Backhouse Solicitors LTD

SRA number

533174

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

Chelmsford CM1 1JU

Branch towns

Leigh-on-Sea

Areas of law reported to the SRA

9: Commercial property, Probate, Employment, Non-litigation, Family, Litigation, Corporate (non-listed), Residential property, Wills and trusts

Website (SRA record)

backhouse-solicitors.co.uk

Head office phone

01245 893400

Companies House status

Active (06990670, file 1 May 2026)

Incorporated

14 August 2009

Company type

Private Limited Company

SRA firms in Chelmsford

43 (23 residential property)

Backhouse Solicitors LTD is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 533174. The SRA record lists 2 practising offices: the head office at 17 Duke Street, Chelmsford, CM1 1JU, plus 1 further office in Leigh-on-Sea. 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 9 areas of law: Commercial property, Probate, Employment, Non-litigation, Family, Litigation, Corporate (non-listed), Residential property 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, backhouse-solicitors.co.uk, where its fees page has not yet been checked by this site.

The head office postcode CM1 1JU falls within Chelmsford (East of England), where the SRA register lists 43 authorised firms with a practising office, 23 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Leonard Gray LLP (same postcode, Chelmsford), Marlborough House Partners LLP (100 m, Chelmsford), Essex Family Law (100 m, Chelmsford), Gadsby Wicks (600 m, Chelmsford) and Liddell and Company (600 m, Chelmsford). 1 of those 5 reports residential property work.

Companies House records the firm as BACKHOUSE SOLICITORS LIMITED (company number 06990670), a private limited company incorporated on 14 August 2009, 17 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is CHELMSFORD, 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

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

BACKHOUSE SOLICITORS LIMITED, company number 06990670, private limited company, incorporated 14 August 2009. 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: CHELMSFORD. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.

Nearest SRA-regulated firms

• Leonard Gray LLP · Chelmsford · residential propertysame postcode
• Marlborough House Partners LLP · Chelmsford100 m
• Essex Family Law · Chelmsford100 m
• Gadsby Wicks · Chelmsford600 m
• Liddell and Company · Chelmsford600 m