Two charged after collapse of funeral firm Safe Hands affected 46,000 people


The administrator for Safe Hands, FRP Advisory, initially said planholders could receive repayments of between 8.5p and 12.5p for every pound they lost by June 2025.

But after a six-month delay, the amount repaid to those affected by the funeral firm collapse proved to be much less – about 4p for every pound.

Planholders are owed an estimated £70.6m in total.

Among them are Denise Hudson, from Derby, who paid nearly £2,500 for a Safe Hands plan after seeing a TV advert in 2019, and was last year given a cheque for less than £100 by administrators.

“That was my savings. I gave it in good faith. I actually thought what it said on the tin, it is in safe hands,” she said.

Hudson told the BBC she might “frame” the cheque for £96.50, using it as a reminder to keep fighting.


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