Nicholas O’Hara

Managing Director

DipFD, MBIFD, MBIE

Nicholas entered the funeral profession at 15 years old and by the age of 20 had gained diplomas in both Funeral Directing and Embalming. Nicholas started the business, along with his parents in 1974 and right from the beginning he established the ethos that we still adhere to today; an unwavering commitment to high standards and very personal levels of service afforded to every family we support. He believes wholeheartedly in the importance of making every funeral unique and special to the family and their loved one.

Son, Anthony now manages the business day to day, however Nicholas remains very hands on, helping out in every department and involved in many of the funerals we undertake.

Nicholas is a keen football fan; he has sponsored local youth football leagues and Wimborne Town FC, where he was also Chairman and a Director for a number of years. Very much part of the Wimborne community, he also enjoys fishing, watching AFC Bournemouth with his son and grandson, cruise holidays and spending time with his family.

Natalie O’Hara

Company Director

Natalie joined her parents and brother in late 1997 and left only to become a mum to her children Harley and Hope and then returned now they are both at school. Her main skill is computer design and she has helped create many of the Orders of Service family’s use today, memory cards, invitations and online donation pages.

Natalie also helps her brother in event planning, social media and in running the office day to day.

Natalie has two children called Harley and Hope. 

Philip Evans

Funeral Director

DipFD

Philip the son of a Church Minister showed a calling to the profession Funeral profession from a very young age and throughout his school life always wanted to become a Funeral Director. His first discussion with a Funeral Director about his ambition was with Nicholas’ father Pat when he visited him at Somerleigh Court, having first spoken to him following a Funeral he had attended.

On leaving school Philip was fortunate enough to start work experience with a Funeral Director, after which he was accepted on a full time basis. Having been trained in the various aspects of the profession he then became a Funeral Director in 1985. Philip has now worked within the funeral profession locally for over 30 years. He gained his diploma in Funeral Directing in 1991.

When we needed an additional Funeral Director to join the business in 2010, Philip’s vast local knowledge and experience made him the obvious choice. He joined the firm in October of that year.

Outside of work Philip performed for many years with Wimborne Musical Theatre.

Philip is also in charge of the companies IT and telecommunications.

Rory Craig

Funeral Director

Rory joined the funeral directing team in January 2017. He already had gained experience working for a national group where he had many roles before rising to his role as a funeral director. 

Rory was brought up and educated in Wimborne and enjoys walking, travel and supports Newcastle United.

Like all our funeral directing team his main aim is to give each family the service and support they require and to create a unique funeral day

Anna Jackson

Funeral Director

Anna joined us in February 2022 from another local funeral business and has over 10 years experience in the funeral industry mainly working as a funeral director. Anna will be helping people who wish to do pre-paid funeral plans, arranging funerals and also conducting them.

One of Anna’s best assets is her attention to detail, to ensure all areas of the funeral are considered and planned with the families we care for. 

Anna was previosuly a Theatre Nurse and is a Registrar for weddings at St Mary’s Catholic Church, Poole.

Charlotte Hall

Funeral Director

Charlotte joined us in the summer of 2022 having already gained 8 years exprience in the profession, learning the many roles leading up to her role as funeral director. She has experience in arranging many different types of funeral including full military services. 

Charlotte is primarily based in our Canford Heath office and as well as arranging all types of funeral, she will also be helping those who wish to do pre-paid funeral planning. 

Ian Smith, MBIE

Ian’s background was vastly different from his role today having worked in the print trade since school. He joined the company in 2012 as an operative and it soon became clear he had the skills to become an embalmer and spent one day a week for over two years training in London to gain his diploma.

Ian’s main role is as lead embalmer, running the mortuary and theatre. Ian also provides training to local nursing home staff, trainee nurses and carers in the work he does to improve knowledge and understanding of this important aspect to our work.

Ian’s wife Sally is also a community nurse and they have two sons.

Teresa Arnold has a background in nursing and has taken over the role as Donations Clerk = which runs from our West Moors office. Teresa has been with us since 2008.

Bea Crane-Sutton started with the family business in September 2021 having worked within the funeral profession for 3 years. Bea also has experience in customer service roles and is also local to this area. 

Michelle Fisher is the newest addition to the admin team and comes with a wealth of experience having previosuly worked at the RNLI, The Regent Centre in Christchurch and also another funeral business. Michelle will be based at our Westbourne office. 

Celso Barreto has been with the company since 2007 and took over the role from his uncle. Originally from Madeira has now lived in the UK for over 20 years and has a real eye for detail and standards and is the Operatives Manager. Celso was previously a chef so enjoys cooking and is often the lead joke maker.

Ian Hobson started his funeral career as an operative with the business in 2015. Ian was educated and lives locally with his wife Hannah who is a community Sister and their two daughters. Ian enjoys camping, surfing, skateboarding, playing the guitar and is a VW fan.

Ryan Golding started with the company in March 2022 having previosuly been the head groundsman at Wimborne Cemetery. The family business were always impressed with Ryan’s eye for detail when they worked together and he became an ideal person to join the operatives team. Ryan and his family have been in Wimborne for many years.