Dignity Group is a funeral-related service provider in the United Kingdom.

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Dignity Group
IndustryFuneral services
Founded1994
HeadquartersSutton Coldfield, Birmingham, UK
Key people
Shirley Garrood, Non-Executive Chair
Zillah Byng-Thorne, CEO
RevenueDecrease £314.1 million (2021)
Decrease £15.9 million (2021)
Websitewww.dignityfunerals.co.uk
Footnotes / references
Dignity plc Annual Report & Accounts 2020
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History

The business was created in 1994 through the merger of Plantsbrook Group and Great Southern Group,[1] both of which companies had been acquired by Service Corporation International Inc earlier that year.[2] In 2002 the merged business was the subject of a management buyout from Service Corporation International Inc.[3] The merger brought together a number of funeral service businesses.[1]

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:

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.[4]

Operations

Dignity provides funeral services, cremations and pre-arranged funerals UK-wide through three separate brands:[5]

  • Dignity Funeral Services
  • The Crematorium and Memorial Group
  • Simplicity Cremations

References

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