Judith Dandy Dip FS, LMBIFD. Winner of the Most Promising New Funeral Director category in the 2016 Good Funeral Awards, Judith has become one of the most highly respected of the new breed of artisan funeral professionals in just three years since she first began researching the world of funerals. Dandelion Farewells Read more [...]
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Scotmid Funerals – Fountainbridge
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 [...]
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Hillier Funeral Services
For a good, well run business there can be real advantages in being around for a long time. Talking to Mark Hillier and his staff, we were conscious of the comfort and confidence that grows out of long experience and of the long established high standards that run through all Read more [...]
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Andrew Johnson Funeral Services (Plumstead)
Andrew Johnson. Immensely personable, warm and likeable, Andrew has created a genuinely family run funeral business which began in 2011 when he left the Army. He had a successful military career before changing direction and becoming a funeral director – something he has never regretted at all. Andrew had felt Read more [...]
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Wallace Stuart Independent Lady Funeral Directors
Owner / Funeral Director Wallace Stuart is a fairly young business that was set up by two remarkable, intelligent and capable women, Sarah Moore (née Stuart) and Lesley (Lel) Wallace. Lel always wanted to be a funeral director, but her parents gently nudged her away from her childhood dream. She Read more [...]
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Holmes & Family Ltd. (Fleet)
Who’s who Oliver Holmes Dip F A.A., Dip F.D. One of the sons of David Holmes (who founded the company and who attends 99% of funerals as a driver / bearer), Ollie is a former professional rugby player who has settled into the role of being in charge of the Read more [...]
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Co-op Funeral Directors – a part of Chelmsford Star Co-operative
Co-op Funeral Directors is owned by your local co-operative society, Chelmsford Star, which was founded in in 1867. They’ve been doing funerals since 1936. Chelmsford Star Co-op is affiliated to the wider co-operative movement but remains proudly independent and self-governing. It is not a part of The Co-operative Group nor Read more [...]
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A G Down
This funeral company has been recommended by the GFG for a number of years now – we are updating the review and it will appear here soon.
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Circle Funerals
Profile Sara and Jeremy (Jez) Fixter are the husband-and-wife team behind Circle Funerals in Altrincham. From the moment we met them, it was clear how deeply they value the privilege of caring for families and how thoughtful their approach is. They speak with warmth and sincerity about supporting people through Read more [...]
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David Button Independent Funeral Directors
Funeral Director(s) David Button is the owner of this small family business and he leads the team who are based here. Joanna West is the funeral home manager and works closely with David and the team of pallbearers. When he first opened the company, David managed on his own with Read more [...]
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Noble Funeral Service Ltd.
Funeral Director Fiona Campitelli. This is Fiona’s company, she set it up in 2009, and since then it has become woven into the fabric of her life. She’s immensely proud of it, and rightly so; this is an absolutely lovely little independent funeral company that offers completely personal service to Read more [...]
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Neville Funerals Hemel Hempstead
Neville Funerals may have been serving the people of Luton and Bedfordshire for 150 years this year (2025), but they are not standing still, nor 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 Read more [...]
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Leverton & Sons Ltd (Hampstead)
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 [...]
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Exit Here (Chiswick)
Funeral Director(s) Oliver Peyton OBE. Founder and director of Exit Here, Oliver arrived in the world of funerals with a fanfare of publicity when he opened his business in Chiswick High Road in 2019. The media swooped on the story of a well-known figure who had long been a leading Read more [...]
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Barringtons Independent Funeral Services (Waterloo)
David Barrington. David’s story is best told in his own words: “I was brought up around the funeral business, our family home was where the cars were parked so when growing up I spent most of my time playing in limousines and hearses and for a young boy these cars Read more [...]
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Overmass and Chapple
This funeral company has been recommended by the GFG for a number of years now – we are updating the review and it will appear here soon.
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AW Lymn – the Family Funeral Service (Stapleford)
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 [...]
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Tom Owen and Son Limited
Funeral Director/s Tristan Owen – great grandson of the original Tom Owen – and his wife, Kelly. There are three other members of the team, Chris Lea, who is a long-standing member of the team, Victoria Baines who joined in November 2021 and is responsible for all work within the Read more [...]
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J Brown Funeral Services (Wendover)
Winners of the 2021 Buckinghamshire Business Awards for Excellence in Customer Service, J Brown Funeral services is owned and run by Jason Brown – the man himself, together with his wife Ana. This is a true family owned and run business, created in 2017, some 25 years after Jason first Read more [...]