- SRA number
- 402462
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 6 (5 branches)
- Head office
- Brighton BN1 1UB
- Branch towns
- Crawley, Haywards Heath, Shoreham-by-Sea, Croydon, Eastbourne
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 1: Employment
- Website (SRA record)
- ms-solicitors.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 01273 609911
- Companies House status
- Active (05067303, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 9 March 2004
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- Martin Searle Solicitors
- Previous names (SRA)
- M S Solicitors Limited T/A Martin Searle Solicitors
- SRA firms in Brighton and Hove
- 74 (34 residential property)
M S Solicitors Limited is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 402462. The SRA record lists 6 practising offices: the head office at 9 Marlborough Place, Brighton, BN1 1UB, plus 5 further offices in Crawley, Haywards Heath, Shoreham-by-Sea, Croydon and Eastbourne. It also trades as Martin Searle Solicitors. The register carries 1 previous name, most recently M S Solicitors Limited T/A Martin Searle 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: Employment. 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 BN1 1UB falls within Brighton and Hove (South East), where the SRA register lists 74 authorised firms with a practising office, 34 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Bate & Albon Limited (same postcode, Brighton), Spearpoint Franks Solicitors LTD (200 m, Brighton), Odt Professional Limited (200 m, Brighton), Edward Harte (Brighton) Limited (200 m, Brighton) and Martin Cray & Co (300 m, Brighton). 3 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as MS SOLICITORS LIMITED (company number 05067303), a private limited company incorporated on 9 March 2004, 22 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is EAST SUSSEX, which differs from the practising head office town.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 9 Marlborough Place, Brighton, BN1 1UB | Brighton and Hove | 01273 609911 |
| Branch | Basepoint Business Centre, Metcalf Way, Crawley, RH11 7XX | Crawley | |
| Branch | John De Mierre House, Bridge Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 1UA | Mid Sussex | |
| Branch | Basepoint Business Centres, Little High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5EG | Adur | |
| Branch | Sussex Innovation, No 1 Croydon, 11th Floor, 12-16 Addiscombe Road, Croydon, CR0 0XT | Croydon | 0845 189 0152 |
| Branch | Marble Arch Suite (2nd Floor), Greencoat House, 32 St. Leonards Road, Eastbourne, BN21 3UT | Eastbourne | 01323 649151 |
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
MS SOLICITORS LIMITED, company number 05067303, private limited company, incorporated 9 March 2004. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 March 2025 (total exemption full). Registered office town: EAST SUSSEX. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Bate & Albon Limited · Brighton · residential propertysame postcode
- Spearpoint Franks Solicitors LTD · Brighton200 m
- Odt Professional Limited · Brighton · residential property200 m
- Edward Harte (Brighton) Limited · Brighton · residential property200 m
- Martin Cray & Co · Brighton300 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.