The Scotmid website proudly states ‘We are a co-operative so we focus on the needs of the people we serve, not the demands of shareholders. We are proud to be at the heart of the communities we serve and are committed to being open, honest, ethical and professional at all Read more [...]
John Weir
The business is owned by John Weir, who runs it with his wife Beverley. John has been a funeral director for 47 years (having served an apprenticeship as a young man) and he embodies the passion and dedication of someone who lives and breathes their work. “It’s not a job, Read more [...]
Final Journey Funerals
Review coming soon
Matthew Lucas Funeral Directors
Matthew Lucas Funeral Directors is a joint venture between Matthew Lucas and the family business of A. G. Down. There are three directors of the business: Matt, Eric Dunford & Julian Hussey. Matt is Dorchester born and bred with over 17 years experience as a local Funeral Director. Eric is Bridport born Read more [...]
Sullivan and Son Independent Funeral Service
The business is owned by Paul Sullivan, Dip FD,who started in the funeral industry in 1992 when he was aged 19. He’s assisted by his brother Alex, who looks after the office management and funeral director Julie Fraser-Reid Dip FD, with Colin Meades as senior chauffeur / bearer and Alan Read more [...]
John Weir
The business is owned by John Weir, who runs it with his wife Beverley. John has been a funeral director for 47 years (having served an apprenticeship as a young man) and he embodies the passion and dedication of someone who lives and breathes their work. “It’s not a job, Read more [...]
AW Lymn – the Family Funeral Service
A.W. Lymn is a large family firm founded in 1907. This isn’t necessarily a good thing. Family businesses can run out of steam and get very complacent. Big businesses can be faceless and impersonal. This is not what you want from a funeral director. But Lymn’s has admirably and triumphantly Read more [...]
ARKA Original Funerals
ARKA Original Funerals are undertakers with a difference. One of the pioneers in challenging the traditional, patriarchal rigidity of the funeral industry in early days of this century, ARKA is widely recognised and admired by the new wave of modern funeral directors as a role model of how to provide Read more [...]
Pearce Funeral Services
This is a small but perfectly formed funeral directors with an unusual, welcoming feature: the front door is always open. John Pearce Dip FD, Member of the British Institute of Embalmers, is the owner and funeral director here. He opened the door of Pearce Funeral Services for the first time Read more [...]
Gooding Funeral Services
Xina Gooding Broderick BA(Hons), DipFAA, LMBIFD and her husband Peter Broderick DipFAA, LMBIFD are the two of the three directors of this family run company that you’ll be most likely to meet, as it is they who look after the day to day operations and the families they serve. Xina’s Read more [...]
Family Tree Funeral Directors
James Showers (50s). Onetime ad-man, James’s has been a life journey of rich variety and varied vistas. A seeker after truth and beauty. Drawn to the dismal trade by “my father’s appallingly perfunctory disposal ceremony, and my mother’s funeral, which was excellent due to our strong insistence on having it Read more [...]
Rowland Brothers
A selection of quite the nicest, most personable and knowledgeable people make up the staff of this highly respected funeral director company, and you will be looked after throughout your dealings with them by the staff at the branch you make contact with. Independently owned and run, Rowland Brothers has Read more [...]
A J Brooke Funeral Directors
Funeral Director/s: Gemma Pacitto. Gemma’s not just the funeral director at A J Brooke, she’s the founder and owner of the company and the person who does everything, from meeting families and helping them make arrangements for the funeral, washing and dressing the people in her care (every single one Read more [...]
Holmes & Family Ltd.
Oliver and Toby Holmes. Sons of David Holmes (who founded the company and who attends 99% of funerals as a driver / bearer), Ollie and Toby are quite extraordinarily lovely young men. We met Toby only briefly, as he was busy with the business of the day, but spent quite Read more [...]
Compassionate Funerals
Hasina Zaman and Allistair Anderson. A former teacher, lecturer and artist, Hasina founded the company back in 2012 when she perceived a need for a completely different type of funeral service for the diverse community of East London where she had lived and worked for over 20 years. “We saw Read more [...]
Mark Shaw Funeral Services
When Mark Shaw was a youngster he used to play the organ for church funerals and, while still at school, managed to get work experience with a good, independent funeral director. Clearly, from a very young age, he was destined to work in this business. When he left school he Read more [...]
Scotmid Funerals
The Scotmid website proudly states ‘We are a co-operative so we focus on the needs of the people we serve, not the demands of shareholders. We are proud to be at the heart of the communities we serve and are committed to being open, honest, ethical and professional at all Read more [...]
AW Lymn – the Family Funeral Service
A.W. Lymn is a large family firm founded in 1907. This isn’t necessarily a good thing. Family businesses can run out of steam and get very complacent. Big businesses can be faceless and impersonal. This is not what you want from a funeral director. But Lymn’s has admirably and triumphantly Read more [...]
Leverton & Sons Ltd
The Leverton family has been arranging funerals for people in this part of London since 1789. Yes, they’re now into their eighth generation; they’re steeped in heritage, drenched in history. This makes them an attractive-seeming proposition. After all, a good old family business is exactly what most of us hope Read more [...]
Neville Funeral Service
Neville’s may have been serving the people of Luton and Bedfordshire for nearly 140 years, but they are not standing still or taking anything for granted. Still family run, Neville Trust, led by the fifth generation, has overall control of the both the funeral business and their construction company. They Read more [...]
