Published by Sean Munn
Sean Munn is the editor of Funeral Director Awards. He runs Next Chapter Media, a UK marketing agency that helps independent funeral directors get found by the families searching for them. He started this directory to give families clear, sourced information about every funeral director in the United Kingdom, and to recognise the firms doing the job well. Every listing is built from public data and each firm's own website, and every correction is checked by hand.
Why this directory exists
I started Funeral Director Awards because families across the United Kingdom deserve clear, sourced information when they need a funeral director. Most people arrange a funeral once or twice in a lifetime, under time pressure and grief, with little idea of what to look for or what anything should cost.
Every listing here begins from public data on Google Maps. I read each firm's own website to fill in the details: what services it offers, whether it publishes its prices, whether it belongs to a group or trades independently, and whether it has its own chapel of rest. Where the website could not be read or gave too little to go on, the listing says so. No information is guessed.
Nothing on this site is for sale. Listing is free, claiming a listing is free, and entering the awards is free. I run Next Chapter Media, a marketing agency that works with funeral directors, and some of the firms listed here are clients. They are scored and judged by exactly the same published method as every other firm. Our independent judges are never told who is a client, and no business can pay to change its position or its chances of winning.
If a listing is wrong, use the claim form or email me. A person checks every correction by hand.
How listings are vetted
Every listing starts from public business records and Google Maps. We keep businesses that are open, have reviews, and do this work as their main trade. We merge duplicates and drop closed businesses.
Right now that is 1,902 funeral directors across 221 towns in 3 regions, last refreshed 2026-11-10.
Owners can claim their listing for free. Every claim is checked by a person: a real local business, a matching email domain or a call to the number on the Google listing. Nothing on this site is paid placement: listing, claiming and entering the awards are free, and no business can pay to change its position or its chances of winning.
Who owns this site
Funeral Director Awards is published by Next Chapter Media, a trading name of AI Video Systems. Next Chapter Media is a marketing agency that works with funeral directors, and some of the firms listed here are its clients. Listing, claiming and entering the awards are free. Clients are ordered and judged by exactly the same published method as every other firm, our independent judges are never told who is a client, and no business can pay to change its position or its chances of winning.
Corrections and removals
If a listing is wrong, or you want your business removed, tell us. We answer within a week and rebuild the directory with the change.