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About Leverton & Sons

Our family have been funeral directors for eight generations. Throughout, Leverton and Sons provides comfort, support and professional guidance at every step of the way.

From modest funerals on a budget, to high profile funeral processions, we are proud to deliver the same standard of care and service to every individual or family who comes to us.

Eco-friendly arrangements have been an integral part of our service for many years now. Many different kinds of requests can be accommodated to ensure that each funeral is a personal tribute to the deceased.

We value our staff are proud to be Investors in People Accredited.

News
We often have many developments and updates which we share to help people be fully informed about Levertons and the wider profession. These vary from new pieces of information about what to do when someone dies, updates to regulation, new initiatives we are introducing, involvement and activity within our community and other professional or industry information.
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Media and Press
We are often asked to participate and help with articles around the profession, our longevity and family history, our role in the community and our initiatives. As we have carried out many notable funerals articles are often written and produced about us. You can find some of these articles and news features here.
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Code of Practice
SAIF was established in 1989 to set professional standards for the industry and provide a code of practice to protect the interests of the bereaved. SAIF has also acted to support independent funeral directors in the UK in the face of takeover attempts by national and multinational companies. You can download our Code of Practice here.
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Levertons Family Tree
We are an independent family owned and run company and have been since 1789. Our family tree shows the eight generations of Levertons bringing us upto today.
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Levertons Since 1789
Leverton and Sons has been a family owned company of funeral directors based within the St Pancras area of London since 1789. Leases dating from 1789 show John Leverton of Henry Street buying land and selling the houses he built on them. At this time, funeral work was conducted by local carpenters “undertaking” to make the coffins and transport the body.
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Mission Statement
We aim to achieve our clients’ complete trust in our professional skills and knowledge, to meet their individual needs and to exceed their expectations. Everyone is entitled to dignity in life and in death. Our full Mission Statement can be found here.
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Levertons Now
Today the company is run by cousins Pippa and Andrew. As a family business, we are fortunate that our family ties extend beyond the Levertons. Some of our 30 colleagues’ partners and children are also part of the company. Our profession is suited to a family company. Working with the deceased and the bereaved is a vocation – not every Leverton has chosen to join the company.
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Our People
We currently have over 30 employees working with us. Find out more about all of our staff working across the company, what they do, where they are based and how to get in touch with them.
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Reviews
Clients often give us feedback which we are so grateful to receive. There are many ways in which you can give us your feedback including independent online platforms such as Google, Trustist, Facebook and others. We also welcome emails and letters or other methods. View all of our reviews and testimonials.
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Awards and Accreditations
We are members of many professional organisations but also are often accredited by independent bodies. We have been successful in receiving Awards which recognise our work, initiatives and commitment to our clients and the wider profession. You can see our full list with links to them here.
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Immediate Assistance

In the case of someone dying at home, or if you need to contact us for immediate assistance out of our office hours, please do call us. We can arrange collection at any time of day or night:

My family and friends have been using Levertons for over 50 years due to their excellent service. On my recent visit to arrange my Mum's cremation it was dealt with by Lorna who has a very kind, caring and professional manner. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Levertons.

Review by Hayley W left on 11 Mar 2025

Google

Funeral of my 2nd Cousin Jamie Knight. James was fantastic. Caring, helpful, professional- reasonable cost, but CANNOT BE FALTERED. Service sheet compilation, Crem funeral and memorial service great. Adaptable and willing to guide me, I was the contact, through the complexity in this sad time. I would change nothing. All I can end with is, THANK YOU. Frank Illingworth

Review by Frank I left on 10 Mar 2025

Google

We have known and used Levertons over 50 years and have interned a few family members with them. Lorna was informative, attentive, sensitive and professional to all our needs with the recent funeral of my father. I would highly recommend there's service and Micheal and the staff were polite and respectful. Thank you.

Review by James S left on 07 Mar 2025

Google

Levertons was the 3rd funeral directors we went to in the local area and I wished I had gone to them first. We went with Levertons and had absolutely no issues at all. They were caring, understanding and knew what we wanted without pushing us in to making any decisions. They didn’t push us in to going to things we didn’t need and explained everything down to a T. The staff on the day of mums funeral went above and beyond and helped us all as a family feel at easy and stress free. Lorna in particular was anmazing and so caring and I highly recommend using Levertons after dealing with them myself. Thank you all at Levertons for your care and support over our difficult time. Jenny

Review by Jenny S left on 05 Mar 2025

Google

From start to finish the service we received from Levertons was faultless. Kind, caring and unwaveringly professional the team, and especially Craig, made a difficult and emotionally charged situation easy to understand and navigate. We (and especially my darling dad) were extremely well looked after throughout. I would t hesitate to recommend them. Thank you.

Review by Riza J left on 25 Feb 2025

TRUSTist

All of the staff here are absolutely brilliant but especially Carmel who arranged my Dad's funeral. She answered my constant stream of questions and emails, was there every step of the way for us all and was so lovely with it all. She took all of the stress from us and guided us through it all from beginning to end which was just the biggest relief as we had no clue what to do. We would have been lost without her.

Review by Jo M left on 17 Feb 2025

Google

The funeral was carried out very sensitively and highly professionally by Levertons. Deborah always made herself available or responded quickly and was extremely helpful. She made sure we covered all that needed to be done and coordinated with others on our behalf to make things run smoothly, down to the smallest detail.

Review by Ursula B left on 16 Feb 2025

TRUSTist

Leverton and sons are a very organised business, never having planned a funeral myself I didn’t know how much would go into it but they made the process as easy as possible, everything was always efficient which made the organising of the funeral very quick. James was the person in charge of organising the funeral, he was quick at responding to calls/emails and answering any questions we had. Everything was as we wanted it and was very happy with the service that they provided.

Review by Natalie N left on 16 Feb 2025

Google

I think that from the very beginning until the very end Levertons were absolutely brilliant. Helpful, professional and I cannot think of a word that conveys how good they were. I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending them.

Review by Chris V left on 14 Feb 2025

TRUSTist

Excellent Customer Service, extremely helpful and always available.

Review by Julian D left on 14 Feb 2025

Google

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