Data analysis

Funeral Cost Index analysis of published price lists

Updated 5 May 2026 from captured CMA Standardised Price Lists.

Press angle

Funeral Cost Index analysis of 2,826 published direct cremation price lists finds prices ranging from £1 to £135,000, a spread of £134,999.

Headline price bands

Direct cremation
£1,545

n=2826; range £1 to £135,000

Attended cremation
£2,895

FD charges only; n=3145

Attended burial
not yet available

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.