Direct Cremation Providers
Direct Cremation has become one of the most popular choices for a funeral in the UK, accounting for around 20% of all services each year. With popularity comes providers -and a large number of direct cremation specialist companies have established themselves in recent years.
But not all direct cremation services are the same and every provider is different, both in terms of what is provided, but also how that service is delivered. It’s a good idea to read through our guide to direct cremation to familiarise yourself with the options you should have, and questions you might want to ask a provider.
Whilst the direct cremation service delivered by some of these national providers is not bad or wrong, we believe the is a better way to deliver a direct cremation – where the whole service is done properly.
Your Local Funeral Director
- Services: direct cremation and attended direct cremation
- Price: will vary
- Coverage: Throughout the UK – but local
Service will be delivered by the local funeral director and will likely use a local crematorium.
Aura Life
- Services: direct cremation and attended direct cremation
- Price: from £1,095 with additional costs for urgent collection
- Coverage: Mainland GB.
Aura provides the customer service, but the delivery is outsourced to another national provider.
Pure Cremation
- Services: direct cremation
- Price: £1,395 with additional costs for urgent collection
- Coverage: Mainland GB.
Pure are the UK’s largest direct cremation provider. They have their own crematorium and operations team. Most services will be transported to their crematorium in Andover.
Celebration of Life
- Services: direct cremation
- Price: £995 with additional costs for urgent collection and return of ashes
- Coverage: Mainland GB.
Celebration of Life have a small operational capability, but also rely on other providers to deliver their services.
Affordable Funerals
- Services: direct cremation and attended direct cremation
- Price: £1,095 with additional costs for urgent collection
- Coverage: Mainland GB.
Affordable Funerals are part of the Memoria Group, who own 12 Crematoriums. They have their own operations but also use local funeral directors to deliver the services.
Memoria Funerals
- Services: direct cremation and attended direct cremation
- Price: £1,095 with additional costs for urgent collection
- Coverage: Mainland GB.
Memoria Funerals is part of the Memoria Group, who own 12 Crematoriums. They have their own operations but also use local funeral directors to deliver the services.
Simplicity
- Services: direct cremation and attended direct cremation
- Price: £995 with additional costs for urgent collection and return of ashes
- Coverage: Mainland GB.
Simplicity is part of Dignity Funerals. They have a central customer centre, but the service will be delivered through Dignity funeral directors. They will use one of their own 46 crematoria around the country for the actual cremation.
We Are Direct Cremations
- Services: direct cremation
- Price: £1,050 with additional costs for urgent collection and removal of artificial implants
- Coverage: Mainland GB.
We Are Direct Cremation are owned by AW Lymn Funeral Directors, with their own crematorium in Staffordshire. They will use their own funeral operations when local and rely on other funeral directors on occasions.
DirectCremation.co.uk
- Services: direct cremation
- Price: £895 with additional costs for urgent collection, removal of artificial implants, return of ashes and larger coffins
- Coverage: England and Wales.
Directcremation.co.uk was established by a funeral director, they provide some operations but also rely on outsourced services as well.
Farewill
- Services: direct cremation
- Price: £950 with additional costs for urgent collection and return of ashes
- Coverage: Mainland GB.
Farewill are a will provider that have expanded to offer direct cremations. They will provide the customer service but all operations are outsourced to another national provider.
With Grace
- Services: direct cremation and attended direct cremation
- Price: £950 with additional costs for urgent collection, removal of artificial implants, return of ashes and larger coffins
- Coverage: Mainland GB.
With Grace will provide the customer service but all operations are outsourced to another national provider.
Liberty Cremations
- Services: direct cremation and attended direct cremation
- Price: £1,595 with additional costs for urgent collection
- Coverage: England and Wales.
Liberty Cremations is part of CPJ Field Funerals. They will provide all the operations and customer service through their own funeral directors