A phone call can ease your confusion straight away
We prefer to talk rather than type.
We don’t have a call centre. We have a member of the Watson family available to answer your questions 24/7.
We aim to respond to all email enquiries within 24 hours.
All funeral directors are legally required to publish a list of prices for a standardised set of
products and services. The information here will allow you to consider your options, compare prices between different funeral directors and help you make a suitable choice.
ATTENDED FUNERAL (funeral director’s charges only)
This is a funeral where family and friends have a ceremony, event or service for the deceased person at the same time as they attend their burial or cremation.
Completing all the necessary legal and administrative requirements. This can be done at your home, at our premises in Elgin or via email/telephone. Follow-up meetings and updates as required.
£1800.00
Collection and transportation of the deceased from the place of death (within Moray) to the care of William Watson Funeral Directors in Elgin, seven days a week (8.00am - 8.00pm)
£200.00
Care of the deceased including dressing before funeral.
£350.00
Supplying a suitable wood effect coffin (real wood veneer available as a cost option)
£300.00
Providing unlimited family viewing. Out of hours appointments can be arranged. We are obliged by law to charge for this service. Out of respect this has been kept to the bare minimum.
£1.00
Transporting the deceased to the agreed cemetery or crematorium at an agreed time and date in our Mercedes E Class Hearse (within Moray).
£350.00
UNATTENDED FUNERAL (funeral director’s charges only)
This is a funeral service in which family and friends may have hold a private service or ceremony at a venue arranged by themselves but do not attend the burial or cremation itself.
Burial (funeral directors fees only).
£2100.00
Cremation (funeral directors’ fees and the cremation fee at Moray Crematorium).
£1750.00
OTHER FEES YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PAY
For an attended or unattended burial there will be a burial/interment fee. This includes charges for digging and closing a new grave or reopening and closing an existing grave (within Moray, fee applicable to Moray residents).
£1228.00
Families and friends requiring a new grave you will be required to pay for the lair/plot (fee applicable to Moray residents)
£1119.00
For an ‘Attended’ cremation funeral you will be required to pay a cremation fee. The typical cost of a cremation for local residents in the Moray area is:
£1260.00
ADDITIONAL CHARGES THAT MAY BE INCURRED
Out of hours call outs (8pm-8am)
£100.00
Coffin — wood effect, real wood veneer, eco, wicker, solid oak, American
£300.00 to £5000.00
Additional transfers of the deceased from one place to another (home or otherwise, within Moray)
£200.00
6 Passenger V Class Mercedes (within Moray)
£0-£200.00
Funeral Officiant (the person who performs the funeral service: religious minister, official celebrant etc)
£0-£250.00
Webcast/live streaming in our service chapel
£50.00
Hymn sheets/ceremony sheets.
£40.00 first 25 sheets then £30.00 per 50 sheets
Use of William Watson service chapel
£200.00
Attending interment of ashes (within Moray)
£0-£250.00
Where a charge has a £0.00 fee its is either a waived fee or the funeral takes place within Elgin and the fee is not charged.
