- SRA number
- 499676
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Cambridge CB5 8UU
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 2: Employment, Family
- Website (SRA record)
- smslaw.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 01223 415372
- Companies House status
- Active (OC340844, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 16 October 2008
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- SRA firms in Cambridge
- 55 (17 residential property)
Smith May Solicitors LLP is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 499676. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at 12 Barnwell House, Cambridge, CB5 8UU. Its constitution is recorded as limited liability partnership.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 2 areas of law: Employment and Family. 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 CB5 8UU falls within Cambridge (East of England), where the SRA register lists 55 authorised firms with a practising office, 17 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Bridgeway Solicitors LTD (1.3 km, Cambridge), Oslers (1.3 km, Cambridge), Andrew Grove & Company (1.5 km, Cambridge), Shelbournes Property Lawyers (1.5 km, Cambridge) and Richard Buxton Solicitors (2.1 km, Cambridge). 1 of those 5 reports residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as SMITH MAY SOLICITORS LLP (company number OC340844), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 16 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 CAMBRIDGE, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 12 Barnwell House, Barnwell Drive, Cambridge, CB5 8UU | Cambridge | 01223 415372 |
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
SMITH MAY SOLICITORS LLP, company number OC340844, limited liability partnership, incorporated 16 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: CAMBRIDGE. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Bridgeway Solicitors LTD · Cambridge1.3 km
- Oslers · Cambridge1.3 km
- Andrew Grove & Company · Cambridge1.5 km
- Shelbournes Property Lawyers · Cambridge · residential property1.5 km
- Richard Buxton Solicitors · Cambridge2.1 km
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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.