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
- Attended cremation
- £2,895
- Attended burial
- not yet available
n=2826; range £1 to £135,000
FD charges only; n=3145
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.