Data analysis
Funeral Cost Index analysis of published price lists
Prices captured to 9 November 2026 from published CMA Standardised Price Lists.
Press angle
Funeral Cost Index analysis of 3,018 published direct cremation price lists finds prices ranging from £712 to £3,035, a spread of £2,323.
Headline price bands
- Direct cremation
- £1,595
- Attended cremation
- £2,900
- Unattended burial
- £1,500
n=3018; range £712 to £3,035
FD charges only; n=3491
FD charges only; n=1597
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.