- SRA number
- 385747
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 5 (4 branches)
- Head office
- Derby DE22 3WZ
- Branch towns
- Lincoln, Birmingham, Coventry, Nottingham
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 1: Mental Health
- Website (SRA record)
- donovannewton.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 0115 985 6600
- Companies House status
- Active (04829993, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 11 July 2003
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- Donovan Newton Solicitors
- SRA firms in Derby
- 51 (22 residential property)
Donovan Newton Limited is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 385747. The SRA record lists 5 practising offices: the head office at College Business Centre, Derby, DE22 3WZ, plus 4 further offices in Lincoln, Birmingham, Coventry and Nottingham. It also trades as Donovan Newton Solicitors. Its constitution is recorded as incorporated company (limited by shares).
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 1 area of law: Mental Health. 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 DE22 3WZ falls within Derby (East Midlands), where the SRA register lists 51 authorised firms with a practising office, 22 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Grange Law Limited (same postcode, Derby), James Dysterre-Clark Limited (700 m, Derby), Katharine Basey Limited (700 m, Derby), A&Co Solicitors Limited (700 m, Derby) and Smiths (Solicitors) LLP (800 m, Derby). 1 of those 5 reports residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as DONOVAN NEWTON LIMITED (company number 04829993), a private limited company incorporated on 11 July 2003, 23 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is DERBY, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | College Business Centre, The College, Uttoxeter New Road, Derby, DE22 3WZ | Derby | 0115 985 6600 |
| Branch | Sparkhouse, Ropewalk, Lincoln, LN6 7DQ | Lincoln | 01522 837208 |
| Branch | Eleven Brindleyplace, 2 Brunswick Square, Birmingham, DE22 3WZ | Derby | 0121 663 1714 |
| Branch | Coventry University Technology Park, Puma Way, Coventry, CV1 2TT | Coventry | 024 7623 6426 |
| Branch | 910 Woodborough Road, Nottingham, NG3 5QR | Gedling | 01332 287650 |
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
DONOVAN NEWTON LIMITED, company number 04829993, private limited company, incorporated 11 July 2003. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 July 2025 (total exemption full). Registered office town: DERBY. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Grange Law Limited · Derbysame postcode
- James Dysterre-Clark Limited · Derby700 m
- Katharine Basey Limited · Derby700 m
- A&Co Solicitors Limited · Derby700 m
- Smiths (Solicitors) LLP · Derby · residential property800 m
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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.