- SRA number
- 464759
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Partnership
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Ipswich IP4 1AQ
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 8: Litigation, Family, Wills and trusts, Probate, Residential property, Children, Personal Injury, Landlord and tenant
- Website (SRA record)
- bates-wells.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 01473 219282
- SRA firms in Ipswich
- 31 (17 residential property)
Bates Wells & Braithwaite is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 464759. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at 29 Lower Brook Street, Ipswich, IP4 1AQ. 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: Litigation, Family, Wills and trusts, Probate, Residential property, Children, Personal Injury and Landlord and tenant. Because residential property is among them, the SRA Transparency Rules require the firm to publish its conveyancing prices on its own website, bates-wells.co.uk, where its fees page has not yet been checked by this site.
The head office postcode IP4 1AQ falls within Ipswich (East of England), where the SRA register lists 31 authorised firms with a practising office, 17 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are David Wilson Solicitors (same postcode, Ipswich), Watkins Stewart & Ross Solicitors Limited (same postcode, Ipswich), Attwells Solicitors LLP (200 m, Ipswich), Prettys Solicitors LLP (200 m, Ipswich) and Barricella Hughes Marchant Solicitors (300 m, Ipswich). 3 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.
Across England and Wales this site's verified conveyancing legal fee for a purchase averages £1,575 (range £1,200 to £2,500) plus VAT, before disbursements. 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 | 29 Lower Brook Street, Ipswich, IP4 1AQ | Ipswich | 01473 219282 |
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 Bates Wells & Braithwaite reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. Look for a fees page at bates-wells.co.uk or ask the firm for the figures in writing. Compare against the national average of £1,575 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- David Wilson Solicitors · Ipswichsame postcode
- Watkins Stewart & Ross Solicitors Limited · Ipswich · residential propertysame postcode
- Attwells Solicitors LLP · Ipswich · residential property200 m
- Prettys Solicitors LLP · Ipswich · residential property200 m
- Barricella Hughes Marchant Solicitors · Ipswich300 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.