We collect from anywhere in Doncaster and the area around it. The cremation is at Babworth Crematorium, near Retford, and collection is included wherever your loved one is. The same coordinator handles everything, from your first call to the day the ashes come back.
TIMING
Between 7–10 days
CREMATION AT
Babworth Crematorium
PAPERWORK
Handled entirely for you
From the first phone call to the moment their ashes are back with you. One coordinator stays with your family throughout.
You will always know where your loved one is. We tell you who collected them, where they are being cared for and when the cremation has been arranged.
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One phone call is enough. We bring your loved one into our care from a home, a hospice, a hospital or a care home.
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They are looked after in a private mortuary until the day of the cremation.
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If your family would like to see them once more, we can arrange a viewing at our chapel of rest in London or Nottinghamshire. This is optional, and costs £150.
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Unattended, on a date set by the crematorium. Every registration and permission is completed before it goes ahead.
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We collect the ashes, place them in a container or urn, and bring them back to wherever suits you.
Everything listed is covered in the fixed price, so there is nothing extra to pay later.
WE DO NOT CHARGE EXTRA FOR
Standard collection from a home, hospice, hospital or care home
No mileage charge, anywhere in London, Nottinghamshire or Doncaster
Care before the cremation
Coffin
Cremation fees
Every form, permission and registration
The ashes returned to you
Legal advice and bereavement support
Optional — a private viewing for immediate family, at our chapels of rest in London and Nottinghamshire
£150
A direct cremation is deliberately simple. So that nothing comes as a surprise later, here is exactly what the £1,295 does not include.
If you would prefer a cremation with a service, we can arrange that too, across all three areas — tell us on the first call and we will talk it through.
There is no ceremony, no hearse, no flowers and no celebrant, and the family is not present at the crematorium. That is what makes it a direct cremation.
Standard collection is included. If your loved one needs collecting urgently from a home, that is £250 on top of the £1,295.
Some costs are not ours to set, like copies of the death certificate from the register office. If one applies in your case, we will tell you before anything is agreed.
Ours is a fixed price, not a starting point. Most families in the UK pay more than £1,295 for a direct cremation, and a great deal more for a funeral with mourners. The averages below come from SunLife’s 2026 Cost of Dying report.
Two providers families often compare us with, on the things that matter.
Direct cremation
Viewing at a chapel of rest
Standard collection from a home
The whole process
£1,295
£150, at our chapel of rest
Included
7–10 days
Pure Cremation
£1,595
Not offered
£260 extra
13–16 days, plus up to 14 more
Simplicity
From £1,399
Not offered
£275 extra
2–4 weeks
£1,295
Pure Cremation
£1,595
Simplicity
From £1,399
£150, at our chapel of rest
Pure Cremation
Not offered
Simplicity
Not offered
Included
Pure Cremation
£260 extra
Simplicity
£275 extra
7–10 days
Pure Cremation
13–16 days, plus up to 14 more
Simplicity
2–4 weeks
Prices and details taken from each provider’s own website and published price lists on 5 August 2026.
We arrange direct cremations across London, Nottinghamshire and Doncaster. Collection is included wherever your loved one is within those areas.
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Nothing goes wrong. From your first call to the day the ashes come back to you, the same small team handles all of it. You are never passed from one person to the next, and there is nothing left for you to arrange or chase.
What families ask us most about a direct cremation — what it includes, how long it takes, and what happens afterwards.
A cremation carried out without a funeral service and without mourners present. We collect your loved one, complete every registration and permission, arrange the cremation itself, and return the ashes to you afterwards. There is no procession, no hearse and nothing for you to organise on the day.
The cremation itself is unattended, with no service and no mourners present. But you can visit them beforehand. We can arrange a private viewing at our chapel of rest in London or Nottinghamshire, for immediate family, by appointment. There is no service and no ceremony, and it costs £150.
Usually between 7 and 10 days from your first call. Most of that is paperwork — the registrations and permissions that must be completed before a cremation can go ahead. We handle all of it and tell you where things stand at each stage.
The ashes. We collect them from the crematorium and place them in a container or urn, then return them to an address of your choosing, by hand wherever we can. If you would rather they were scattered in the garden of remembrance, we can arrange that instead.
Two things, and only if you need them: a private viewing at our chapel of rest, at £150, and urgent collection from a home, at £250. Everything else is covered — standard collection wherever they are, care before the cremation, the coffin, the cremation fees, the return of the ashes, and legal and bereavement support. If a medical referee or coroner's fee applies in your case, we will tell you before anything is agreed.
We arrange direct cremations across London, Nottinghamshire and Doncaster. Collection is included wherever your loved one is within those areas, and the same coordinator handles everything from your first call to the return of the ashes. If you are outside those areas, call us and we will tell you honestly whether we can help.
You can change your mind at any point before the cremation. We arrange cremations with a full service across London, Nottinghamshire and Doncaster, and we will talk you through what that involves and what it costs. Just tell us on the phone.
Before the cremation. We agree the amount with you at the start and it does not change, so there is nothing to settle afterwards. If anything in your case would add to it, we will tell you before you agree to it.
Speak to someone about a direct cremation any time, day or night — we'll guide you through every step.
