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

Interment
Fees
DescriptionVATFee
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
DescriptionVATFee
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
DescriptionVATFee
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
DescriptionVATFee
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
DescriptionVATFee
Transfer of lair certificate Exempt £38.50
Duplicate lair certificate Exempt £38.50
Search of records (public) Exempt £38.50

Please note:

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

Interment times

Interment times are:

  • Monday to Thursday – 9:30am to 2:30pm
  • Friday – 9:30am to 2pm (these times may be subject to change)

Contact Information

Bereavement Services
Western Road Depot
Western Road
Kilmarnock
KA3 1LL
Telephone: 01563 554775
Telephone: 01563 554776