- SRA number
- 510864
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 2 (1 branch)
- Head office
- Gateshead NE11 0JQ
- Branch towns
- Washington
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 11: Employment, Probate, Corporate (non-listed), Commercial property, Criminal, Litigation, Family, Wills and trusts, Personal Injury, Residential property, Non-litigation
- Website (SRA record)
- donkinlaw.co.uk
- Publishes conveyancing prices
- Not found by our check of the website on 28 August 2026
- Head office phone
- 0191 495 2896
- Companies House status
- Active (06755416, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 21 November 2008
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- John Donkin Solicitors; John Donkin Solicitors Limited
- SRA firms in Gateshead
- 22 (12 residential property)
John Donkin Solicitors LTD is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 510864. The SRA record lists 2 practising offices: the head office at A3 Kingfisher House, Gateshead, NE11 0JQ, plus 1 further office in Washington. It also trades as John Donkin Solicitors and John Donkin Solicitors 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 11 areas of law: Employment, Probate, Corporate (non-listed), Commercial property, Criminal, Litigation, Family, Wills and trusts, Personal Injury, Residential property and Non-litigation. Because residential property is among them, the SRA Transparency Rules require the firm to publish its conveyancing prices on its own website; the check of donkinlaw.co.uk on 28 August 2026 did not find a published conveyancing price page, so ask the firm for the figures the rules require.
The head office postcode NE11 0JQ falls within Gateshead (North East), where the SRA register lists 22 authorised firms with a practising office, 12 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Haighs Law Firm Limited (500 m, Gateshead), Hutharts Law Firm (800 m, Gateshead), Lambert Taylor & Gregory Solicitors (3.0 km, Gateshead), Peter Maughan & Co Limited (3.0 km, Gateshead) and Lambert Taylor & Gregory Solicitors LLP (3.0 km, Gateshead). 3 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as JOHN DONKIN SOLICITORS LTD (company number 06755416), a private limited company incorporated on 21 November 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 GATESHEAD, the same as the head office.
For a home purchase in Newcastle, this site's verified conveyancing legal fee range is £600 to £1,500 plus VAT, before disbursements such as searches and the Land Registry fee. 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 | A3 Kingfisher House, Kingsway North, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, NE11 0JQ | Gateshead | 0191 495 2896 |
| Branch | Unit 53 The Galleries, Washington Centre, Washington, NE38 7SD | Sunderland | 0191 416 2182 |
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 John Donkin Solicitors LTD reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. Our check on 28 August 2026 did not find a conveyancing price page. Look for a fees page at donkinlaw.co.uk or ask the firm for the figures in writing. Compare against the verified Newcastle band of £600 to £1,500 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
Companies House record
JOHN DONKIN SOLICITORS LTD, company number 06755416, private limited company, incorporated 21 November 2008. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 November 2024 (total exemption full). Registered office town: GATESHEAD. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Haighs Law Firm Limited · Gateshead500 m
- Hutharts Law Firm · Gateshead · residential property800 m
- Lambert Taylor & Gregory Solicitors · Gateshead · residential property3.0 km
- Peter Maughan & Co Limited · Gateshead · residential property3.0 km
- Lambert Taylor & Gregory Solicitors LLP · Gateshead3.0 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.