Express Cremations direct cremation

Express Cremations publishes £995 (conditional) for local hospital direct cremation. £995 applies to a local-hospital collection with professional ashes scattering; postcode and total must be confirmed. The tables, text and structured price on this page are generated from the same provider record.

Official sources checked 30 August 2026. View source ledger.

Official-source warning

  • Older titles and comparison copy still mention £450/£495 plus disbursements while the current offer says £995.
  • Coffin-upgrade and temporary-accommodation prices conflict between the provider's own pages.

We use the current live at-need page where an older linked document is stale, and require a quote where the difference could change your total.

Published package details

Hospital/mortuary collectionIncluded
Local hospital collection included; regional/out-of-area pricing differs
Home/care collectionQuote required
Urgent call-out and local funeral-director accommodation are extra; official pages conflict on the amount
Out-of-hours collectionQuote required
Evening, weekend and public-holiday collection costs extra; amount not published
CoffinIncluded
Bamboo shroud; coffin upgrades cost extra but official pages conflict on the tariff
CremationIncluded
Individual unattended cremation and professional fees
PaperworkIncluded
Registration and documentation advice; family obligations still apply

Ashes and urn options

Provider scatteringIncluded
Professional ashes scattering
Family collectionIncluded
Crematorium collection is described in the FAQ
Delivery£1,145 hospital bundle; otherwise quote
Regional-hospital collection plus ashes-return bundle totals £1,145; standalone delivery fee is not published
Take-home urn/containerQuote required
Container or urn for returned ashes is not clearly published

Published coverage

England and Wales; other areas by quote. The provider does not publish enough detail to guarantee the headline price from a postcode alone.

Other published charges to check

  • Cardboard coffin: Official pages conflict between £50 and £100
  • Wood-effect coffin: Official pages conflict between £75 and £150
  • Bariatric requirements: Price on application

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Headline prices are not like-for-like. Choose the collection and ashes options you need; postcode is used only in your browser and is not sent to us.

1. Postcode

Used for broad published coverage only.

2. Collection from
3. Ashes
4. Urn

Official sources

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