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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Leverton & Sons Ltd (Golders Green)
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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Final Journey Funerals
Funeral Director/s: Tracy Lazonby. Final Journey is Tracy’s creation, and she is the person that you will deal with throughout, from the first phone call through to the time after the funeral, when she can suggest local support groups if needed. When you meet Tracy, it’s as if you’ve known Read more [...]
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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 [...]
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Full Circle Funerals Guiseley
Full Circle Funerals was founded by Dr. Sarah Jones and is a female-led organisation. Their approach is informed by their backgrounds in health, social and pastoral care. As their website says, they are personal, professional and compassionate people first and funeral directors second. Full Circle Funerals is quite unlike any Read more [...]
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AJB Funerals (Melksham)
Previously known as Bewley and Merrett, the company changed names in 2018 to reflect the people who actually own and run the company, and in 2020 rebranded to become AJB Funerals. Aaron Bewley is the third generation funeral director who runs this company, having worked alongside his late father Jonathon Read more [...]
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Neville Funerals Stopsley
Neville Funerals may have been serving the people of Luton and Bedfordshire for over 145 years, 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 construction company. Read more [...]
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R. C. Weston & Son
Just to the south of Leicester, there are three, well known funeral homes that have served their communities for decades. R.C. Weston & Son, E. C. Gilbert Ltd. and A. J. Adkinson & Son are all familiar local names, the names of practical, hard-working and compassionate men of the early 20th century, men 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. (Sandhurst)
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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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 mostly runs the business himself with the support of Alan Goodall and his wife Beryl, and a loyal team of casual staff. (Paul’s brother Alex has also been Read more [...]
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AW Lymn – the Family Funeral Service (Radcliffe on Trent)
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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Holmes & Family Ltd. (Staines-upon-Thames)
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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Selsdon & District Funeral Service
Michael Wort and Gary Morriss are the two funeral directors here, supported by Sue who holds the fort when they are out of the branch. Both Michael and Gary hold the Diploma in Funeral Directing and the licence to practice issued by the British Institute of Funeral Directors, (Selsdon & Read more [...]
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A & J Morriss & Sons
Part of the Rowland Brothers Group, A & J Morriss is an independent, family run business with all the attributes that brings. Funerals are supported by the Rowland Brothers fleet and staff, and back office administrative support frees the Morriss staff members to devote themselves to the families they serve. Read more [...]
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Robson & Stephens Funeral Services (Minehead)
Mark Robson DipFD and Gary Stephens are the owners and joint partners in this young funeral business in Minehead, and it will be either Mark, Gary or Melissa Keen who will greet you when you step in through the door of their lovely premises in Park Street. Mark has been Read more [...]
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Higher Ground Family Funerals
Jo Vassie is the person who you will speak to, who will come and collect the person who has died and who will listen to how you want to create the funeral, but she is so much more than just a funeral director. Even though she was named Green Funeral Read more [...]
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Coulbert Family Funerals
Winner of the 2016 Low Cost Funeral Provider of the Year in the 2016 Good Funeral Awards for Coulbert Family Funerals, and joint runner up in the Modern Funeral Director of the Year 2016 category with her main business, The Individual Funeral Company, Lucy is a one woman powerhouse on 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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Neville Funerals Bedford
Neville Funerals may have been serving the people of Luton and Bedfordshire for over 145 years, 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 construction company. Read more [...]