- SRA number
- 45904
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Partnership
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Southampton SO15 2BG
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 8: Children, Commercial property, Residential property, Litigation, Landlord and tenant, Wills and trusts, Probate, Social Welfare
- Website (SRA record)
- abels-solicitors.co.uk
- Publishes conveyancing prices
- Not found by our check of the website on 28 August 2026
- Head office phone
- 023 8022 0317
- SRA firms in Southampton
- 57 (26 residential property)
Abels is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 45904. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at Cumberland House, Southampton, SO15 2BG. Its constitution is recorded as partnership.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 8 areas of law: Children, Commercial property, Residential property, Litigation, Landlord and tenant, Wills and trusts, Probate and Social Welfare. Because residential property is among them, the SRA Transparency Rules require the firm to publish its conveyancing prices on its own website; the check of abels-solicitors.co.uk on 28 August 2026 did not find a published conveyancing price page, so ask the firm for the figures the rules require.
The head office postcode SO15 2BG falls within Southampton (South East), where the SRA register lists 57 authorised firms with a practising office, 26 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Idiculla Solicitors (200 m, Southampton), Paris Smith LLP (200 m, Southampton), Paris Smith Trust Corporation Limited (200 m, Southampton), Lawdit Solicitors Limited (200 m, Southampton) and Footner & Ewing LLP (300 m, Southampton). 4 of those 5 report residential property work.
The SRA records the firm's constitution as partnership, a structure with no Companies House registration, so there is no company record to cross-reference; the SRA authorisation record is the only public register entry for the firm.
For a home purchase in Southampton, this site's verified conveyancing legal fee range is £800 to £2,100 plus VAT, before disbursements such as searches and the Land Registry fee. Read the firm's published prices against that band rather than the headline figure alone.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Cumberland House, 15-17 Cumberland Place, Southampton, SO15 2BG | Southampton | 023 8022 0317 |
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.
Because Abels reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. Our check on 28 August 2026 did not find a conveyancing price page. Look for a fees page at abels-solicitors.co.uk or ask the firm for the figures in writing. Compare against the verified Southampton band of £800 to £2,100 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Idiculla Solicitors · Southampton · residential property200 m
- Paris Smith LLP · Southampton · residential property200 m
- Paris Smith Trust Corporation Limited · Southampton200 m
- Lawdit Solicitors Limited · Southampton · residential property200 m
- Footner & Ewing LLP · Southampton · residential property300 m
solicitorcost.com includes data supplied by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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.