Company Name: Bledisloe Holdings Limited
Sector: Funeral services
Website: www.metropolitanfunerals.com.au
Date Invested: December 2005
    
Bledisloe operates in a highly fragmented market that comprises small scale, family-managed funeral home operators. Bledisloe is the second largest business in the Australian market and the leader in NZ and has a suite of strong local / regional brands. Scale is a major advantage in this sector due to the degree of fixed costs that accompany the “cluster” model.

Australian brands include Metropolitan Funerals, Gregory & Carr and WD Rose & Joseph Allison Funerals.  New Zealand brands include Rhinds, Sibuns, Pellows, Hills and Cleggs Funerals.

Bledisloe was sold to InvoCare Limited in June 2011.