Dignity plc

Dignity plc (LSE: DTY) is a funeral-related service provider in the United Kingdom, and the only publicly-listed company within the country's funeral sector. It provides funeral services, cremations and pre-arranged funeral plans and is made up of the following brands:[1]

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

Dignity plc
TypePublic
LSE: DTY
IndustryFuneral services
Founded1994
HeadquartersSutton Coldfield, Birmingham, UK
Key people
John Castagno, Non-Executive Chairman
Gary Channon, CEO
Revenue £314.1 million (2021)
£15.9 million (2021)
Websitewww.dignityfunerals.co.uk
Footnotes / references
Dignity plc Annual Report & Accounts 2020

In the year ending 28 December 2020, turnover was £314.1m and profit before tax was £55.7m. The shareholder dividend payment stood at 46.6p per share.

History

The business was created in 1994 through the merger of Plantsbrook Group and Great Southern Group,[2] both of which companies had been acquired by Service Corporation International Inc earlier that year.[3] In 2002 the merged business was the subject of a management buyout from Service Corporation International Inc.[4] The merger brought together a number of funeral service businesses.[2]

Dignity is an established organisation, with an extensive history that dates back to 1812. Its rich and lengthy heritage enables it to provide funeral services that are underpinned by unparalleled local knowledge and expertise.[5]

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

Operations

Dignity provides funeral services, cremations and pre-arranged funerals UK-wide through three separate brands.[6]

References
  1. "Dignity plc Annual Report & Accounts 2020" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2021.
  2. "Dignity Caring Funeral Services - About us - History". dignityfunerals.co.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  3. Competition Commission Archived 25 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Managers buy out UK funeral giant BBC, 11 February 2002
  5. "Dignity Funerals website - history". Archived from the original on 26 September 2020.
  6. "Dignity plc Annual Report & Accounts 2020" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2021.
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