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