- SRA number
- 466566
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 2 (1 branch)
- Head office
- Stockport SK6 1EE
- Branch towns
- Ashton-under-Lyne
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 1: Criminal
- Website (SRA record)
- howardssolicitors.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 0161 872 9999
- Companies House status
- Active (05496602, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 1 July 2005
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- Motoring Law; Gardner Berke solicitors; FD Law; motoringlaw.co.uk; Howards and Henry's Solicitors
- SRA firms in Stockport
- 75 (31 residential property)
Howards Solicitors Limited is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 466566. The SRA record lists 2 practising offices: the head office at Heron House, Stockport, SK6 1EE, plus 1 further office in Ashton-under-Lyne. It also trades as Motoring Law, Gardner Berke solicitors, FD Law and motoringlaw.co.uk. 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: Criminal. 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 SK6 1EE falls within Stockport (North West), where the SRA register lists 75 authorised firms with a practising office, 31 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Zafar & Co Solicitors Ltd (3.2 km, Stockport), Clarity Solicitors LTD (3.2 km, Stockport), The Howe Practice Limited (3.2 km, Stockport), Mortons Solicitors Limited (3.4 km, Stockport) and Higgins Miller Solicitors LTD (3.5 km, Stockport). 1 of those 5 reports residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as HOWARDS SOLICITORS LIMITED (company number 05496602), a private limited company incorporated on 1 July 2005, 21 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". Companies House also lists 2 earlier registered names, most recently HOWARDS SOLICITITORS LIMITED. The registered office town is STOCKPORT, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Heron House, 39-41 Higher Bents Lane, Bredbury, Stockport, Stockport, SK6 1EE | Stockport | 0161 872 9999 |
| Branch | 12 Clarence Arcade, Stamford Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7PT | Tameside | 0161 872 9999 |
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
HOWARDS SOLICITORS LIMITED, company number 05496602, private limited company, incorporated 1 July 2005. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 November 2025 (total exemption full). Registered office town: STOCKPORT. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Zafar & Co Solicitors Ltd · Stockport3.2 km
- Clarity Solicitors LTD · Stockport3.2 km
- The Howe Practice Limited · Stockport · residential property3.2 km
- Mortons Solicitors Limited · Stockport3.4 km
- Higgins Miller Solicitors LTD · Stockport3.5 km
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.