- SRA number
- 497282
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Manchester M3 3AA
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 2: Probate, Wills and trusts
- Head office phone
- 0161 603 5000
- Companies House status
- Active (06223282, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 23 April 2007
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Previous names (SRA)
- Cobbetts (Trustee) Limited
- SRA firms in Manchester
- 406 (120 residential property)
DWF (Trustee) Limited is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 497282. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at c/o DWF Law LLP, Manchester, M3 3AA. The register carries 1 previous name, most recently Cobbetts (Trustee) Limited. 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 2 areas of law: Probate and Wills and trusts. 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 M3 3AA falls within Manchester (North West), where the SRA register lists 406 authorised firms with a practising office, 120 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are DWF (Nominees) 2013 Limited (same postcode, Manchester), DWF Advocacy Limited (same postcode, Manchester), DWF Costs Limited (same postcode, Manchester), Greyfern Law Limited (same postcode, Manchester) and DWF Law LLP (same postcode, Manchester). 1 of those 5 reports residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as DWF (TRUSTEE) LIMITED (company number 06223282), a private limited company incorporated on 23 April 2007, 19 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". Companies House also lists 1 earlier registered name, most recently COBBETTS (TRUSTEE) LIMITED. The registered office town is MANCHESTER, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | c/o DWF Law LLP, 1 Scott Place, 2 Hardman Street, Manchester, M3 3AA | Manchester | 0161 603 5000 |
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
DWF (TRUSTEE) LIMITED, company number 06223282, private limited company, incorporated 23 April 2007. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 April 2025 (dormant). Registered office town: MANCHESTER. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- DWF (Nominees) 2013 Limited · Manchestersame postcode
- DWF Advocacy Limited · Manchestersame postcode
- DWF Costs Limited · Manchestersame postcode
- Greyfern Law Limited · Manchestersame postcode
- DWF Law LLP · Manchester · residential propertysame postcode
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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.