- SRA number
- 571131
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 20 December 2012
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 3 (2 branches)
- Head office
- Wilmslow SK9 3ER
- Branch towns
- Barnsley, Wilmslow
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 5: Criminal, Probate, Family, Personal Injury, Wills and trusts
- Website (SRA record)
- prhs.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 01625 461020
- Companies House status
- Active (08185212, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 20 August 2012
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- PRHS; Gifford Cairns Solicitors; Philip and Robert Howard Solicitors Limited
- Previous names (SRA)
- Philip and Robert Howard
- SRA firms in Cheshire East
- 94 (43 residential property)
Philip & Robert Howard Solicitors Limited is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since December 2012 and recorded under SRA number 571131. The SRA record lists 3 practising offices: the head office at 113 Wilmslow Road, Wilmslow, SK9 3ER, plus 2 further offices in Barnsley and Wilmslow. It also trades as PRHS, Gifford Cairns Solicitors and Philip and Robert Howard Solicitors Limited. The register carries 1 previous name, most recently Philip and Robert Howard. 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 5 areas of law: Criminal, Probate, Family, Personal Injury and Wills and trusts. 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 SK9 3ER falls within Cheshire East (North West), where the SRA register lists 94 authorised firms with a practising office, 43 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Jackson Barrett & Gass LTD (100 m, Handforth), Berry & Killilea LTD (1.3 km, Cheadle), Ask Legal Solicitors Limited (1.3 km, Cheadle), Chafes Hague Lambert LLP (2.4 km, Wilmslow) and Sinclair Hughes Limited (2.5 km, Wilmslow). 2 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as PHILIP & ROBERT HOWARD SOLICITORS LIMITED (company number 08185212), a private limited company incorporated on 20 August 2012, 14 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is WILMSLOW, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 113 Wilmslow Road, Handforth, Wilmslow, SK9 3ER | Cheshire East | 01625 461020 |
| Branch | 181 Pontefract Road, Cudworth, Barnsley, S72 8AE | Barnsley | 01226 780840 |
| Branch | 113 Wilmslow Road, Handforth, Wilmslow, SK9 3ER | Cheshire East | 01625 461020 |
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
PHILIP & ROBERT HOWARD SOLICITORS LIMITED, company number 08185212, private limited company, incorporated 20 August 2012. 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: WILMSLOW. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Jackson Barrett & Gass LTD · Handforth · residential property100 m
- Berry & Killilea LTD · Cheadle1.3 km
- Ask Legal Solicitors Limited · Cheadle1.3 km
- Chafes Hague Lambert LLP · Wilmslow · residential property2.4 km
- Sinclair Hughes Limited · Wilmslow2.5 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.