FOI request (FOIR-719431688)

Crematorium cost breakdown

Requested Mon 02 June 2025
Responded Wed 25 June 2025

Please may you provide me with the following information for your crematoria under the Freedom Of Information Act 2000. If you operate more than one crematoria please provide figures for each crematoria or the average:

1. The number of cremations processed annually from 2015-24.

2. The number of cremators in the crematorium from 2015-24.

3. The total annual energy costs for the crematorium from 2015-24.

4. The total annual staff costs for the crematorium from 2015-24.

5. The total annual maintenance costs for the crematorium from 2015-24.

6. Any recent capital investments, for example, expansion of a new cremator, and the corresponding total costs here.

7. The average price for a direct cremation charged to 3rd party funeral directors and also to larger corporations by the crematorium.

8. A list of 3rd party funeral directors and direct cremation specialists who use your crematorium.

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Response

Please note: Hastings Borough Council only holds data relating to costs from 2018.

1. The number of cremations processed annually from 2015-24.

2015 - 1468

2016 - 1447

2017 - 1479

2018 - 1516

2019 - 1420

2020 - 1561

2021 - 1606

2022 - 1433

2023 - 1427

2024 - 1244

2. The number of cremators in the crematorium from 2015-24.

3. The total annual energy costs for the crematorium from 2015-24.

2018-19 - £39,810.54

2019-20 - £42,108.60

2020-21 - £43,017.56

2021-22 - £58,226.63

2022-23 - £138,816.23

2023-24 - £149,513.33

2024-25 - £106,553.93

4. The total annual staff costs for the crematorium from 2015-24.

2018-19 - £227,103.53

2019-20 - £239,050.06

2020-21 - £229,132.15

2021-22 - £224,034.17

2022-23 - £252,911.17

2023-24 - £273,967.99

2024-25 - £286,515.46

5. The total annual maintenance costs for the crematorium from 2015-24.

2018-19 - £30,371.92

2019-20 - £36,102.28

2020-21 - £108,791.84

2021-22 - £51,374.93

2022-23 - £50,441.27

2023-24 - £192,604.29

2024-25 - £98,052.66

6. Any recent capital investments, for example, expansion of a new cremator, and the corresponding total costs here.

Nil

7. The average price for a direct cremation charged to 3rd party funeral directors and also to larger corporations by the crematorium.

Current fee is £415.00 for both, we do not discriminate.

8. A list of 3rd party funeral directors and direct cremation specialists who use your crematorium.

Please see the attached.

Attachments

• FOIR-719431688_FOIR-719431688_2-20250609085123.pdf