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UK funeral cost data for journalists
Funeral Cost Index publishes UK funeral price data sourced from funeral directors’ CMA Standardised Price Lists. Journalists can use the site for national, local authority, provider and ownership-group comparisons.
Quick contact
For comment, data extracts, methodology checks or local examples, email markets@indexeli.com.
- Funeral directors indexed
- 4,913
- Published prices captured
- 3,311
- Median direct cremation
- £1,545
Funeral costs by council area
Official local authority comparison table with medians, provider-level captured prices, coverage and CSV downloads.
Chain premium by region
Corporate group versus independent funeral director median prices by UK region.
Price transparency gaps
Council areas ranked by captured published-price coverage.
Methodology
How prices are sourced, normalised and checked from CMA Standardised Price Lists.
Suggested citation
Funeral Cost Index, published CMA Standardised Price List data from UK funeral directors. https://www.funeralcostindex.co.uk/data
Funeral Cost Index does not arrange funerals, recommend providers, or accept payment from funeral directors to rank higher.
Publisher credentials
Funeral Cost Index is published by Peter Langdon FCA through Indexeli Intelligence Limited. Peter is listed in ICAEW’s Find a Chartered Accountant directory, and the project applies an accountancy-led approach to public-interest price transparency, source evidence, correction handling, and clear separation between captured prices and estimates.
View Peter Langdon’s ICAEW directory profile · ICAEW does not endorse, verify, or operate Funeral Cost Index.