- SRA number
- 498653
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- St. Albans AL1 1PU
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 1: Corporate (non-listed)
- Website (SRA record)
- onhandcounsel.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 01727 867289
- Companies House status
- Active (06724116, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 15 October 2008
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- SRA firms in St Albans
- 50 (19 residential property)
Onhand Counsel Limited is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 498653. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at 114a Old London Road, St. Albans, AL1 1PU. 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: Corporate (non-listed). 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 AL1 1PU falls within St Albans (East of England), where the SRA register lists 50 authorised firms with a practising office, 19 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are LawHer & Co Ltd (300 m, St Albans), JPP Law LLP (300 m, St. Albans), Charrot Limited (300 m, St. Albans), Bryan & Mercer LTD (300 m, St. Albans) and Rise Legal (STB) Limited (400 m, St. Albans). 2 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as ONHAND COUNSEL LIMITED (company number 06724116), a private limited company incorporated on 15 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 ST ALBANS, which differs from the practising head office town.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 114a Old London Road, St. Albans, AL1 1PU | St Albans | 01727 867289 |
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
ONHAND COUNSEL LIMITED, company number 06724116, private limited company, incorporated 15 October 2008. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 March 2025 (micro entity). Registered office town: ST ALBANS. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- LawHer & Co Ltd · St Albans300 m
- JPP Law LLP · St. Albans300 m
- Charrot Limited · St. Albans300 m
- Bryan & Mercer LTD · St. Albans · residential property300 m
- Rise Legal (STB) Limited · St. Albans · residential property400 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.