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In 2002 the merged business was the subject of a management buyout from Service Corporation International Inc. [3] The merger brought together a number of funeral service businesses. [1] There are currently 795 Dignity Funeral Directors across the UK.
Funeral Services Limited, trading as Co-op Funeralcare, is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Co-operative Group, based in Manchester, [1] which operates over 1,000 funeral homes and is the largest funeral director in the United Kingdom, accounting for 16.5% of the "at need" funeral market during 2016. [2]
This funding was intended to expand and improve their services across the UK. [13] In 2023, Farewill crowdfunded at a valuation of £25,775,000, a reduction from the 2020 valuation. [14] Farewill was acquired by funeral services provider Dignity in October 2024 for £12.9 million in stock.
Memorial, marked by a ship's anchor, commemorates those who died when the staging collapsed during the launching of HMS Albion in 1898. A further disaster, the Silvertown explosion of 1917, is commemorated in the grave of Andrea Angel, chemist at the Brunner Mond chemical works whose TNT plant exploded damaging up to 70,000 properties in the ...
Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [5] [6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries. [1]
SunLife is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority [4] and their qualifying products are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. The company is a member of the Data & Marketing Association. [5] Their partners are also members of the Equity Release Council (Key Group) [6] and the Funeral Planning Authority (Dignity Funerals). [7]
Established in 1905, [2] the National Association of Funeral Directors represents funeral directing businesses in the United Kingdom; including independent and family owned firms, co-operatives and major funeral groups. The NAFD represents more than 4,100 UK funeral homes, as well as international firms and
Zillah Byng-Thorne (née Byng-Maddick, born November 1974) is a British businesswoman, and chief executive of Dignity Funerals. She is the former CEO of Future plc, an FTSE 250 British media company, since April 2014. [1] She was described by The Guardian in September 2022 as "one of the UK’s most successful media executives." [2]