14 NAFD- or SAIF-registered funeral directors are listed here for Chelmsford, covering the city and the surrounding Essex villages.
A.G. Smith Funeral Directors, trading as Bakers Funeral Services, has arranged funerals in the Maldon area of Essex since 1912, over 110 years of continuous service.
Adam & Greenwood Funeral Home serves Chelmsford and the surrounding Essex area, with sister branches in Billericay and Maldon, and eight Funeral Planner awards.
Baddow Co-operative Funeral Directors serves Chelmsford and the surrounding area. The team offers home visits.
Bakers Funeral Service is an independent, family-run funeral director based at Eves Corner, Danbury, serving Chelmsford and the surrounding Essex villages.
Chelmsford Star Co-operative Funeral Directors has arranged funerals for Essex families since 1936, named Best Funeral Providers in Essex in 2022.
Co-op Funeralcare, Chelmsford serves the surrounding area. Offering attended and unattended funerals and prepaid funeral plans to local families.
Danbury Co-operative Funeral Directors serves Chelmsford and the surrounding area. The team offers memorials and prepaid funeral plans.
East of England Co-op Funeral Service, Chelmsford has been serving local families since 1868. The branch offers a chapel of rest and prepaid funeral plans.
Hunnaball Family Funeral Group has served Essex and Suffolk for generations from its Chelmsford branch at St John's House, holding NAFD and NAMM status.
M Lucking & Sons is Essex's oldest family-run funeral business, serving Chelmsford for over 390 years. Named best Chelmsford funeral director in 2024.
With 14 listings, Chelmsford has a smaller sample of published prices than some larger towns, but the figures available show a direct cremation typically runs from £1,349 to £1,850, averaging around £1,573. A fully attended funeral typically runs from £2,235 to £3,365, averaging around £2,498.
14 NAFD- or SAIF-registered funeral directors currently cover Chelmsford and its surrounding villages.
It's broadly in line with nearby Essex towns like Colchester and Basildon, though as always it's worth comparing a few quotes rather than assuming one town is consistently cheaper than another.
All 14 funeral directors listed in Chelmsford are NAFD or SAIF accredited. NAFD (National Association of Funeral Directors) and SAIF (National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors) are the UK's two main trade bodies for the profession, and membership means agreeing to a code of practice and a formal complaints process.