Unattended burial in Staffordshire
Compare unattended burial costs in Staffordshire using published CMA Standardised Price Lists. Captured local prices range from £700 to £2,510, with a median of £1,400 across 62 funeral directors with published prices within 22 miles. The lowest published price captured locally is £700 at Simpson & Wilde Independent Funeral Directors Ltd (10.8 mi, captured 16 September 2026); the highest is £2,510 at Samuel Sigley and Sons (15.8 mi, captured 16 September 2026). A burial without a service: the funeral director collects the deceased, provides a simple coffin, and takes them directly to the cemetery for interment with no mourners present. The burial counterpart of a direct cremation.
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Price summary
Based on 62 published price lists within 22 miles of Staffordshire.
- Median price
- £1,400
- Captured range
- £700-£2,510
- Most recent capture
- 9 Nov 2026
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Freshness
Most recent price list captured 9 November 2026. Based on 62 published unattended burial prices within 22 miles of Staffordshire.
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Published unattended burial prices
Simpson & Wilde Independent Funeral Directors Ltd
317 Hartshill Road Hartshill, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire · ST4 7NR
Independent
£700
Unattended burial
10.8 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
Tudor-Davies Funeral Service Ltd
1 King Street Cross Heath, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire · ST5 9HQ
Independent
£704
Unattended burial
12.3 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
Tudor-Davies Funeral Service Ltd
The Beeches 142 Waterloo Road Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire · ST6 3HB
Independent
£704
Unattended burial
12.5 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
Tudor-Davies Funeral Services
The Beeches, STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE · ST6 3HB
Independent or unknown
£704
Unattended burial
12.5 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
Busby & Kane Independent Funeral Directors - Shotton
42 Chester Road East, Shotton, Flintshire · CH5 1QA
Independent
£850
Unattended burial
11.6 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£895
Unattended burial
16.3 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£1,000
Unattended burial
20.5 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
Dolven Funeral Services Ltd
31 Congleton Road, STOKE-ON-TRENT, STAFFORDSHIRE · ST8 6DY
Independent or unknown
£1,050
Unattended burial
17.2 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£1,050
Unattended burial
19.9 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
C Edwards & Son (Funeral Services) Ltd
155 High Street Talke Pitts, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire · ST7 1QQ
Independent
£1,100
Unattended burial
15.5 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£1,140
Unattended burial
16.6 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£1,183
Unattended burial
16.5 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
G Wathall & Son Ltd Stapenhill
8 Main Street Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire · DE15 9AP
Independent
£1,183
Unattended burial
19.0 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£1,200
Unattended burial
19.0 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
Falconer Funerals Limited
193 Stafford Street, WALSALL, WEST MIDLANDS · WS2 8ED
Independent or unknown
£1,240
Unattended burial
20.2 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£1,263
Unattended burial
18.2 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£1,275
Unattended burial
5.2 mi
Captured 9 Nov 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
A J Sellman Ltd- Stafford
St Michael's Square Clay Street Penkridge, Stafford, Staffordshire · ST19 5AL
Independent
£1,295
Unattended burial
10.9 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£1,295
Unattended burial
13.2 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
A J Sellman Ltd - Cheslyn Hay
67 Station Street Cheslyn Hay, Walsall, Staffordshire · WS6 7EG
Independent
£1,295
Unattended burial
14.9 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
C W Mottram Funeral Services Ltd
The Conifers Grassy Green Lane Audley, Stoke on Trent, Audley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire · ST7 8JB
Independent
£1,300
Unattended burial
15.5 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
Trevor E W Hickton Ltd t/a Hickton Family Funeral Directors - Codsall
9 Bilbrook Road Codsall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands · WV8 1EU
Independent
£1,325
Unattended burial
18.2 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
Trevor E W Hickton Ltd t/a Hickton Family Funeral Directors - Wolverhampton
262 Penn Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands · WV4 4AD
Independent
£1,325
Unattended burial
21.9 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
£1,375
Unattended burial
9.1 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
Isobel Whittaker Funeral Services Ltd
60 Pirehill Lane Walton, Stone, Staffordshire · ST15 0JN
Independent
£1,400
Unattended burial
4.0 mi
Captured 16 Sept 2026
Source price list available from the funeral director's published CMA Standardised Price List.
What’s included in the unattended burial price?
Funeral director's charges only. The burial fee, exclusive right of burial (the plot), gravedigging and any memorial permit are set by the cemetery operator and paid separately — and typically cost more than the funeral director's charge itself.
Frequently asked questions
How much is an unattended burial in Staffordshire?
The median unattended burial price in Staffordshire is £1,400, based on 62 published CMA Standardised Price Lists from funeral directors within 22 miles. Prices range from £700 to £2,510. The lowest published price captured locally is £700 at Simpson & Wilde Independent Funeral Directors Ltd (10.8 mi, captured 16 September 2026); the highest is £2,510 at Samuel Sigley and Sons (15.8 mi, captured 16 September 2026). Every funeral director price is taken from the funeral director's own published CMA Standardised Price List, captured by Funeral Cost Index (most recent capture 9 November 2026).
What does the published unattended burial price include?
Funeral director's charges only. The burial fee, exclusive right of burial (the plot), gravedigging and any memorial permit are set by the cemetery operator and paid separately — and typically cost more than the funeral director's charge itself. Each funeral director's CMA Standardised Price List sets out exactly what its own unattended burial price covers, in the same fixed format, so the figures for Staffordshire compare like for like.
What can push an unattended burial price above the quoted figure in Staffordshire?
The £1,400 median unattended burial price for Staffordshire is the funeral director's published charge for the standard service. Costs commonly added on top are out-of-hours or non-hospital collection, collection from outside the funeral director's normal radius, an oversized coffin, and any doctor's or registrar's fees not already bundled. The cemetery operator's interment fee and the exclusive right of burial are separate third-party charges on an unattended burial. Each provider's own CMA Standardised Price List sets out its additional-cost options in a fixed format, which is what makes these comparable between funeral directors.
Other funeral costs in Staffordshire
Prices sourced from each provider’s published CMA Standardised Price List, where available. Always verify directly with the funeral director before making decisions.