News:
- Finding the Right Pre-Paid Funeral Plan Provider for You
- A Quick Guide to How Pre-Paid Funeral Plans Work
- Fosters withdraw from FPA registration
- FPA response to FCA Consultation on Funeral Plan Regulation
- Statement on Making of Legislation Regarding Funeral Plan Regulation
- Did My Parents Have a Funeral Plan?
- What is Direct Cremation?
- Funeral Plans V. Life Cover
- The Different Types of Funerals
- FPA welcomes Memoria as a registered provider
- Our New Guide
- FPA welcomes Go As You Please as a registered provider
- Tracing a Funeral Plan
- Think Carefully
- FPA welcomes Fosters as a registered provider
- FPA welcomes Safe Hands Plans Ltd as a registered provider
- HMT announces FCA regulation of the funeral plan market: FPA’s response
- Read our latest Guide: Things to consider when buying a funeral plan
- Daily Mirror publishes article on how to buy a funeral plan safely
- FPA welcomes Open Prepaid Funerals Ltd as a registered provider
- First Half 2018 Statistics
- FPA welcomes Pure Cremation as a registered provider
- FPA response to the HM Treasury consultation on funeral plan regulation
- FPA Rules and Code of Practice Consultation – August 2018
- FPA 2017 Annual Report
- Treasury consultation into the prepaid funeral market: FPA response
- Dignity’s Regulation White Paper
- Prompting Consumer Action
- Compliance Committee Member Appointment
Faqs:
- How do funeral plans work?
- How will I know if the provider I choose is FPA registered if it is not on their website?
- Who do I go to if I have a complaint about a funeral director?
- I think a loved one had purchased a funeral plan but can’t find the paperwork. How do I find out if they did have a plan?
- I want to buy a plan from my local funeral directors, but they are not listed as a registered provider. What should I do?
- What sort of companies can become funeral plan providers?
- Can I buy a funeral plan for someone else?
- Can I promote the fact that I’m FPA registered to my customers?
- We are selling the plans of an FPA registered provider but are not registered ourselves. Do we need to be?
- What are the obligations of a registered provider?
- How much does it cost to register?
- How do I become a registered provider?
- What are the benefits of being registered?
- Do I have to be registered with the Funeral Planning Authority (FPA)?
- Can I complain to the FPA about a funeral?
- Can I discuss my funeral requirements with the FPA?
- How will the funeral planning company know about mine or the planholder’s death?
- What happens if I don’t die for a number of years, and the cost of a funeral exceeds what I have paid for my plan?
- Does the money paid cover the entire cost of the funeral?
- What happens after I have paid for my funeral plan?
- What happens to the money I pay for a plan?
- Should I pay in lump sums or instalments?
- Is there anywhere I can do a price comparison between funeral plan providers?
- What should I think about when buying a funeral plan?
- What happens if I am approached by a third party operating on behalf of a registered funeral plan provider?
- What about funeral planning companies which are not registered with the FPA?
- Where can I find a list of FPA registered providers?
- How can I find an existing funeral plan?
- What is the role of the Funeral Planning Authority (FPA)?
- What is a funeral plan provider?
- What is a funeral plan?
Providers:
- Memoria Limited
- Go As You Please
- Safe Hands Plans Limited
- Open Prepaid Funerals Ltd.
- Pure Cremation
- Plan With Grace
- Southern Co-op
- The Midcounties Co-operative Ltd
- Tamworth Co-operative Society Ltd
- Scotmid Funerals
- Ecclesiastical Planning Services Limited
- Lincolnshire Co-Op Funeral Services
- Heart of England Co-op Funerals
- Family Funerals Trust Limited
- Clydebank Co-operative Society Limited
- Chelmsford Star Cooperative Society Limited
- BFD Prepaid Funeral Plan
- Alternative Planning Company Limited
- Dignity Pre Arrangement Limited
- Advance Planning Limited
- Golden Charter Limited
- Golden Leaves Limited
- F A Albin & Sons Ltd
- Central England Cooperative
- East of England
- Funeral Planning Services
- Avalon
- Co-operative Funeralcare