At H Kemp and Son Limited we pride ourselves in providing our customers with personal attention at all times. We are a small family business who has been assisting and supporting families in arranging funerals for over 125 years. David Kemp is the fourth generation of funeral directors in his family and is assisted by his Mum, Eileen and his wife, Fiona.
When a loved one passes away, their family needs to be reassured that there is someone to turn to who can guide them through what needs to be done straight away, and then help them organise the necessary funeral arrangements. At H Kemp and Son Limited we will provide you with the support needed to arrange a caring and sensitive tribute to your loved one. We pride ourselves in our professional and personal service and provide a 24 hour service, 365 days of the year. Ensuring that our customers receive the highest standard of care.
Your first call should be to your GP or out of hour’s service, they will call into your residence and confirm that the person has died.
If an ambulance has been called and they have been unable to help because the person has passed away, you will find that the police will become involved, this is quite normal as they just need to take a statement of events, once this has been taken you can contact us and we will then come round and move the deceased to our chapel of rest.
The next step is to contact the deceased GP’s surgery and ask them when you can collect the death certificate. It is also helpful for their GP to know if you would like the deceased to be buried or cremated as extra forms are needed to be completed if you choose cremation (the GP will deal with us direct once they have been informed of your choice).
If a police statement has been taken this will then be forwarded to the Coroner’s Office who will then speak with the GP who is signing the death certificate. Between them they will be able to decide who will be able to issue the death certificate or in some cases a post mortem may be required. We will keep you informed with what is happening as this can take a little time.
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Registration
You then need to make an appointment with the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages in the district where the deceased passed away. They will tell you which documents belonging to the deceased to bring with you, such as a birth certificate, medical card, driving license, passport, state pension etc as they can inform these government departments on your behalf.
Make sure that you note it is also possible to register in your home district (mainland UK not Scotland) this does take a little longer as paperwork is posted between the two registrars and not sent by email, so until this is complete the funeral date would have to put on hold until we have received the relevant paperwork to continue.
The Registrar will then issue the following paper work:
– A green certificate called the burial or cremation certificate which is our authorisation to start making the funeral arrangements.
– Copies of the entry in the register signed by the registrar, these copies have to be paid and are used to notify banks, building societies, private pensions, insurance companies etc.
Useful Numbers
Hull Registrars 01482 300 300
Beverley Registrars 01482 393 600
Hull Royal Infirmary Bereavement Office 01482 608 926
Castle Hill Hospital Bereavement Office 01482 624 375
Coroner’s Office 01482 613 009
Cottingham Registrars 01482 393 565
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Registration
You then need to make an appointment with the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages (some hospitals will arrange an appointment at the registrars for you) in the district where the deceased passed away. They will tell you which documents belonging to the deceased to bring with you, such as a birth certificate, medical card, driving license, passport, state pension etc as they can inform these government departments on your behalf.
Make sure that you note it is also possible to register in your home district (mainland UK not Scotland) this does take a little longer as paperwork is posted between the two registrars and not sent by email, so until this is complete the funeral date would have to put on hold until we have received the relevant paperwork to continue.
The Registrar will then issue the following paper work:
– A green certificate called the burial or cremation certificate which is our authorisation to start making the funeral arrangements.
– Copies of the entry in the register signed by the registrar, these copies have to be paid and are used to notify banks, building societies, private pensions, insurance companies etc.
Useful Numbers
Hull Registrars 01482 300 300
Beverley Registrars 01482 393 600
Hull Royal Infirmary Bereavement Office 01482 608 926
Castle Hill Hospital Bereavement Office 01482 624 375
Coroner’s Office 01482 613 009
Cottingham Registrars 01482 393 565
If a police statement has been taken this will then be forwarded to the Coroner’s Office who will then speak with the GP who is signing the death certificate. Between them they will be able to decide who will be able to issue the death certificate or in some cases a post mortem may be required. We will keep you informed with what is happening as this can take a little time.
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF OUR GUIDE
Registration
You then need to make an appointment with the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages in the district where the deceased passed away. They will tell you which documents belonging to the deceased to bring with you, such as a birth certificate, medical card, driving license, passport, state pension etc as they can inform these government departments on your behalf.
Make sure that you note it is also possible to register in your home district (mainland UK not Scotland) this does take a little longer as paperwork is posted between the two registrars and not sent by email, so until this is complete the funeral date would have to put on hold until we have received the relevant paperwork to continue.
The Registrar will then issue the following paper work:
– A green certificate called the burial or cremation certificate which is our authorisation to start making the funeral arrangements.
– Copies of the entry in the register signed by the registrar, these copies have to be paid and are used to notify banks, building societies, private pensions, insurance companies etc.
Useful Numbers
Hull Registrars 01482 300 300
Beverley Registrars 01482 393 600
Hull Royal Infirmary Bereavement Office 01482 608 926
Castle Hill Hospital Bereavement Office 01482 624 375
Coroner’s Office 01482 613 009
Cottingham Registrars 01482 393 565
In these cases the coroner will be involved from the start and all investigations will have to completed before any funeral arrangement can be made.
If an interim death certificate is issued then the funeral service can still take place and registration will occur after the inquest has taken place at a later date. We will liaise directly with the Coroner regarding any paperwork we require to arrange the service.
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF OUR GUIDE
Registration
You then need to make an appointment with the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages in the district where the deceased passed away. They will tell you which documents belonging to the deceased to bring with you, such as a birth certificate, medical card, driving license, passport, state pension etc as they can inform these government departments on your behalf.
Make sure that you note it is also possible to register in your home district (mainland UK not Scotland) this does take a little longer as paperwork is posted between the two registrars and not sent by email, so until this is complete the funeral date would have to put on hold until we have received the relevant paperwork to continue.
The Registrar will then issue the following paper work:
– A green certificate called the burial or cremation certificate which is our authorisation to start making the funeral arrangements.
– Copies of the entry in the register signed by the registrar, these copies have to be paid and are used to notify banks, building societies, private pensions, insurance companies etc.
Useful Numbers
Hull Registrars 01482 300 300
Beverley Registrars 01482 393 600
Hull Royal Infirmary Bereavement Office 01482 608 926
Castle Hill Hospital Bereavement Office 01482 624 375
Coroner’s Office 01482 613 009
Cottingham Registrars 01482 393 565
DOWNLOAD A PDF OF OUR GUIDE
Registration
If the death happens overseas in most cases your travel insurance should cover the cost of repatriation either direct to our premises or a UK sea or airport, where we will make arrangements to collect your loved one and bring them back to our Chapels of Rest.. In both cases we will keep you up to date with all developments.
Useful Numbers
Hull Registrars 01482 300 300
Beverley Registrars 01482 393 600
Hull Royal Infirmary Bereavement Office 01482 608 926
Castle Hill Hospital Bereavement Office 01482 624 375
Coroner’s Office 01482 613 009
Cottingham Registrars 01482 393 565
The Wilson Centre CSC
Hull City Council
Alfred Gelder Street
Hull
HU1 2AG
Tel: 01482 300 300
email: register.office@hullcc.gov.uk
website: www.hullcc.gov.uk
Walkergate House
67 Walkergate
Beverley
HU17 9BP
Tel: 01482 393600
website: www2.eastriding.gov.uk
Council Offices
Cottingham Civic Hall
Market Green
Cottingham
HU16 5QG
Tel: 01482 393565
website: www2.eastriding.gov.uk
Online appointments: Click here
Hull Royal Infirmary
Anlaby Rd,
Hull HU3 2JZ
Tel: 01482 608926
Castle Rd, Cottingham,
East Riding of Yorkshire
HU16 5JQ
Tel: 01482 624375
Coroners Office,
Kingston Upon Hull City Council
Hull
HU1 2AA
Tel: 01482 613009
SAIF Membership:
H Kemp & Son Ltd proud to be
members of the Society of Allied
and Independent Funeral Directors
our regulatory body for Independent
Funeral Directors.
Contact Us:
H Kemp and Son Limited
259 Hallgate, Cottingham
East Yorkshire, HU16 4BG
Tel: 01482 844 695
Email: hkempandsonltd@gmail.com