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Recognised body -- SRA 498340

Blanchards Bailey LLP

Authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since 1 November 2011; status as reported by the SRA on 28 August 2026. Head office Blandford Forum DT11 9LQ, in the Dorset district.

SRA number
498340
Authorisation
Recognised body
Authorised since
1 November 2011
Organisation type
Recognised body, authorised
Constitution
Limited liability partnership
Practising offices
4 (3 branches)
Head office
Blandford Forum DT11 9LQ
Branch towns
Dorchester, Shaftesbury, Weymouth
Areas of law reported to the SRA
12: Family, Landlord and tenant, Non-litigation, ADR, Litigation, Corporate (non-listed), Children, Commercial property, Employment, Residential property, Probate, Wills and trusts
Website (SRA record)
blanchardsbailey.co.uk
Head office phone
01258 459361
Companies House status
Active (OC340501, file 1 May 2026)
Incorporated
2 October 2008
Company type
Limited Liability Partnership
SRA firms in Dorset
53 (31 residential property)

Blanchards Bailey LLP is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 498340. The SRA record lists 4 practising offices: the head office at Bunbury House, Blandford Forum, DT11 9LQ, plus 3 further offices in Dorchester, Shaftesbury and Weymouth. Its constitution is recorded as limited liability partnership.

In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 12 areas of law: Family, Landlord and tenant, Non-litigation, ADR, Litigation, Corporate (non-listed), Children, Commercial property, Employment, Residential property, Probate 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, blanchardsbailey.co.uk, where its fees page has not yet been checked by this site.

The head office postcode DT11 9LQ falls within Dorset (South West), where the SRA register lists 53 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 Kernon Kelleher Solicitors Limited (600 m, Blandford Forum), Jane V Wilkinson (10.2 km, Blandford Forum), Kevin Brown Solicitor (11.5 km, Poole), MJP Law Limited (13.1 km, Wimborne) and Harold G Walker (13.3 km, Wimborne). 4 of those 5 report residential property work.

Companies House records the firm as BLANCHARDS BAILEY LLP (company number OC340501), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 2 October 2008, 17 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is BLANDFORD FORUM, the same as the head office.

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

OfficeAddressDistrictPhone
Head officeBunbury House, Stour Park, Blandford Forum, Blandford Forum, DT11 9LQDorset01258 459361
BranchNewborough House, 3 Queen Mother Square, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3BJDorset01305 251222
Branch34 High Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8JGDorset01747 440447
Branch1 Oxford Court, Cambridge Road, Granby Industrial Estate, Weymouth, DT4 9GHDorset01305 251095

Areas of law reported to the SRA

FamilyLandlord and tenantNon-litigationADRLitigationCorporate (non-listed)ChildrenCommercial propertyEmploymentResidential propertyProbateWills and trusts

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.

Conveyancing prices: published by the firm under SRA Transparency Rule 1

Because Blanchards Bailey LLP 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 blanchardsbailey.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.

Companies House record

BLANCHARDS BAILEY LLP, company number OC340501, limited liability partnership, incorporated 2 October 2008. 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: BLANDFORD FORUM. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.

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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.

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