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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R H Faulkner & Daughter Ltd
Funeral Director/s Paula Clinch – this is her company, she is the ‘daughter’ in the ‘R H Faulkner & Daughter’ name above the door, which is a tribute to her parents, Rosemary and Harry Faulkner. And despite the traditional style name, this is a young company, not an old established Read more [...]
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Poppy’s Sheen
Poppy Mardall is the founder of this modern funeral company which has grown from humble beginnings to become a smart, contemporary business with a team of dedicated and passionate staff. We first met Poppy when she was researching the funeral world back in 2011 and it has been fascinating to Read more [...]
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Caledonia Cremation
About Scotland’s first not-for-profit funeral service was launched in February 2018 offering an affordable direct cremation service throughout mainland Scotland. They additional support for bereaved people experiencing hardship; Not only do they accept clients who will be in receipt of Funeral Support Payment without a deposit, but they actively welcome Read more [...]
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Scotmid Funerals – Liberton
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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Neville Funerals Woburn Sands
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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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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Clarkson’s Independent Funeral Directors (Frome)
Carol Spalding owns and runs the business jointly with her daughter Sophie May, and they have attracted the very best staff to work alongside them looking after families in Bath, Frome and Saltford. When you meet them, it’s clear to see why Clarkson’s have such an excellent reputation – Carol’s Read more [...]
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Andrew Johnson Funeral Services (Charlton)
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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Howard Goodman Funeral Home
Howard Goodman is a relatively new business – it was opened in 2014 by Tracey and Martin Challenor with Gavin Burnett and Shirley Morton. All of them are well trained and have years of experience behind them. They all worked for a big, corporate funeral director’s where they felt they Read more [...]
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A. H. Cheater Ltd. (Romsey)
Michael Peace is at the heart of this family business, ably helped by a small and loyal team of staff. Michael’s father Simon is still involved, coming in to carry out funerals when families ask for him specifically, although increasingly Simon is enjoying retirement and caring for his animals, The Read more [...]
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John Bald Funeral Directors (part of A &A Doyle Ltd.)
Allan and Awdri Doyle, a husband and wife team. Their business opened its doors in January 2012. The couple are extremely personable: warm, friendly, approachable, passionate about their work. Allan was born and brought up in the town and it is particularly important for him to not let his birthplace Read more [...]
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Rosedale Funeral Home Wymondham
The Rosedale Funeral Homes – there are seven locally – are all owned by Anne Beckett-Allen and her husband Simon, making this a family business in the truest of senses. Anne and Simon are immersed in the day to day running of Rosedale and their touch is evident in every Read more [...]
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Robson Funeral Service (Bridgwater)
Funeral Director/s Mark Robson DipFD is the owner of this funeral business in Bridgwater, and it will be either Mark Robson, Orlando Levy or Nick Rayfield who will greet you when you step in through the door of their lovely premises. Mark has been involved with funerals since he was Read more [...]
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Ash Brook Funeral Directors
Funeral Director(s) Terina Dance DipFD, M.B.I.F.D. Ash Brook is her company, and she is intricately involved with all the funerals carried out by the two branches. She is supported by a small but strong team of colleagues, all of whom she has trained so that they have the same high Read more [...]
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Opals Funerals Ltd.
Funeral Director/s: Frances Alcock. Frances worked as a nurse in the NHS for over 30 years in various roles; in the community as a District Nursing Sister, as a Nurse Practitioner, a Multiple Sclerosis Specialist Nurse and in Oncology. With a BSC in Health Studies, it is clear she explored 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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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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Rowland Brothers (Warlingham)
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 [...]
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AW Lymn – the Family Funeral Service (Nottingham)
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 [...]