- SRA number
- 472289
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 2 (1 branch)
- Head office
- Southport PR9 0QE
- Branch towns
- Liverpool
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 1: Criminal
- Head office phone
- 01704 542490
- Companies House status
- Active (OC332864, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 16 November 2007
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Trading names
- Halliwell McCormack Archer
- Previous names (SRA)
- Silvermiths LLP
- SRA firms in Sefton
- 42 (23 residential property)
Silversmiths LLP is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 472289. The SRA record lists 2 practising offices: the head office at 36 Union Street, Southport, PR9 0QE, plus 1 further office in Liverpool. It also trades as Halliwell McCormack Archer. The register carries 1 previous name, most recently Silvermiths LLP. Its constitution is recorded as limited liability partnership.
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 PR9 0QE falls within Sefton (North West), where the SRA register lists 42 authorised firms with a practising office, 23 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Morgan Finch Solicitors Limited (100 m, Southport), Peterson Solicitors Limited (100 m, Southport), Cockshott Peck Lewis Limited (200 m, Southport), Hodge Halsall Solicitors Limited (200 m, Southport) and Willetts and Co Solicitors Limited (200 m, Southport). 3 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as SILVERSMITHS LLP (company number OC332864), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 16 November 2007, 18 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is SOUTHPORT, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 36 Union Street, Southport, PR9 0QE | Sefton | 01704 542490 |
| Branch | 1st Floor St Hugh's House, Stanley Road, Bootle, Liverpool, L20 3QY | Liverpool | 0151 922 6066 |
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
SILVERSMITHS LLP, company number OC332864, limited liability partnership, incorporated 16 November 2007. 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: SOUTHPORT. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Morgan Finch Solicitors Limited · Southport · residential property100 m
- Peterson Solicitors Limited · Southport100 m
- Cockshott Peck Lewis Limited · Southport · residential property200 m
- Hodge Halsall Solicitors Limited · Southport · residential property200 m
- Willetts and Co Solicitors Limited · Southport200 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.