4.8 out of 5from 63 reviews left on Trustpilot
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“We definitely chose the right company. From start to finish, Sebastian and his team took all the stress away.”
“Sebastian has been super helpful and always responsive. Thank you so much for all your help during this period.”
“A very reliable company. I am happy to have used their service. Sebastian provides efficient, high quality service.”
“Mr Sebastian Kirila was very kind, very helpful and did all the paperwork for repatriation. They really helped me in the most difficult time.”
Rated excellent, 4.8 out of 5
One of the highest-rated repatriation services in the UK, and the other name on your list beside it.
T Cribb & Sons
4.1 out of 5from 12 reviews left on Trustpilot
Scores as shown on Trustpilot, on the 23rd of September, 2026. These change as new reviews come in, so if a figure is out of place, tell us and we will correct it.
What usually decides it
A long-established funeral director does the funeral at home superbly. When the funeral is in another country the job changes shape, and it is worth asking how each firm handles the part abroad.
Where the work happens
For a funeral at home, a firm whose name has been over the door for generations is worth a great deal. For a repatriation, most of the work happens after your loved one leaves that firm’s care, in offices and consulates in two countries. The chapel of rest, the vehicles and the staff you can see are the smaller part; the certificates, the authorisations and the carrier’s rules are the larger one, and none of them is visible from the front desk.
Ask about that part
Who gives the coroner notice and collects the acknowledgement that your loved one may leave England and Wales? Who deals with the destination country’s consulate, and who pays the consular fee? Who prepares the coffin to the carrier’s rules, and who receives it at the other end? If the answer to any of these is a third party, ask for that party’s name and whether you can speak to them.
A gathering before the departure
If a family wants a gathering here before the departure, ask each firm how it handles that and what it costs. A short service at a chapel of rest before the coffin travels is common, and the timing has to fit the carrier’s booking and the consulate’s paperwork. We arrange the repatriation and work alongside a funeral director of your choosing if a service here is wanted, so the family does not have to choose between the two.
Timing and the road
Ask how long the firm expects the whole thing to take, and what could stretch it. A coroner’s referral, a consulate that closes for a national holiday, or a carrier that will not take a coffin on a given day each add days. For most of Europe the coffin goes by road, which removes the carrier from the list.
Our answer
Our shape is simple: one specialist from the first call to the handover abroad, the figure written down on that call, and the documents at both ends ours to obtain. Estimates start at £2,800, and the usual timing is two to seven days from the first call.
Before you decide, read what to look for before you choose, the seven questions to put to any firm, and the two guides behind them: how to choose a repatriation company and how much does repatriation cost from the UK.
How body repatriation works, step by step
Call us at any hour. We tell you when each step is done, before you have to ask.
The first call
You tell us where your loved one is. We tell you what it will cost and what happens next. It usually takes about ten minutes.
The paperwork
The death certificate, the consular authorisation and the certificates the carrier needs. We obtain all of it, at both ends.
Care and transport
Hygienic treatment and a sealed coffin. Most cases travel by road, and by air only where the road is not possible.
Arrival
By road, we drive on to the funeral director you have chosen, or to you. By air, collection at the destination is an optional extra.
One price, agreed before anything moves
What it costs depends on the country your loved one is in. We give you your figure on the first call.
You are invoiced what we quote
The figure we give you on the first call is the figure on the invoice. Nothing is added while your loved one is in our care, and nothing is added afterwards.
Estimated, all inclusive
Estimates depend on the country
What it covers
- All the paperwork required
- Hygienic treatment
- A sealed coffin
- Transport, by road or by air
- Collection from the hospital or mortuary
- One specialist, start to finish
See everything the estimate coversShow the short list
- Our fees for arranging everything, with one specialist from the first call to the last
- Collection from the hospital or mortuary
- Care in a mortuary until they travel
- Hygienic treatment, to the standard the carrier and the destination require
- A sealed coffin that meets the route’s requirements
- The coroner’s Out of England permission, where the death happened in England
- A free from infection certificate
- The funeral director’s declaration
- An embalming certificate, where required
- An apostille and certified translations, where required
- Transport by road in our own refrigerated funeral ambulances, or by air where the road is not possible
- By road, the drive on to the funeral director your family has chosen
Not every repatriation is a standard one
When your loved one needs an urgent collection, usually from a home: the estimate covers collection from a hospital or mortuary. Tell us where they are on the first call and the written quote includes it.
Three families, in their own words
Questions families ask us
It tells you how the families who left a review felt afterwards, on a date we show. It does not tell you what the figure covered, when they paid, or who they spoke to. Those are the things a repatriation turns on, and you find them out by asking.
The same seven questions, in writing: what the price covers, when you pay, where your loved one is cared for, what happens if there is insurance, road or air, who you speak to, and what you sign. They are set out on the comparison page, and we answer all seven there.
Most of the work happens after the collection: notice to the coroner before your loved one leaves England and Wales, the destination country’s documents and consular steps, a coffin that meets the carrier’s rules, and a funeral director abroad to receive it.
Not necessarily. A repatriation specialist collects your loved one here, obtains the UK documents and the coroner’s acknowledgement, prepares the coffin and arranges the transport. Some families keep a funeral director for a service before the departure, and we work alongside them.
Other comparisons
The other repatriation firms families ask us about, each beside our score.
Someone answers, any hour of the day
Tell us where your loved one is and we will tell you what happens next, and what it costs.
Or reach us directly.