Dignity Group is a funeral-related service provider in the United Kingdom.
History The business was created in 1994 through the merger of Plantsbrook Group and Great Southern Group, both of which companies had been acquired by Service Corporation International Inc earlier that year. In 2002 the merged business was the subject of a management buyout from Service Corporation International Inc.Managers buy out UK funeral giant BBC, 11 February 2002 The merger brought together a number of funeral service businesses.
There are currently 795 Dignity Funeral Directors across the UK. Several mergers and organic growth have brought together a number of historic funeral businesses, private cemeteries and crematoria over the years, including:
George S Munn, Glasgow – 1812 Francis Chappell & Sons, London – 1840 J Rymer, York – 1848 Ginns & Gutteridge, Leicestershire – 1855 Lawrence Funeral Service, Halifax – 1857 E Finch & Sons, Aldershot – 1857 Beckenham Cemetery, Kent – 1876 J H Kenyon, London – 1880 Frederick W Paine, London – 1884 Perry Barr Crematorium, Birmingham – 1903 John Bardgett & Son, Newcastle upon Tyne – 1914 Jonathan Harvey, Glasgow – 1928 South London Crematorium – 1930 Seaford & Newhaven Funeral Service, East Sussex – 1950
In January 2023, the board agreed to accept an offer for the company from a consortium of investors including SPWOne V Ltd, Castelnau Group and Phoenix Asset Management.
Operations Dignity provides funeral services, cremations and pre-arranged funerals UK-wide through three separate brands:
Dignity Funeral Services The Crematorium and Memorial Group Simplicity Cremations
References
External links Official site Dignity Funeral Plans Simplicity Cremations