- SRA number
- 424806
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 3 (2 branches)
- Head office
- Sunderland SR1 1JG
- Branch towns
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 7: Human rights, Criminal, Personal Injury, Children, Family, Litigation, Mental Health
- Website (SRA record)
- benhoarebell.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 0191 565 3112
- Companies House status
- Active (OC314642, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 11 August 2005
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- SRA firms in Sunderland
- 31 (21 residential property)
Ben Hoare Bell LLP is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 424806. The SRA record lists 3 practising offices: the head office at 19 John Street, Sunderland, SR1 1JG, plus 2 further offices in Gateshead and Newcastle Upon Tyne. Its constitution is recorded as limited liability partnership.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 7 areas of law: Human rights, Criminal, Personal Injury, Children, Family, Litigation and 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 SR1 1JG falls within Sunderland (North East), where the SRA register lists 31 authorised firms with a practising office, 21 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are McKenzie Bell LTD (same postcode, Sunderland), Armstrong Westgarth Law Ltd (same postcode, Sunderland), James E Baird (Solicitor) Limited (100 m, Sunderland), Peter Dunn & Co Limited (100 m, Sunderland) and Emmersons Solicitors LTD (100 m, Sunderland). 4 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as BEN HOARE BELL LLP (company number OC314642), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 11 August 2005, 21 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is SUNDERLAND, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 19 John Street, Sunderland, SR1 1JG | Sunderland | 0191 565 3112 |
| Branch | 9 Regent Terrace, Gateshead, NE8 1LU | Gateshead | 0191 477 6333 |
| Branch | Ouseburn Point, 40 Shields Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 1DR | Newcastle upon Tyne | 0191 275 2626 |
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
BEN HOARE BELL LLP, company number OC314642, limited liability partnership, incorporated 11 August 2005. 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: SUNDERLAND. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- McKenzie Bell LTD · Sunderland · residential propertysame postcode
- Armstrong Westgarth Law Ltd · Sunderlandsame postcode
- James E Baird (Solicitor) Limited · Sunderland · residential property100 m
- Peter Dunn & Co Limited · Sunderland · residential property100 m
- Emmersons Solicitors LTD · Sunderland · residential property100 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.