Data analysis
Funeral Cost Index analysis of published price lists
Updated 9 August 2026 from captured CMA Standardised Price Lists.
Press angle
Funeral Cost Index analysis of 2,843 published direct cremation price lists finds prices ranging from £712 to £2,995, a spread of £2,283.
Headline price bands
- Direct cremation
- £1,545
- Attended cremation
- £2,895
- Attended burial
- not yet available
n=2843; range £712 to £2,995
FD charges only; n=3272
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.