- SRA number
- 47578
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Partnership
- Practising offices
- 2 (1 branch)
- Head office
- St. Austell PL25 5BN
- Branch towns
- Truro
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 8: Litigation, Probate, Commercial property, Residential property, Non-litigation, Family, Corporate (non-listed), Wills and trusts
- Website (SRA record)
- brainssolicitors.com
- Head office phone
- 01726 68111
- Previous names (SRA)
- E David Brain & Co
- SRA firms in Cornwall
- 68 (41 residential property)
Brains Solicitors is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 47578. The SRA record lists 2 practising offices: the head office at Sydney House, St. Austell, PL25 5BN, plus 1 further office in Truro. The register carries 1 previous name, most recently E David Brain & Co. 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, Probate, Commercial property, Residential property, Non-litigation, Family, Corporate (non-listed) and Wills and trusts. Because residential property is among them, the SRA Transparency Rules require the firm to publish its conveyancing prices on its own website, brainssolicitors.com, where its fees page has not yet been checked by this site.
The head office postcode PL25 5BN falls within Cornwall (South West), where the SRA register lists 68 authorised firms with a practising office, 41 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Charles French Solicitors LTD (2.7 km, St. Austell), Cornwall Defence Solicitors LLP (10.0 km, St. Austell), A P Bassett Solicitors (11.9 km, Lostwithiel), Baileys Law LLP (15.2 km, Bodmin) and Baileys Law Legal Services LTD (15.2 km, Cornwall). 2 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 | Sydney House, 44 South Street, St. Austell, PL25 5BN | Cornwall | 01726 68111 |
| Branch | 55 Lemon Street, Truro, TR1 2PE | Cornwall | 01872 276363 |
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 Brains Solicitors 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 brainssolicitors.com 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
- Charles French Solicitors LTD · St. Austell · residential property2.7 km
- Cornwall Defence Solicitors LLP · St. Austell10.0 km
- A P Bassett Solicitors · Lostwithiel · residential property11.9 km
- Baileys Law LLP · Bodmin15.2 km
- Baileys Law Legal Services LTD · Cornwall15.2 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.