Data analysis
Funeral Cost Index analysis of published price lists
Updated 14 September 2026 from captured CMA Standardised Price Lists.
Press angle
Funeral Cost Index analysis of 2,890 published direct cremation price lists finds prices ranging from £712 to £2,997, a spread of £2,285.
Headline price bands
- Direct cremation
- £1,545
- Attended cremation
- £2,895
- Attended burial
- not yet available
n=2890; range £712 to £2,997
FD charges only; n=3341
FD charges only; n=0
For journalists and researchers
Every figure is drawn from a funeral director's own published CMA Standardised Price List. Funeral Cost Index preserves source URLs on provider profiles and publishes methodology notes at About the dataset.
Useful companion pages: Co-op funeral costs, Dignity funeral prices, direct cremation prices by location, and funeral costs by location.