Pure Cremations - anyone signed up or know about them

My parents are interested in setting up a funeral plan with Pure Cremations. I'm keen to find out more about the company before they do. Anyone know anything about them or had family experience with the company? 
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  • DriftingleafDriftingleaf Forumite
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    You could look up pretty easily if the company is legit and registered online. You can do a Google search to see if a business is registered properly
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    PeterE17PeterE17 Forumite
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    edited 19 August 2021 at 7:16PM
    I have a prepaid plan with Pure Cremation who are registered with Companies House. My payment has been put into a trust fund which will pay for an unattended cremation when the time comes. This is my choice; my family and friends can hold a memorial activity later if they wish or simply raise a glass to my memory. There is no legal requirement to hold an expensive formal funeral; this seems to be a misconception held by many people. 
  • PeterE17PeterE17 Forumite
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    On a lighter note, Pure Cremation send out quarterly newsletters and in 2019 invited plan holders to visit their relatively new site in Charlton Down, Andover, which features rolling lawns surrounded by trees, so I went along for an hour or so, and I rather hope my ashes get scattered beneath the hop hornbeam on the south of the site. Then, in  April 2020, part of the crematorium caught fire, that must be the height of irony.  
  • mjm3346mjm3346 Forumite
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    just one of several that do it these days - a comparison table from one doesn't show a massive difference between them 
     
    https://www.simplicity.co.uk/funeral-plans/compare-direct-cremation-funeral-plans

  • katieamphlettkatieamphlett Forumite
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    Thank you all for your replies they were very useful. 
  • BooJewelsBooJewels Forumite
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    It's also worth noting that many funeral directors now offer direct cremations, so you might also find that a local one to your parents offer this service.  I've just done one with a local funeral director that are a Co-Op franchise.  It cost the same as the ones that advertise.
  • GersGers Forumite
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    BooJewels said:
    It's also worth noting that many funeral directors now offer direct cremations, so you might also find that a local one to your parents offer this service.  I've just done one with a local funeral director that are a Co-Op franchise.  It cost the same as the ones that advertise.
    Me too. I found a lovely independent funeral company which undertook my late DM's unattended cremation for the same price, apart from the crematorium fees. I chose them over any of the larger franchised companies and wasn't disappointed with their services. 
  • katieamphlettkatieamphlett Forumite
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    Thanks for letting me know about the funeral directors offering pure creations - I'll let my parents know and it gives me a bit of peace of mind if a local company does the cremation.
  • BooJewelsBooJewels Forumite
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    Pure Cremations is the name of one commercial company offering the service.  The service itself is called 'direct cremation' - if you're ringing anyone to ask about it.
  • Dr_CryptoDr_Crypto Forumite
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    Pretty much any funeral director will do a direct cremation. About £1300-1500 give or take. 
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