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Aura’s prepaid funeral plans in Edinburgh 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 | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
Known around the world for its striking architecture and literary heritage, Edinburgh's beauty strikes at the heart of all who visit. And amongst that beauty is the opportunity to celebrate what's most important in life, with the UK's top-rated direct cremation plans.
Here at Aura, we offer five-star funeral plans that fix the cost of your funeral at today’s prices, leaving your loved ones with nothing more to pay when the time comes. Our direct cremations guarantee a simple, unattended direct cremation and the hand-delivery of the ashes to your next of kin.
Aura's five-star rated plans are available to families throughout Edinburgh and the surrounding suburbs, such as Tranent, Haddlington, Dalkeith, Newtongrange, Penicuik, Currie, Kirkliston and Queensferry.
Aura's direct cremation services are available to families across all of Scotland, including Aberdeen, Ayr, Dumfries, Dundee, East Kilbride, Falkirk, Glasgow, Hamilton, Inverness, Livingston, Marlborough, Melrose, Motherwell, Paisley, Perth, and Stirling.
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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.
Prepaid funeral plans can be handy, as they allow you to pay for and arrange everything for your funeral in advance. A big benefit of getting one sorted is that your loved ones can breathe a sigh of relief in the knowledge that they won't find themselves suddenly paying out thousands for your funeral at an especially difficult time. Nor will they be in the awkward position of deciding things about your funeral on your behalf that they may not be entirely sure you'd have agreed with. Other benefits include the fact that in buying a funeral plan, you can keep today's funeral prices, even if your plan won't be activated for many years, protecting your family from potential future price rises. With Aura, the money is placed into a secure trust managed by independent trustees, ready for when the time comes. If you'd like to secure these benefits and the serenity that comes with them, then why don't we have a talk about it? We'd be delighted to hear from you over the phone, or of course, you could simply request a quote via our website.
The financial expense of a funeral can cause anxiety and worry, and we see that in action frequently in our line of work. Funerals are expensive, and there's no denying that, however, there are ways to make things less expensive. We hope it makes things just a little bit easier to know that the national average funeral cost is significantly more expensive than one of Aura's funerals. The SunLife Cost of Dying Report 2024 suggests that the average funeral cost in the UK is approximately £4,141, whereas our plans start at £1,695 regardless of whether you're in Edinburgh or elsewhere. If you'd like our support in getting a plan together for you which honors your memory at a price that's more comfortable, we'd be very glad to receive your call.
Life can step in and upend our best-laid plans in an instant; we want your funeral plan to work with you in times like those, not against you. That's why ours have been created to be fully flexible: Feel free to cancel your plan at any time and you will receive a full refund without needing to pay a penalty. You can alter your plan after you've paid without incurring any admin fees; you will only have to pay the difference if you expand things, for example by moving from an unattended ceremony to a partially or fully attended one. If you'd like to ask us anything about this, or you would like to amend or cancel an existing plan, we are to talk whenever you are ready.
Just as our plans are meant to be flexible, we've also designed them to work seamlessly when the time comes to set things in motion. Whilst buying your plan, you'll pick a loved one (a close relative or friend) to be your responsible person. We'll give them a helpful document that will keep them right, so that they are prepared and comfortable with what they need to do when you have passed. They'll notify us that it's time to activate your plan, allowing us to use the money you've already provided to pay for everything. We'll work with them to organise your funeral, depending on what you've specified: If you'll be having an unattended cremation, we'll help your responsible person with the legal side of things, but if your funeral will have guests, then we'll also support them with arranging the funeral itself.
Through our hard work, we have won recognition for our high levels of service. Independent experts and clients alike have rated us highly, with Fairer Finance making us the only cremation services provider with two plans rated at '5 stars', and our customers allowing us to say that we are the only one with a 4.9-star Trustpilot rating. Whether you need us in Edinburgh or elsewhere in Britain, we are confident that we can help you. If you'd like to give us a call, we can assess your needs and put something together for you that works.