- SRA number
- 518972
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Portsmouth PO6 2SN
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 1: Criminal
- Website (SRA record)
- wessexsolicitors.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 023 9238 1114
- Companies House status
- Active (03159571, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 15 February 1996
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- Wessex Solicitors
- SRA firms in Portsmouth
- 22 (16 residential property)
Wessex Solicitors Chambers Limited is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 518972. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at 4 Highbury Buildings, Portsmouth, PO6 2SN. It also trades as Wessex Solicitors. 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: Criminal. 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 PO6 2SN falls within Portsmouth (South East), where the SRA register lists 22 authorised firms with a practising office, 16 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Biscoes Legal Services Limited (2.4 km, Portsmouth), Denton Property Law Limited (2.4 km, Portsmouth), Larcomes Legal Limited (2.5 km, Portsmouth), Andrew & Andrew Solicitors Limited (3.2 km, Portsmouth) and Cedar Law Limited (4.1 km, Portsmouth). 5 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as WESSEX SOLICITORS CHAMBERS LIMITED (company number 03159571), a private limited company incorporated on 15 February 1996, 30 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is COSHAM, which differs from the practising head office town.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 4 Highbury Buildings, Portsmouth Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 2SN | Portsmouth | 023 9238 1114 |
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
WESSEX SOLICITORS CHAMBERS LIMITED, company number 03159571, private limited company, incorporated 15 February 1996. 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: COSHAM. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Biscoes Legal Services Limited · Portsmouth · residential property2.4 km
- Denton Property Law Limited · Portsmouth · residential property2.4 km
- Larcomes Legal Limited · Portsmouth · residential property2.5 km
- Andrew & Andrew Solicitors Limited · Portsmouth · residential property3.2 km
- Cedar Law Limited · Portsmouth · residential property4.1 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.