About Us

Why Choose Jayne Prior Funeral Directors Instead of an Online Only Direct Cremation Funeral Director?

We are a traditional local funeral director with funeral homes in Sunderland and Hebburn. By entrusting the care of your loved one to us, you will benefit in the following ways:

  • Our Direct Cremation funerals priced at £1295 are fully inclusive with no hidden extras. Most online only funeral directors advertise a direct cremation from a low basic price. This price may not include services such as taking the deceased into their care after hours or from a non hospital location or may not include the return of ashes for example. Our price is fully inclusive of all services that would reasonably be expected to be part of a direct cremation.
  • We are a true locally based independent funeral director which allows us to provide a more personal service. You are welcome to visit us in any of our funeral homes or we can visit you in your own home. Most online providers of direct cremation services will not be locally based and may require you to complete paperwork online yourself with support provided by a call centre. We will complete this paperwork for you.
  • As a traditional locally based funeral director, we are able to offer a full range of services that you may wish to add on to a direct cremation including the use of our own private chapels of rest (at an additional cost) which online providers of direct cremations may not be able to offer.    

Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF) Members

We are members of the National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF)

Jayne’s philosophy is to provide funerals with Care, Compassion and Fairness. She aims to provide affordable funerals tailored to your individual wishes and her competitive pricing is displayed on the Funeral Prices page.

Fair Funerals 2021

Jayne Prior Funeral Directors has signed the Fair Funerals Pledge. The pledge demonstrates that we are fair and are dedicated to meeting the increasing demand for price transparency within the funeral industry.

By signing the pledge, we have become part of a community of funeral directors who agree to put transparency and honesty at the centre of our work, and who aspire to the change we all want to see within the funeral industry.