan works, you select a provider, like Aura, and let them know what kind of funeral you would like to have when the time comes. You can either pay the cost in one go, or over a series of months, and this money goes into a protected, independently managed trust. This money will then be used to pay the costs of the funeral you have planned. The big advantage of buying a funeral plan is that your family can rest assured that your wishes are being honoured exactly as you'd have wanted them to be, which is important for the grieving process, and they won't have to worry about needing to pay anything extra, as everything will already be taken care of.
Most people would consider a funeral to be expensive, and we wouldn't want to downplay the expense that you might have to pay in order to organise one. With that said, did you know that, according to the 2024 SunLife Cost of Dying Report, the average cost of a funeral in the UK (£4,141) could end up being twice the cost of one of our funeral plans in Basildon? With Aura, our plans are all-inclusive, so you can rest assured that your relatives won't have to pay extra costs for the removal of medical implants before your cremation, or for your transportation to the crematorium.
We want you to have total control of your money, and your plan, which is why you have the option to cancel at any time without cost; we will simply refund you everything you've paid to date. You can also make amendments to your plan in Basildon as you see fit, and we won't charge you anything extra unless you want to expand it. That means that if, initially, you opted not to have any guests at your funeral, but then you decide you would like it to be attended, this can be easily arranged. All you need to do is give us a call, and we will take care of the rest.
It would be our honour to help you craft a send-off that is as reflective of your personality as possible. It will help your own loved ones to remember you more effectively and fully if your funeral does you justice, and we have various recommendations we can make for achieving that. For instance, you can personalise the music that plays as you are brought into the crematorium for your ceremony, or you could decide whether you want to have a small ceremony attended by friends and family, or fully unattended. If you have your own vision about how to personalise your funeral ceremony or end-of-life celebration, our expert team of funeral planners is on hand to assist you.
Ultimately, only you can know what is going to work best for you. We can promise you that we will offer caring, attentive and trustworthy service, to give you a ceremony that you can be proud of. Independent experts rate us highly: we're the only provider with two 5-star funeral plan options rated by Fairer Finance. And so do our customers, who have made us the only cremation-services provider in the UK with a 4.9-star rating on Trustpilot. If you have any questions at all about planning your funeral, whether in Basildon or anywhere else, we would welcome your call.