C Bastock (Contracts) Ltd - Shirley

C. Bastock is an independent family funeral business established in 1856 and now in its seventh generation of Bastock family ownership, operating across the Birmingham/Solihull area from three locations including a purpose-built main office in Olton (opened 2001), plus branches in Yardley and this Shirley premises.

Services cover cremation and burial arrangements, direct cremation, repatriation, alternative and bespoke funerals, monumental masonry, catering and floral tributes, funeral stationery, grief support, probate assistance and pre-paid funeral plans. The firm markets itself around offering "the best possible funeral at the most reasonable cost" with purpose-built, calming facilities.

A "Simple" funeral is advertised from £1,995 plus disbursements, with a worked example (Simple funeral plus Robin Hood Crematorium fees and a Church of England minister) totalling £3,794; crematorium disbursements are quoted from £1,005 (Solihull) and minister fees between £210-£250. These figures do not map cleanly onto the direct_cremation/attended/professional_fee categories, so are left unchanged pending clearer sourcing from the downloadable Standardised Price List PDF.