Funeral directors in Leicester

10 funeral directors with 12 branches in Leicester City Council’s area, with published prices where they exist. Free listing, nobody pays to appear.

Compiled 15 August 2026. Last updated 15 August 2026.

Direct cremation in Leicester: from £850

A direct cremation is a cremation with no service and no mourners present. The funeral director collects the person who has died, arranges the cremation at a time set by the crematorium, and returns the ashes to you. You can hold a memorial separately, whenever and wherever you want.

The crematorium charges its own fee. Some firms include it in the price below and some add it on top, so check which applies before you compare two figures.

Funeral director Direct cremation Attended funeral Last verified
Buckminster Funerals £850 £1,060 15 August 2026
Ginns & Gutteridge Funeral Directors £1,545 £2,595 15 August 2026

No published prices: A C James and Son, Om Funeral Services, Abbey Oak Funeral Services, Central Co-op Funeral - Humberstone Road, Asian Funeral Company, Central Co-op Funeral - Wyngate Drive, Central Co-op Funeral - Welford Road, Central Co-op Funeral - Thurnby Lodge.

Every funeral director in Leicester

A C James and Son

Independent

Where to find them

  • A C James and Son – 9 Biddulph Street, Leicester, LE2 1BH · 0116 254 2900

Published prices

No prices published. Ask the branch for its price list.

Price list page: https://www.acjamesandsonfunerals.co.uk/ · Last verified 15 August 2026

Services listed on their site

  • Cremation services
  • Burial services
  • Asian funerals
  • Natural burials
  • Memorials
  • Funeral cars
  • Pre-paid funeral plans

Trade body membership published on their own site: National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD).

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Buckminster Funerals

Independent

Companies House company number 05318606 (Buckminster Funerals Limited).

Where to find them

  • Buckminster Funerals – 15 Buckminster Road, Leicester, LE3 9AT · 0116 262 3087

Published prices

Attended funeral (funeral director’s charges) £1,060
Direct cremation (unattended) £850
Unattended burial £750
Local burial fee (paid to the council) £1,000

Unattended cremation is quoted 'from £850', so treat it as a starting price and ask for a full written quote. Companies House company number 05318606 (Buckminster Funerals Limited).

Source: the firm’s own price list · Last verified 15 August 2026

Services listed on their site

  • Direct cremation
  • Coffins & caskets
  • Natural burial
  • Vehicle fleet
  • Horse drawn hearse
  • Flowers
  • Memorials
  • Prepaid funerals

Trade body membership published on their own site: National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF).

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Om Funeral Services

Independent

The funeral home operates from 158 Melton Road. Its registered office is at First Floor, The Old Chapel, 9 Kempson Road, Leicester LE2 8AN.

Where to find them

  • Om Funeral Services – 158 Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 5EE · 0116 319 2920

Published prices

No prices published. Ask the branch for its price list.

The published price list is not in the three-figure format the Competition and Markets Authority requires – it is an itemised a la carte list (professional service charge, weekend surcharges, mileage, embalming and so on) plus two package prices that do not map cleanly onto the Competition and Markets Authority's definitions: an 'Asian specified simplicity funeral' (simple coffin, excluding disbursements) at £1,450, Monday-Friday only, and a 'Non-Attendant Funeral' (hearse, simple coffin, including cremation fee, no viewing or attendants) at £1,550. Registered company: OM FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED, company number 08703686.

Price list page: https://irp.cdn-website.com/54eafc4c/files/uploaded/OM+Funeral+Service+Price+List.pdf · Last verified 15 August 2026

Services listed on their site

  • Asian funerals (Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Tamil, Christian)
  • Multi-faith and non-religious funerals
  • Worldwide and UK mainland repatriation
  • Funeral flowers
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Ginns & Gutteridge Funeral Directors

Owned by Dignity Funerals

Part of a national group

Dignity-owned; trades under the acquired local family name Ginns & Gutteridge. The Leicester (St Nicholas House) branch page states the firm was 'established over 100 years ago' and references ledgers dating back to April 1907.

Branches in Leicester (3)

  • Ginns & Gutteridge - Leicester (St Nicholas House) – St Nicholas House, 51 Vaughan Way, Leicester, LE1 4NR · 0116 490 1363
  • Ginns & Gutteridge - Humberstone – 209 Uppingham Road, Leicester, LE5 4BQ · 0116 274 3414
  • Ginns & Gutteridge - Aylestone – 555 Saffron Lane, Leicester, LE2 6UN · 0116 283 2041

Published prices

Attended funeral (funeral director’s charges) £2,595
Direct cremation (unattended) £1,545

All three Leicester branches publish the same attended and unattended figures. Their local burial and cremation fees differ by branch and are published as ranges: St Nicholas House, burial £320-£752 and cremation £940-£1,320; Humberstone, burial £900 and cremation £1,120-£1,325; Aylestone, burial £100-£752 and cremation £1,105-£1,325. The firm does not offer an unattended burial. The price lists carry no date, so confirm current prices with the branch.

Source: the firm’s own price list · Last verified 15 August 2026

Services listed on their site

  • Attended funerals
  • Unattended (cremation) funerals
  • Viewing in chapel of rest
  • Memorials and tributes
  • Prepaid funeral plans
  • Funerals of all faiths and cultures
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Abbey Oak Funeral Services

Owned by Central England Co-operative

Part of a national group

Central England Co-operative is a distinct regional society from the national Co-op Funeralcare chain (on this). Trades under the acquired local name Abbey Oak Funeral Services.

Where to find them

  • Abbey Oak Funeral Services – 10-12 Buckminster Road, Leicester, LE3 9AR · 0116 251 5639

Published prices

No prices published. Ask the branch for its price list.

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Price list page: https://www.centralengland.coop/funeralcare/prices-and-services · Last verified 15 August 2026

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Central Co-op Funeral - Humberstone Road

Owned by Central England Co-operative

Part of a national group

A distinct business from Ginns & Gutteridge - Humberstone above – two separate funeral homes both serving the Humberstone/Uppingham Road area of Leicester under different chain parents (Central England Co-op vs Dignity).

Where to find them

  • Central Co-op Funeral - Humberstone Road – 131 Humberstone Road, Leicester, LE5 3AD · 0116 251 6906

Published prices

No prices published. Ask the branch for its price list.

Price list page: https://www.centralengland.coop/funeralcare/prices-and-services · Last verified 15 August 2026

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Asian Funeral Company

Owned by Central England Co-operative

Part of a national group

NAFD accreditation shown on the NAFD-branded funeral-directory.co.uk listing page. A different, unrelated business from Om Funeral Services, which is also on Melton Road and also serves the Asian community.

Where to find them

  • Asian Funeral Company – 233 Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 7AN · 0116 261 1171

Published prices

No prices published. Ask the branch for its price list.

Price list page: https://www.centralengland.coop/funeralcare/prices-and-services · Last verified 15 August 2026

Services listed on their site

  • Asian funeral services

Trade body membership published on their own site: National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD).

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Central Co-op Funeral - Wyngate Drive

Owned by Central England Co-operative

Part of a national group

Phone number confirmed against the branch's own store-locator page.

Where to find them

  • Central Co-op Funeral - Wyngate Drive – 143 Wyngate Drive, Leicester, LE3 0UW · 0116 255 3001

Published prices

No prices published. Ask the branch for its price list.

Price list page: https://www.centralengland.coop/funeralcare/prices-and-services · Last verified 15 August 2026

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What we could not verify

  • Central England Co-operative's six Leicester branches publish no price figures here. This is a separate regional co-operative from national Co-op Funeralcare. Ask a branch directly for its current price list.
  • A C James and Son's price list is not shown here.
  • Om Funeral Services publishes package prices rather than the standard attended and unattended figures, so those fields are left blank.

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Council fees in Leicester

The crematorium or burial fee is set by the council, not the funeral director, and is paid on top of the prices above.

Leicester Crematorium fees

Cremation fees from the council’s own price list

Leicester City Council cemetery fees

Grave purchase and interment fees

What a funeral costs in the UK

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How we built this list

Every price here comes from the firm’s own published price list or the council’s own published fees, with a link to the source and the date it was last verified. Where a firm publishes no price, we say so instead of estimating. No listing is paid for and none can be bought. Spotted something wrong?

Reviewed by the After Loss Guide editorial team · updated 15 August 2026

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