- SRA number
- 541193
- 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
- Ashton-Under-Lyne OL6 7SA
- Branch towns
- Oldham
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 1: Criminal
- Website (SRA record)
- yatesardern.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 0161 330 3332
- Companies House status
- Active (07260268, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 20 May 2010
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- Educarers; Business Defence Solutions; Road Traffic Defence Law
- SRA firms in Tameside
- 22 (13 residential property)
Yates Ardern Limited is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 541193. The SRA record lists 2 practising offices: the head office at 131-133 Old Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 7SA, plus 1 further office in Oldham. It also trades as Educarers, Business Defence Solutions and Road Traffic Defence Law. 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 OL6 7SA falls within Tameside (North West), where the SRA register lists 22 authorised firms with a practising office, 13 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Lord Cox & Salt LLP (same postcode, Ashton-Under-Lyne), Dwyers Solicitors (200 m, Ashton-Under-Lyne), Howard Bernstein Solicitors Limited (300 m, Ashton-under-Lyne), Bromleys Solicitors LLP (400 m, Ashton-Under-Lyne) and Rupert Wood and Son Limited (400 m, Ashton-under-Lyne). 3 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as YATES ARDERN LIMITED (company number 07260268), a private limited company incorporated on 20 May 2010, 16 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 131-133 Old Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 7SA | Tameside | 0161 330 3332 |
| Branch | Unit 411 Chambers Business Cen, Chapel Road, Oldham, OL8 4QQ | Oldham | 0161 287 3331 |
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
YATES ARDERN LIMITED, company number 07260268, private limited company, incorporated 20 May 2010. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 June 2024 (total exemption full). Registered office town: ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Lord Cox & Salt LLP · Ashton-Under-Lynesame postcode
- Dwyers Solicitors · Ashton-Under-Lyne · residential property200 m
- Howard Bernstein Solicitors Limited · Ashton-under-Lyne300 m
- Bromleys Solicitors LLP · Ashton-Under-Lyne · residential property400 m
- Rupert Wood and Son Limited · Ashton-under-Lyne · 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.