- SRA number
- 570342
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 11 December 2012
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 3 (2 branches)
- Head office
- St. Austell PL25 4EJ
- Branch towns
- Newquay, Truro
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 8: Corporate (non-listed), Wills and trusts, Litigation, Residential property, Family, Landlord and tenant, Commercial property, Probate
- Website (SRA record)
- charlesfrench.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 01726 67660
- Trading names
- Charles French Solicitors
- SRA firms in Cornwall
- 68 (41 residential property)
Charles French Solicitors LTD is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since December 2012 and recorded under SRA number 570342. The SRA record lists 3 practising offices: the head office at Unit 1 Bayview House, St. Austell, PL25 4EJ, plus 2 further offices in Newquay and Truro. It also trades as Charles French 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 8 areas of law: Corporate (non-listed), Wills and trusts, Litigation, Residential property, Family, Landlord and tenant, Commercial property and Probate. Because residential property is among them, the SRA Transparency Rules require the firm to publish its conveyancing prices on its own website, charlesfrench.co.uk, where its fees page has not yet been checked by this site.
The head office postcode PL25 4EJ falls within Cornwall (South West), where the SRA register lists 68 authorised firms with a practising office, 41 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Brains Solicitors (2.7 km, St. Austell), Cornwall Defence Solicitors LLP (7.9 km, St. Austell), A P Bassett Solicitors (9.6 km, Lostwithiel), Baileys Law LLP (12.4 km, Bodmin) and Baileys Law Legal Services LTD (12.5 km, Cornwall). 2 of those 5 report residential property work.
The SRA record carries company registration number 815789, which did not match a live entry in the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026; the number may be mistyped in the register or belong to a dissolved company.
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
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Unit 1 Bayview House, St. Austell Enterprise Park, Treverbyn Road, Carclaze, St. Austell, PL25 4EJ | Cornwall | 01726 67660 |
| Branch | 25 Cliff Road, Newquay, TR7 2NE | Cornwall | 01637 818415 |
| Branch | Quayside House, Newham Road, Truro, TR1 2DP | Cornwall | 01872 263813 |
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 Charles French Solicitors LTD reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. Look for a fees page at charlesfrench.co.uk or ask the firm for the figures in writing. Compare against the national average of £1,575 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Brains Solicitors · St. Austell · residential property2.7 km
- Cornwall Defence Solicitors LLP · St. Austell7.9 km
- A P Bassett Solicitors · Lostwithiel · residential property9.6 km
- Baileys Law LLP · Bodmin12.4 km
- Baileys Law Legal Services LTD · Cornwall12.5 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.