News

Rise in Number of ‘Pauper’ Funerals

Media attention continues to focus on the rise in the number of ‘pauper’ funerals (ie those provided by the local council because families cannot afford them). As prices of funerals soar, so the number of people facing financial difficulty to fund them rises. As a company, we are committed to keeping the cost of funerals […]

Helping Make Huntingdon Dementia-Friendly

In recent months the forecast increase of dementia has been highlighted in the media and recognised as a global health challenge. With a predicted 40% increase in the next 12 years there will be few of us whose lives are not affected directly or indirectly by dementia. We have offered our premises in Huntingdon on […]

Please Support our Easter Egg Appeal

Kingfisher Funerals of St Neots and Huntingdon are collecting Easter Eggs to give to sick children this Easter. We will present all the eggs we collect to children on Holly Ward at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in the hope that we can bring smiles to some small faces at this celebratory time of year. The Hunts Post carries a picture of […]

Kingfisher Funerals win Best in Category 2015

2015 is the fourth consecutive year we’ve been in the top five best-loved funeral directors in the UK. In 2012 we came fifth, in 2013 we moved up one place, last year we came third, and this year we are very proud to announce that we have become the winners of the category in the annual […]

Dignity Acquires T L Cobbold Funeral Directors in St Neots

T L Cobbold Funeral Directors of St Neots, together with Woodman & Sons of Biggleswade and Cecil Newling of Royston, have been sold to Dignity plc. Dignity is a huge company, which, according to Wikipedia is the largest provider of funeral services in the UK. Their own website states that they own more than 690 […]

A Long-Distance Funeral

We felt hugely privileged to be asked to host the funeral of Jorge Resende yesterday. A lot of Jorge’s family live in Portugal, as does a close family friend who is also a priest. Our challenge was to bring everyone close together using technology, which we achieved with the help of Skype and a large […]