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	East Lindsey	East Midlands	13%	2	Frank Wood and Sons (Funeral Directors)	View council page
7	Colchester	East of England	13%	1	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
8	Leicester	East Midlands	13%	1	Buckminster Funerals Ltd	View council page
9	Channel Islands	Channel Islands	14%	1	What do I do when someone dies?	View council page
10	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	Northern Ireland	15%	2	Kenneth Cheevers and Son	View council page
11	South Norfolk	East of England	17%	3	Rackhams Funeral Service	View council page
12	Great Yarmouth	East of England	20%	2	Murrant Family Funeral Service - Great Yarmouth	View council page
13	Nottingham	East Midlands	20%	2	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
14	Fermanagh and Omagh	Northern Ireland	20%	1	W T Morrison Funeral Directors	View council page
15	Tendring	East of England	21%	4	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
16	Torridge	South West	22%	2	Bideford Funeralcare	View council page
17	Belfast	Northern Ireland	24%	4	Mallon Brothers Funeral Directors	View council page
18	Broxtowe	East Midlands	25%	2	W Ginever Funeral Directors	View council page
19	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	25%	2	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
20	Gedling	East Midlands	25%	1	Arnold and District Funerals	View council page
21	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	29%	2	Wrays Funeral Directors	View council page
22	North Devon	South West	30%	3	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
23	East Suffolk	East of England	32%	9	Critoph & Crowe Ltd	View council page
24	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	33%	8	Ian Bendall Funeral Directors	View council page
25	Bristol, City of	South West	33%	4	Brunel Independent Funeral Directors	View council page
26	Stirling	Scotland	33%	4	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
27	Vale of White Horse	South East	33%	4	Central England Co-operative	View council page
28	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	33%	3	George Preston Funeral Directors	View council page
29	Gravesham	South East	33%	2	T S Horlock and Son	View council page
30	Greenwich	London	33%	2	Limited data	View council page
31	Islington	London	33%	2	W. G. Miller Ltd	View council page
32	Westminster	London	33%	2	Ronald P Sherry and Son	View council page
33	Boston	East Midlands	33%	1	Carr Funeral Service	View council page
34	Melton	East Midlands	33%	1	The co-operative funeralcare	View council page
35	West Lothian	Scotland	36%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
36	Braintree	East of England	36%	8	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
37	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	38%	9	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
38	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	38%	6	Port Talbot and Margam Funeralcare	View council page
39	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	38%	3	O R Jones and Co	View council page
40	Oxford	South East	38%	3	C S Boswell Independent Funeral Services - Oxford	View council page
41	Amber Valley	East Midlands	40%	4	The co-operative funeralcare	View council page
42	Babergh	East of England	40%	4	J Edwards Funeral Directors	View council page
43	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	40%	4	McAlister Funeral Directors	View council page
44	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	40%	4	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
45	South Ribble	North West	40%	4	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
46	Torfaen	Wales	40%	4	Pontypool Funeralcare (Inc E I Peake)	View council page
47	Darlington	North East	40%	2	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
48	Ribble Valley	North West	40%	2	Whalley Funeral Directors	View council page
49	Breckland	East of England	41%	7	Thetford & District Funeral Services Ltd t/a Turner Funerals Ltd	View council page
50	Richmond upon Thames	London	42%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
51	Chelmsford	East of England	43%	6	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
52	Powys	Wales	43%	6	Pritchard & Sons	View council page
53	Rossendale	North West	43%	6	E and B Shufflebotham Funeral Directors	View council page
54	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	43%	3	Anderson Maguire Ltd - Williamwood	View council page
55	Gloucester	South West	43%	3	Central England Co-operative	View council page
56	High Peak	East Midlands	43%	3	The Glossop Carriage Company	View council page
57	Lambeth	London	43%	3	West Norwood Funeralcare	View council page
58	Mid and East Antrim	Northern Ireland	43%	3	J Stevenson and Son	View council page
59	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	43%	3	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
60	Ards and North Down	Northern Ireland	45%	5	Wilton Funeral Directors	View council page
61	East Hertfordshire	East of England	45%	5	West & Sons Funerals	View council page
62	Reigate and Banstead	South East	45%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
63	South Kesteven	East Midlands	45%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
64	Bolsover	East Midlands	46%	6	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
65	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	47%	14	Anderson Maguire Ltd - Muirhead	View council page
66	Cardiff	Wales	47%	7	James Summers at Whitchurch	View council page
67	North Norfolk	East of England	47%	7	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
68	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	47%	7	Central England Co-operative	View council page
69	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	47%	8	Tudor-Davies Funeral Service Ltd	View council page
70	Shropshire	West Midlands	47%	9	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
71	Thanet	South East	50%	10	H. R. Palmer Limited	View council page
72	Westmorland and Furness	North West	50%	10	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
73	Mid Sussex	South East	50%	9	Ballard & Shortall Funeral Directors	View council page
74	Canterbury	South East	50%	7	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
75	Hyndburn	North West	50%	7	Great Harwood Funeral Directors	View council page
76	Sutton	London	50%	7	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
77	Monmouthshire	Wales	50%	6	Abergavenny Funeralcare	View council page
78	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	50%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
79	Chesterfield	East Midlands	50%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
80	Dartford	South East	50%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
81	Denbighshire	Wales	50%	5	Tongs Funeral Service	View council page
82	Bridgend	Wales	50%	4	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
83	South Holland	East Midlands	50%	4	Spalding Funeralcare	View council page
84	West Oxfordshire	South East	50%	4	Central England Co-operative	View council page
85	Brentwood	East of England	50%	3	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
86	Broxbourne	East of England	50%	3	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
87	Mid Suffolk	East of England	50%	3	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
88	Newport	Wales	50%	3	Newport Funeralcare	View council page
89	North Kesteven	East Midlands	50%	3	Pat Cook and Sons	View council page
90	Tamworth	West Midlands	50%	3	The co-operative funeralcare	View council page
91	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	54%	13	A D Walker Ltd	View council page
92	Falkirk	Scotland	55%	12	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
93	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	55%	6	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
94	North Hertfordshire	East of England	56%	10	E H Crouch	View council page
95	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	56%	10	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
96	Ashfield	East Midlands	56%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
97	Maldon	East of England	56%	5	Limited data	View council page
98	Mansfield	East Midlands	56%	5	Co-op Funeralcare	View council page
99	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	56%	5	Gilbert James Funeral Director	View council page
100	Mid Ulster	Northern Ireland	56%	5	Garvins Funeral Service	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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