- SRA number
- 174063
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Unlimited company
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Dorchester DT1 1UR
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 1: Wills and trusts
- Website (SRA record)
- hklaw.uk
- Head office phone
- 01305 251007
- Companies House status
- Active (01248278, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 10 March 1976
- Company type
- Private Unlimited Company
- Previous names (SRA)
- Humphries Kirk Executor & Trustee Company
- SRA firms in Dorset
- 53 (31 residential property)
Humphries Kirk Trustee Company is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 174063. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at 40 High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1UR. The register carries 1 previous name, most recently Humphries Kirk Executor & Trustee Company. Its constitution is recorded as unlimited company.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 1 area of law: Wills and trusts. Residential property is not among the reported areas, so the firm does not appear in the conveyancing lists on this site's town and city pages.
The head office postcode DT1 1UR falls within Dorset (South West), where the SRA register lists 53 authorised firms with a practising office, 31 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Blackburn Law Limited (200 m, Dorchester), Sarah Grant Solicitors (400 m, Dorchester), The Commercial Law Practice Limited (600 m, Dorchester), Pharaoh Legal Limited (1.2 km, Dorchester) and Louisa Ghevaert Associates LTD (6.6 km, Weymouth). 2 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as HUMPHRIES KIRK TRUSTEE COMPANY (company number 01248278), a private limited company incorporated on 10 March 1976, 50 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". Companies House also lists 1 earlier registered name, most recently HUMPHRIES KIRK EXECUTOR & TRUSTEE COMPANY. The registered office town is DORSET, which differs from the practising head office town.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 40 High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1UR | Dorset | 01305 251007 |
Areas of law reported to the SRA
Self-reported by the firm in its most recent annual return to the SRA ("the areas of law that the law firm has told us they delivered"). A lagging description of past work, not a live service list, a specialism claim or a quality mark; it may be up to a year old and is blank for newly authorised firms.
Companies House record
HUMPHRIES KIRK TRUSTEE COMPANY, company number 01248278, private unlimited company, incorporated 10 March 1976. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 March 2025 (dormant). Registered office town: DORSET. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Blackburn Law Limited · Dorchester200 m
- Sarah Grant Solicitors · Dorchester · residential property400 m
- The Commercial Law Practice Limited · Dorchester · residential property600 m
- Pharaoh Legal Limited · Dorchester1.2 km
- Louisa Ghevaert Associates LTD · Weymouth6.6 km
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Source: SRA Firm data web service (terms 1 July 2020, attribution required); firm status, offices and areas of law as reported by the SRA on 28 August 2026. Areas of law are self-reported by each firm in its annual return and describe work it told the SRA it delivered, not a live service menu or a quality mark. Companies House fields from the Basic Company Data bulk file dated 1 May 2026. Geocoding by postcodes.io: contains OS data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026, Royal Mail data (c) Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026, National Statistics data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026. No firm on this site is sponsored, ranked or endorsed, and nothing here implies SRA endorsement of this site.