A private cremation in the UK typically costs between £1,400 and £1,800. The average cost of a full traditional funeral — with hearse, ceremony, mourners and a service at the crematorium — was £4,510 in 2026 according to the SunLife Cost of Dying Report. That means a private cremation typically saves families more than £3,000 compared to a traditional attended funeral.
Our private cremation service is fixed at £1,499. The only possible additional fee is a £250 Priority Care collection fee, which applies when collection is required from a home, hospice or care home rather than from a hospital or coroner's mortuary. This is because hospitals and coroner's mortuaries have facilities to keep your loved one safely until collection during normal working hours; homes, hospices and care homes do not, so we need to attend promptly. Priority Care is always explained clearly when you call — never added retrospectively.
For the avoidance of doubt, the £1,499 price includes: collection of the person who has died from a hospital or coroner's mortuary; care and preparation in a professional local mortuary; a suitable coffin for cremation; all legal paperwork and administration; cremation at a local crematorium; and the ashes returned to you, or scattered at the crematorium with care.
It does not include a formal service at the crematorium, the use of a hearse or limousines, flowers, a celebrant or minister, embalming, viewing of the deceased, or alternative ashes urns. These are the elements that make a traditional cremation funeral more expensive — and that many families now feel are not necessary for them to say a meaningful goodbye.
If you do want to add elements before the cremation takes place — a brief attended moment, a viewing, an alternative urn, or a small service — the local funeral director can adapt the arrangements for an appropriate additional fee. This is something that is generally not possible with national direct cremation providers.