Southampton has 26 NAFD- or SAIF-registered funeral directors listed here, covering the city and its immediate surrounding areas.
Henry Powell & Son has served Totton and the New Forest since 1899, offering its own fleet of hearses and limousines with accredited pricing.
J Beavis Funeral Directors serves Southampton and the surrounding area. The branch offers memorials and prepaid funeral plans.
J Lawrence & Sons has served Southampton since 1870, marking 150 years in 2020. The NAFD-listed, family-run firm offers a CMA-compliant price list and 24-hour care.
This Hedge End site keeps the vehicle fleet running. It backs the same family-founded firm that's served Southampton since 1998.
This office has served east Southampton since 2008. It shares Jonathan Terry's transparent, standardised price lists.
Jonathan Terry has led this independent firm since 1998. Free from corporate sales targets, it added Mercedes hearses and limousines in 2022.
Mears Family Funerals of Southampton represents four generations of independent, family-run care from Oak View. Its Managing Director holds a DipFAA.
New Forest Funerals is the Waterside's only independent funeral director, based in Fawley. Founded by Martin Randle-Masters and Mandie Pidgley in 2007.
Southampton has relied on R C Payne & Son since 1887. This branch provides attended and unattended funerals and a chapel of rest.
Southampton has relied on R C Payne & Son since 1887. This Dignity branch offers memorial products and a chapel of rest.
Based on the standardised price lists Southampton's funeral directors publish, a direct cremation typically costs from around £1,240 up to £1,995, averaging near £1,552. A fully attended, traditional funeral (funeral director's fees only) ranges from about £1,560 to £3,895, averaging around £2,981. Attended funeral figures exclude third-party costs such as crematorium or burial fees and a celebrant's or minister's fee, while direct cremation prices are as published by each firm and some include the crematorium fee.
Want to focus on direct cremation specifically? See our direct cremation in Southampton breakdown for pricing from the 21 providers that publish one.
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26 NAFD- or SAIF-registered funeral directors are listed here for Southampton and the immediate area.
A fully attended funeral in Southampton averages around £2,981 for the funeral director's own fees — among the higher averages on this directory — though a direct cremation can still be arranged from about £1,240.
All 26 funeral directors listed in Southampton are NAFD or SAIF accredited. SAIF (National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors) and NAFD (National Association of Funeral Directors) are the two main UK trade bodies, both requiring members to meet a code of practice.