Burial fees

03 April 2025

Our burial fees for the financial year 2024 to 2025 are listed below.

Interment

Fees
Description	VAT	Fee
Purchase of lair	Exempt	£1,114.50
Purchase of single lair (Kilmaurs Cemetery)	Exempt	£237
Interment of adult	Exempt	£996
Interment of adult (Public holidays/Saturday)	Exempt	£1,992
Purchase of cremation casket lair	Exempt	£479
Interment of ashes	Exempt	£233.50
Interment of ashes (Public holidays/Saturday)	Exempt	£467

Green burial

Fees
Description	VAT	Fee
Purchase of lair	Exempt	£484
Interment of adult	Exempt	£484
Interment of adult (Public holidays/Saturday)	Exempt	£968
Ashes interment - Meadowland only	Exempt	£185
Ashes interment - Meadowland only (Public holidays/Saturday)	Exempt	£370

Children 17 years and under

Fees
Description	VAT	Fee
Interment of child	Exempt	No charge
Purchase of lair	Exempt	No charge
Monument permit full fee (includes foundation)	Exempt	No charge
Name on baby section plaque	Exempt	No charge

Memorial

Fees
Description	VAT	Fee
Monument permit full fee (includes foundation) up to and inclusive of 24" x 18"	Exempt	£229
Monument permit full fee (Includes foundation) up to and inclusive of 24" x 30"	Exempt	£267.50
Monument permit full fee (includes foundation) sizes over 24" x 30"	Exempt	£305.50
Name on plaque - New Cumnock Planters	Exempt	£46.50
Memorial ancillary permit (Allows renovation, added inscription, relettering – no foundation included)	Standard Rate	£76.50
Green burial - memorial tree	Standard Rate	£403.50
Placement of memorial seat (10 years lease compulsory)	Exempt	£161
Lease extension (10 years)	Exempt	£161
Supply of standard memorial seat	Exempt	£1,042
Installation of memorial seat compulsory	Exempt	£121
Maintenance agreement (10 years)	Exempt	£1,011.50
Take down and removal costs	Exempt	£126

Lair seeds/records

Fees
Description	VAT	Fee
Transfer of lair certificate	Exempt	£38.50
Duplicate lair certificate	Exempt	£38.50
Search of records (public)	Exempt	£38.50

Please note:

Interments outside normal working hours are two employees at £61.70 per hour/part hour, VAT added at standard rate.
Large foundations will include a surcharge of 100%.
Funeral director fees are not included in the above. Please discuss services and fees with your appointed Funeral Director.
Interments on public holidays, Saturdays and Sundays will include 100% surcharge fee.
East Ayrshire Respectful Funeral Service may be a lower cost option. For further details please contact Bereavement Services.

Interment times

Interment times are:

Bereavement Services

Western Road Depot

Western Road

Kilmarnock

KA3 1LL