C. Bastock (Funeral Directors) Ltd

10/10/2025

More and more people are now choosing Direct Cremations for their loved ones. Sometimes it is the personal choice of the person who has passed. You can contact us as your local independent funeral director for this type of funeral. We can also help personalise the funeral and provide options that are not always offered by other providers. If you would like more details about this please contact us at C. Bastock Limited on 0121 562 1816 or on our main telephone line 0121 706 4040.

02/10/2025

As we have been trading since the 1850's we thought it would be nice to share some of our history. The photo's below are from a funeral in the 1920's somewhere in Small Heath where the business was founded.

10/12/2024

More often than not, donations are collected for various charities at funerals and are administered by us on behalf of our families. Now and again we receive an acknowledgement from these charities to recognise the amounts that are sent on in memory of those loved ones. We received today one such letter from Alzheimer's Research UK. Individual donations, added together, make such a difference.

08/12/2024

Our annual memorial service takes place today. We have had to limit numbers this year due to restrictions in place for health and safety of those attending. The service is however being streamed through the Olton Friary Website and the link is below for anyone wishing to join us on line. The Service starts at 3.00 p.m. today.

We now have livestream in the chapel. The stream goes live 5 minutes before the start time.  Please click https://www.youtube.com/ go to our YouTube channel  where you will see the list of upcoming recordings and past recordings.

05/12/2024

We have a full time position available for a funeral arranger at our Yew Tree Office in Yardley. For more information about the role and to apply please contact us via WhatsApp button below.

07/08/2024

Our Full Time Funeral Operative Position has now been filled. Thank you to everyone who applied, I'm sorry if we didn't get back to you individually, we had a very large number of applicants as always.

10/04/2024

It was delivery day yesterday for our new fleet. The three hearses shown and four matching limousines looked stunning. Many thanks to Jon at Superior UK Automotive Ltd

06/02/2024

Through the generosity of everyone who attended we raised £995 at our annual Memorial Service in December. As always, we divided the money between Edwards Trust and Olton Friary who let us use their church for the event. Edwards Trust is such a worthwhile cause we are happy to continue to support.