Transparency gaps

Where funeral price transparency is weakest

Council areas ranked by the share of indexed funeral directors with captured published prices. Lower coverage can mean fewer comparable options for families.

Rank	Council area	Region	Published-price coverage	Published providers	Provider price entry	Council page
1	West Lindsey	East Midlands	0%	0	Limited data	View council page
2	Rushcliffe	East Midlands	0%	0	Limited data	View council page
3	Derry City and Strabane	Northern Ireland	0%	0	Limited data	View council page
4	Isle of Man	Isle of Man	0%	0	Limited data	View council page
5	Welwyn Hatfield	East of England	11%	1	Co-op Funeralcare (inc. Coughlan Bros)	View council page
6	Colchester	East of England	13%	1	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
7	Leicester	East Midlands	13%	1	Buckminster Funerals Ltd	View council page
8	Channel Islands	Channel Islands	14%	1	What do I do when someone dies?	View council page
9	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	Northern Ireland	15%	2	Kenneth Cheevers and Son	View council page
10	East Lindsey	East Midlands	19%	3	Frank Wood and Sons (Funeral Directors)	View council page
11	Great Yarmouth	East of England	20%	2	Murrant Family Funeral Service - Great Yarmouth	View council page
12	Nottingham	East Midlands	20%	2	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
13	Fermanagh and Omagh	Northern Ireland	20%	1	W T Morrison Funeral Directors	View council page
14	Tendring	East of England	21%	4	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
15	South Norfolk	East of England	22%	4	Rackhams Funeral Service	View council page
16	Belfast	Northern Ireland	24%	4	Mallon Brothers Funeral Directors	View council page
17	Broxtowe	East Midlands	25%	2	W Ginever Funeral Directors	View council page
18	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	25%	2	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
19	Gedling	East Midlands	25%	1	Arnold and District Funerals	View council page
20	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	29%	2	Wrays Funeral Directors	View council page
21	North Devon	South West	30%	3	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
22	Bristol, City of	South West	33%	4	Cotton and Sons	View council page
23	Stirling	Scotland	33%	4	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
24	Vale of White Horse	South East	33%	4	Central England Co-operative	View council page
25	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	33%	3	George Preston Funeral Directors	View council page
26	Greenwich	London	33%	2	Limited data	View council page
27	Islington	London	33%	2	W. G. Miller Ltd	View council page
28	Boston	East Midlands	33%	1	Carr Funeral Service	View council page
29	Melton	East Midlands	33%	1	The co-operative funeralcare	View council page
30	East Suffolk	East of England	36%	10	Critoph & Crowe Ltd	View council page
31	Braintree	East of England	36%	8	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
32	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	38%	9	Ian Bendall Funeral Directors	View council page
33	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	38%	9	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
34	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	38%	6	Port Talbot and Margam Funeralcare	View council page
35	Oxford	South East	38%	3	C S Boswell Independent Funeral Services - Oxford	View council page
36	Babergh	East of England	40%	4	W A Deacon Funeral Services	View council page
37	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	40%	4	McAlister Funeral Directors	View council page
38	Torfaen	Wales	40%	4	Pontypool Funeralcare (Inc E I Peake)	View council page
39	Richmond upon Thames	London	42%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
40	Chelmsford	East of England	43%	6	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
41	Rossendale	North West	43%	6	E and B Shufflebotham Funeral Directors	View council page
42	West Lothian	Scotland	43%	6	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
43	Lambeth	London	43%	3	West Norwood Funeralcare	View council page
44	Mid and East Antrim	Northern Ireland	43%	3	J Stevenson and Son	View council page
45	Torridge	South West	44%	4	Bideford Funeralcare	View council page
46	Ards and North Down	Northern Ireland	45%	5	Wilton Funeral Directors	View council page
47	South Kesteven	East Midlands	45%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
48	Cardiff	Wales	47%	7	James Summers at Whitchurch	View council page
49	North Norfolk	East of England	47%	7	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
50	Breckland	East of England	47%	8	Thetford & District Funeral Services Ltd t/a Turner Funerals Ltd	View council page
51	Shropshire	West Midlands	47%	9	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
52	Hyndburn	North West	50%	7	Great Harwood Funeral Directors	View council page
53	Sutton	London	50%	7	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
54	Monmouthshire	Wales	50%	6	Abergavenny Funeralcare	View council page
55	Amber Valley	East Midlands	50%	5	The co-operative funeralcare	View council page
56	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	50%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
57	Chesterfield	East Midlands	50%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
58	Denbighshire	Wales	50%	5	Tongs Funeral Service	View council page
59	South Ribble	North West	50%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
60	West Oxfordshire	South East	50%	4	Central England Co-operative	View council page
61	Brentwood	East of England	50%	3	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
62	Broxbourne	East of England	50%	3	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
63	Gravesham	South East	50%	3	Hergest and Cavell Funeral Directors	View council page
64	Mid Suffolk	East of England	50%	3	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
65	Newport	Wales	50%	3	Newport Funeralcare	View council page
66	North Kesteven	East Midlands	50%	3	Pat Cook and Sons	View council page
67	Westminster	London	50%	3	Ronald P Sherry and Son	View council page
68	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	53%	9	Tudor-Davies Funeral Service Ltd	View council page
69	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	53%	16	Motherwell Funeralcare	View council page
70	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	53%	8	Central England Co-operative	View council page
71	Bolsover	East Midlands	54%	7	Stubbins and Hope	View council page
72	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	54%	13	A D Walker Ltd	View council page
73	Falkirk	Scotland	55%	12	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
74	East Hertfordshire	East of England	55%	6	West & Sons Funerals	View council page
75	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	55%	6	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
76	Thanet	South East	55%	11	Twyman and Holmes	View council page
77	North Hertfordshire	East of England	56%	10	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
78	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	56%	10	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
79	Ashfield	East Midlands	56%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
80	Maldon	East of England	56%	5	Adam and Greenwood Funeral Home LLP	View council page
81	Mansfield	East Midlands	56%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
82	Mid Ulster	Northern Ireland	56%	5	Garvins Funeral Service	View council page
83	Rushmoor	South East	56%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
84	Spelthorne	South East	56%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
85	Fylde	North West	57%	8	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
86	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	57%	8	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
87	Rochdale	North West	57%	8	Cutgate Funeralcare (inc Owen Devaney and Son)	View council page
88	Chorley	North West	57%	4	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
89	Hackney	London	57%	4	T Cribb & Sons - Hackney	View council page
90	Hartlepool	North East	57%	4	Joel D Kerr Funeral Services	View council page
91	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	57%	4	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
92	Sunderland	North East	58%	19	Sunderland Funeral Directors	View council page
93	Birmingham	West Midlands	60%	24	S. Gascoigne & Sons — Kings Norton	View council page
94	Swansea	Wales	60%	15	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
95	South Tyneside	North East	60%	9	Tynedale Family Funeral Directors Ltd - Hebburn	View council page
96	Burnley	North West	60%	6	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
97	Dartford	South East	60%	6	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
98	Erewash	East Midlands	60%	6	The co-operative funeralcare	View council page
99	Lancaster	North West	60%	6	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
100	Darlington	North East	60%	3	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page

Methodology

Rankings use the latest captured CMA Standardised Price List for each funeral director, matched to official local authority areas by provider postcode. Medians require at least three valid prices in an area.

Coverage is the percentage of indexed local funeral directors with at least one valid captured direct cremation or attended funeral price.

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