Express Funeral Order of Service
- Printed on Luxury Paper that you can keep after the service.
- Printed the same day. Rest assured, we have never been late in completing an order.
- Plenty of delivery and collection options (including out of hours).
- 100% Money Back Guarantee
If we do not dispatch your order as per what we guarantee, resulting in you receiving your order late then we will give you the printing for free (although we have not been late with any order).
To ensure everything runs smoothly, we will assign a Dedicated Express Manager to your order, who is responsible for knowing what is happening with your order at all times.
- We understand that you are going through a lot during this difficult time and will take extra care in making sure everything prints well and is ready on time.
- NO VAT Order of Service Booklets as standard (up to A4 size).
- NO VAT charged on Leaflets, Flyers and Booklets as standard (up to A4 size)
95% of leaflet/flyer/booklet orders are zero rated for VAT.
This depends on the design and is dictated by HMRC
If unsure whether your leaflet/flyer/booklet is zero rated, then you can email us to check.
Rest assured, we check all leaflet/flyer/booklet orders to ensure they meet the zero rating rules.
Deadline
Order by 12pm Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) for the job to be printed the same day.We will then dispatch it the same day using the method chosen at the checkout (or if you prefer, we can have it ready for collection the same day)
Missed the deadline? What can I do
(people have ordered at 10pm for delivery the same day).
If calling out of hours and you cannot get through then just email us.
Our Express Service: Frequently Asked Questions
If this isn't important, then printing will take place the next working day.
Our phone lines are open until 9pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 3pm on weekends and public holidays.
Please call us on 0207 117 2844 .
You may also email us. If the phone lines are closed, include your phone number and we will call you back.
Please note an out-of-hours fee will be charged for this service (starting from £150 + VAT in addition to the total cost of the order).
The fee varies depending on the production time and the time of day the order needs to be produced. If the order can be produced between 9am and 6pm during a weekend or bank holiday, the fee will usually be at the lower end of the scale. Orders required outside these hours may incur a higher fee.
Important: If sending a courier then please do not send a Bolt or Uber as they refuse to leave their car and sign for the order. We will not leave the branch to hand over the order to them. You MUST let us know who the courier is before they come.
Please note that all signs, banners, posters larger than A3 and vinyl stickers are printed at out Excel branch. Everything else is printed at our Farringdon branch.
If you want to collect from a branch where the product is NOT printed then there is a charge of £25+VAT to transfer it between branches.
Note, the branches are only 20-30mins from each other so you may want to collect from the branch where it is printed.
We also offer out of hours collection, to make it even easier to collect your order even when we are closed.
We use a shop around the corner from our Farringdon branch for out of hours collections. Additional charges apply for this service.
Orders from our Excel branch can be collected up until 8pm Monday to Friday (service is free and provided by the business center).
Can be chosen at the Checkout:
- Same Day Courier (for any time delivery).
- Next Working Day Courier to Mainland UK, excluding Scottish Highlands (delivers Monday to Friday)
- Saturday Courier
- Timed Next Working Day or Saturday Courier (10.30am, 12pm)
Please call or email us if you require the following options or if the option required is not available at the checkout:
- Same Day Priority or Direct Courier (if you require it by a specific time the same day).
- Next Working Day Courier to Scottish Highlands or UK Islands (delivers Monday to Friday)
- Timed Next Working Day or Saturday Courier (pre 9.30)
- Out of hours dispatch and delivery. For example, you need something delivered by 5am on a Sunday in time for a flight.
- Overseas same day or next day delivery.
Delivery prices starts from just £12+VAT.
Prices & Delivery
Choose your Order of Service below. You only need to know what you want the finished booklet to look and feel like.
1. What size booklet would you like?
Choose the finished size. The pictures show the relative sizes.
2. Which way should your A5 booklet open?
Portrait is tall. Landscape is wide.
3. Choose the paper for the inside pages
Click a paper to see what it feels like and when it works best.
4. Need a thicker cover?
A thicker cover gives the booklet a more substantial front and back. You can also use the same paper throughout.
5. How many pages does your booklet have?
Count every page, including the front and back cover. Stapled booklets start at 8 pages and go up in 4s: 8, 12, 16, 20 and so on.
6. How many booklets do you need?
Your booklet
The price shown is for one design/set.
Artwork and instructions
PDF artwork or a Canva link is preferred.
Upload any FilesUsing Canva?
If using Canva, please share the editable link that Canva gives you.
- In Canva, click Share.
- Under Access level, choose Anyone with the link and Can edit.
- Click Copy link and paste the link into the instructions box below.
Give any instructions or changes required. Do not put delivery instructions here; add those at checkout.
When will I receive my Same-Day Funeral Order of Service? Award-winning designer-led artwork check & proof included with every order. No other UK printer does this. Printing: Same day if ordered before the 12:00pm deadline. Delivery chosen at checkout. View timeline
Every order includes our award-winning designer-led Check & Fix service before printing.
Artwork can look fine on screen but still print badly. Our designers check every order and fix common artwork issues where possible before your proof is sent.
Included with every order, not a paid add-on.
Same day if ordered before the 12:00pm deadline.
Free UK mainland delivery normally takes 2-3 working days after dispatch. Other delivery methods, collection options and locations can be chosen at checkout.
Booklet Artwork Guidelines
Important:
If you do not understand anything below then do not worry. Place your order and we will check your artwork, make any necessary amendments and send you a free proof before printing.
If you have any technical questions, please contact us.
Artwork pages
Your PDF or Canva design must contain the same number of artwork pages as the booklet page count you select, including the front and back cover.
For example, if you order a 16-page booklet, please supply a 16-page PDF or a 16-page Canva design.
Technical Specifications (don't worry if you don't understand them)
- Bleed:
- 3mm outside each trim edge
- Safe area (sometimes called a Quiet Area):
- 5mm inside each trim edge
- Colour Scheme:
- CMYK (Full Colour)
- Ideal Resolution:
- 300 dpi
We would prefer your file to be in the CMYK colour scheme. Any files not in CMYK will be converted to CMYK.
Please note that changing a different colour profile (for example, RGB) to CMYK will change the printed colour.
