industry funeral services founded 1994 headquarters sutton coldfield birmingham uk key people peter hindley chairman mike mccollum ceo revenue 305.3 million 2015 1 operating income 95.5 million 2015 1 net income 56.9 million 2015 1 website www.dignityfunerals.co.uk dignity plc lse dty is one of the largest providers of funeral services and is the largest provider of pre paid funeral plans in the united kingdom . it is british run company and is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 buy out from service corporation international inc. 4 the merger brought together a number of funeral service businesses including the following 2 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 smiths funeral directors blantyre south lanarkshire scotland . joseph potts funeral directors carluke and blantyre south lanarkshire scotland . joseph potts funeral directors bellshill north lanarkshire scotland . the company was first listed on the london stock exchange in 2004 . 2 operations edit the company is based in sutton coldfield owns over 725 funeral homes and operates 39 crematoria across the country . 5 references edit a b c preliminary results 2015 pdf . dignity . retrieved 3 april 2016 . a b c dignity caring funeral services about us history . dignityfunerals.co.uk . retrieved 28 march 2015 . competition commission archived july 25 2008 at the wayback machine . management buy out funeral giant bbc 11 february 2002 increase in pre paid funeral plans boosts dignity profits herald scotland 8 march 2012 external links edit official site dignity funeral plans v t e ftse 100 ftse 250 companies of the united kingdom 3i infrastructure aa aberdeen asset management aberforth smaller companies trust acacia mining aggreko aldermore group alliance trust allied minds amec foster wheeler ao world ascential ashmore group assura atkins auto trader group aveva balfour beatty bankers investment trust barr a.g. bba aviation beazley group bellway berendsen berkeley group holdings bank of georgia bh macro big yellow group b & m european retail value bodycote booker group bovis homes group brewin dolphin holdings british empire trust britvic brown n. btg plc cairn energy caledonia investments 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