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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| LSE: DTY | |
| Industry | Funeral services |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, UK |
Key people | John Castagno, Non-Executive Chairman Kate Davidson, CEO |
| Revenue |  £314.1 million (2021) |
| £15.9 million (2021) | |
| Website | www.dignityfunerals.co.uk |
| Footnotes / references Dignity plc Annual Report & Accounts 2020 | |
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.
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:
- 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.[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
- 1 2 "Dignity Caring Funeral Services - About us - History". dignityfunerals.co.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ↑ Competition Commission Archived 25 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Managers buy out UK funeral giant BBC, 11 February 2002
- ↑ "UK funeral service provider Dignity agrees to $349 mln takeover". Reuters. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ↑ "Dignity plc Annual Report & Accounts 2020" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2021.