Funeral services
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
4372
Active companies
3564
Formed in latest 12 months
316
Median active-company age
8.6 years
Revenue known
48
Importers
47
Exporters
8
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 4,372 |
| Active companies | 3,564 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 316 |
| Importers | 47 |
| Exporters | 8 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 48 known, 3516 unknown (1.3%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 16 | 19 |
| 2026-01 | 30 | 17 |
| 2026-02 | 22 | 21 |
| 2026-03 | 33 | 30 |
| 2026-04 | 30 | 22 |
| 2026-05 | 26 | 28 |
| 2026-06 | 31 | 16 |
| 2026-07 | 21 | 37 |
| 2026-08 | 33 | 24 |
| 2026-09 | 14 | 15 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-09.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values. Companies House Active records with dormant accounts are shown as Dormant; the remaining Companies House Active records are shown as Active. Blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 3,210 |
| Dissolved | 770 |
| Dormant | 354 |
| Liquidation | 35 |
| In Administration | 3 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Greater Manchester | 199 |
| West Midlands | 196 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 135 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 133 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 126 |
| West Yorkshire | 116 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 106 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 102 |
| Kent | 102 |
| Northern Ireland | 100 |
Geography coverage: 3535 known, 29 unknown (99.2%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 2,180 |
| 1m-15m | 507 |
| 15m-54m | 3 |
| 54m+ | 21 |
Revenue-range coverage: 2711 known, 853 unknown (76.1%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 1,089 |
| Small | 1,541 |
| Medium | 2 |
| Large | 31 |
| Holding | 15 |
| Dormant | 354 |
Company-size coverage: 3032 known, 532 unknown (85.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 644 |
| 1–9 | 1,556 |
| 10–49 | 349 |
| 50–249 | 20 |
Employee coverage: 2569 known, 995 unknown (72.1%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 310 |
| 1–3 years | 485 |
| 3–5 years | 361 |
| 5–10 years | 817 |
| 10–20 years | 861 |
| 20+ years | 729 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 3563 known, 1 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 3,564 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 41 |
| Exporter only | 2 |
| Both | 6 |
| Neither | 3,515 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 18 | £1,357,749,957 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 12 | £88,205,516 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 68 — Stone, plaster, cement, and similar material products | 11 | £56,228,001 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 11 | £584,751,391 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 44 — Wood and Wood Products | 10 | £184,500,583 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 74 — Copper and copper products | 10 | £59,655,397 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 9 | £774,156,192 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 8 | £211,177,529 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 8 | £802,487,991 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 7 | £219,775,788 | 2017-09-01 – 2026-02-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 4 | £102,236,581 | 2019-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 3 | £74,163,569 | 2017-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 33 — Essential oils and perfumes | 2 | £289,021,229 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 2 | £17,851,430 | 2017-06-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 2 | £121,445,918 | 2016-11-01 – 2024-06-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 2 | £2,331,892 | 2019-08-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 2 | £1,677,007 | 2020-11-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 2 | £42,712,509 | 2024-05-01 – 2025-02-01 |
| 25 — Salt, sulphur, earths, stone, plaster, lime, and cement | 1 | £2,278,493 | 2019-09-01 – 2019-09-01 |
| 27 — Mineral fuels, oils, and related products | 1 | £626,940 | 2019-09-01 – 2022-12-01 |
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 696 | 2,968 | 596 | 83.3% |
| Holding company | 1 | 2,968 | 596 | 83.3% |
| Solo founder | 1,192 | 2,968 | 596 | 83.3% |
| Ecommerce | 9 | 33 | 3,531 | 0.9% |
| Website | 39 | 39 | 3,525 | 1.1% |
| 21 | 39 | 3,525 | 1.1% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Golden Charter Limited | £24,357,088 |
| J.c. Atkinson And Son Limited | £16,403,838 |
| Tapper And Son(poole)limited | £12,366,084 |
| Vetspeed Limited | £11,277,930 |
| Scotmid Coop Life Services Limited | £9,710,547 |
| Havencare Management Holdings Limited | £6,757,711 |
| Havencare Management Limited | £6,673,090 |
| W.a. Truelove & Son Limited | £6,411,254 |
| G.m. Luff & Partners Limited | £5,366,920 |
| South Oxfordshire Crematorium And Memorial Park Limited | £1,667,425 |
Revenue coverage: 48 known, 3516 unknown (1.3%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other services n.e.c. | 154,047 |
| Hair, beauty | 78,333 |
| Spas | 19,584 |
| Washing, cleaning | 5,032 |
SIC classification
SIC 96030 — Funeral and related activities
Includes
burial and incineration of human or animal corpses and related activities:, preparing the dead for burial or cremation and embalming and morticians' services, providing burial or cremation services, renting of equipped space in funeral parlours, renting or sale of graves, maintenance of graves and mausoleums
Excludes
religious funeral service activities, see ##94.91, cemetery gardening, see ##81.30