As the UK's second-largest city, Birmingham has 42 NAFD- or SAIF-registered funeral directors listed here, all registered with either NAFD or SAIF, the two professional bodies that set standards of practice across the industry.
Dyson Richards has long served Birmingham families. The team offers attended and unattended funerals and prepaid funeral plans.
E F Edwards Ltd serves Birmingham and the surrounding area. This Dignity branch offers prepaid funeral plans.
Part of Dignity, G Gibbs Funeral Directors serves Birmingham and the wider area. The branch offers memorials and attended and unattended funerals.
Gary Franklin and Andy Hawkins serves Birmingham families of all faiths. The NAFD-listed independent also runs a Coventry branch and publishes a CMA price list.
Gascoignes of Coleshill has served the area since 1900, from its High Street premises since 1928. An NAFD member, it is also BRAMM-accredited.
Ian Hazel Funerals has served Great Barr, Birmingham since 1987, a family firm with NAFD Kite Mark accreditation and sister branches in Walsall and Sutton Coldfield.
Lilies Funeral Directors has served Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham since March 2016. Commits to never raising prices, with services from £1,495.
Mortons Funeral Directors' Cotteridge branch on Pershore Road is one of three sites run by Northfield-based V. Morton & Sons, with its own Ivy Suite.
Mortons Funeral Directors' Rubery branch on New Road is one of three sites run by Northfield-based V. Morton & Sons, alongside its Cotteridge branch.
Mortons Funeral Directors (V. Morton & Sons) serves Birmingham from its Northfield head office, plus Cotteridge and Rubery branches, under SAIF and NAFD codes.
Prices vary a fair amount between funeral directors, so it's worth comparing more than one quote before deciding. Going by the standardised price lists Birmingham's funeral directors publish, a direct cremation currently starts from around £1,240 and can run up to roughly £1,995 depending on the provider, averaging near £1,563. A traditional, fully attended funeral (funeral director's fees only) tends to fall somewhere between £1,150 and £5,770, with £2,606 being a fairly typical figure. Direct cremation prices are as published by each firm and some include the crematorium fee. Attended funeral prices usually exclude third-party costs such as crematorium or cemetery fees and any payment to a celebrant or minister, so it's worth asking each funeral director for a full breakdown before committing.
Considering a direct cremation specifically? See our dedicated page on direct cremation in Birmingham for a closer look at pricing and what's included.
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There are 42 NAFD- or SAIF-registered funeral directors listed here for Birmingham and its surrounding suburbs.
A direct cremation without a service is usually the most affordable option, with prices in Birmingham starting from around £1,240. It doesn't include a funeral service itself, though many families choose to hold a separate memorial or celebration of life afterwards.
All 40 funeral directors listed in Birmingham are NAFD or SAIF accredited. NAFD and SAIF exist specifically because funeral directing has no legal licensing requirement — membership of either gives families a recognised standard to look for.