UK FUNERAL COSTS · PUBLISHED PRICES

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What families actually paid.

Real UK funeral prices, shared anonymously. Since 2021 every funeral director must publish a price list, but the total still varies hugely. See what people paid, before you ever have to arrange one.

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FUNERALUK unspecified · 2025

Burial funeral£6,000

Mumsnet poster Douzepoints; burial, paying off over time

TOTAL PAID£6,000

“Dad's was £6k and I'm still paying this off.” · a real bill, shared publicly · source

Published by law

Since 2021 every UK funeral director must display a Standardised Price List. The line items are set, but the total you pay still varies hugely between firms and areas. source

£4,000+

The typical cost of a basic attended funeral in the UK, before the wake, flowers, headstone and extras, and rising faster than inflation. source

The gap between the cheapest and dearest funeral directors for the same service in the same town. Grief makes shopping around hard, which is exactly why the numbers help. source

What Britain actually pays

Every number below is a real price: a published Standardised Price List figure, or a bill a family actually paid. Click through for the full spread.

Procedure	Prices	List	Paid	Delta
Attended cremation	11	£2,748£2,295–£3,435	£4,200£3,105–£6,500	+£1,453
Burial	4	—	£5,720£4,758–£7,000	—
Burial plot	3	£1,465£1,182–£2,697	—	—
Celebrant	2	£257£244–£270	—	—
Coffin	4	£550£250–£949	—	—
Crematorium fee	4	£1,175£925–£1,425	—	—
Direct cremation	8	£1,495£1,095–£1,645	£1,400£1,200–£1,628	−£95
Director's fee	3	£815£595–£1,595	—	—
Embalming	3	£225£220–£225	—	—
Headstone	1	£2,282£2,282–£2,282	—	—
Limousine	2	£270£250–£290	—	—

Two bars per service: the pale bar is the advertised list price spread, purple is what people actually paid, on one shared scale (£220 to £7,000, logarithmic). Delta is the gap between the two medians. Hover for the numbers.

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