A guided 45-minute setup builds the file an inspector would ask to see - your register entry, every written policy the Code requires, your staff training records, your premises check - dated, signed and in one place. Then we keep it ready. £29 a month or £290 a year, one flat price per funeral home, with a free 14-day trial and no card to start. No per-funeral data entry, ever.
The statutory Funeral Director Code of Practice has been in force since March 2025. Inspectors may visit where they consider it appropriate, and records must be available on request. The updated burial and cremation forms now include space for your registration number, and firms that don't join the register can be added to it.
On 31 July 2026 the government announced work, led by DHSC with the Ministry of Justice and the Law Commission, on detailed proposals to drive up standards - including regulation of the funeral sector. The full response to the Fuller Inquiry's 75 recommendations is still to come.
NAFD and SAIF have both adopted new UK-wide codes based on the Scottish statutory Code. If you're a member, you're being asked to run Scottish-Code-shaped practice now. Scotland shows exactly what the paperwork looks like.
Not another arrangement system - FuneralGuard holds your firm's policies, training records and premises checks, built to the statutory Code, and nothing else.
Your Scottish Funeral Sector Register entry and registration number sit at the front of the file - the first thing an inspector checks, the first thing they see. (England edition: your firm's details and trade-body membership sit at the front, ready for the register when it comes.)
Ashes management. Complaints procedure. Contingency plan. Donations policy. Embalming consent. Third-party agreements register. If you already have a policy you're proud of, upload it. If you don't, answer plain questions about how your funeral home actually works and a written policy is drafted for you to read, amend and e-sign - dated, versioned, yours.
Who has been trained or assessed on what, and when. The Scottish Code (paragraph 30) requires these records to be available to inspectors on request. Most firms keep this knowledge in people's heads; the matrix puts it on paper. Optional short awareness courses - care of the deceased, ashes and the 48-hour duty, bereavement conduct - feed it with dated certificates.
Walk your own mortuary, chapel of rest and storage with a short checklist built from the Code's standards - refrigeration held at 4-7°C, locked and secure, records kept a minimum of five years - and record it before anyone else does.
A file dated last year is a file that raises questions. Monthly nudges catch what's drifted; annual re-sign cycles keep every policy and attestation current. One press produces today's file, today's date.
Less than an hour of your time, valued honestly. Free 14-day trial, no card to start.
Billed £290 +VAT once a year per funeral home - two months free against paying monthly.
Setup takes about 45 minutes, once. After that the file maintains itself around monthly nudges you can answer over a cup of tea. Free 14-day trial, no card to start; cancel any month after and the file you've built is yours to export and keep.
Start your free trialWorks alongside your arrangement software - and costs less than a single funeral's software fee a month. No group tier, no add-on pricing to work through - one price, per funeral home.
FuneralGuard is not an arrangement system and never asks for details of individual funerals or the families you serve. It holds your firm's policies, training records and premises checks - nothing else. Whatever you run your funerals on, keep running it.
A guided 45-minute setup, then it keeps itself. £29 a month or £290 a year, one flat price, no tie-in. Free 14-day trial, no card to start.
FuneralGuard helps you organise, evidence and maintain your firm's own compliance records. It is not legal advice, is not affiliated with the Scottish Government, DHSC, NAFD or SAIF, and does not replace your own judgement or your trade body's guidance. The standards you keep are yours; we help you show them.