- SRA number
- 614947
- Authorisation
- Licensed body (ABS)
- Authorised since
- 1 December 2014
- Organisation type
- Licensed body (alternative business structure), authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 6 (5 branches)
- Head office
- London SE1 2AF
- Branch towns
- Belfast, London, Reading, Manchester, Glasgow
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 6: Corporate (non-listed), Employment, Immigration, ADR, Litigation, Corporate (listed)
- Website (SRA record)
- ey.com
- Head office phone
- 020 7951 2000
- Companies House status
- Active (OC300001, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 6 April 2001
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Previous names (SRA)
- Centaurus
- SRA firms in Southwark
- 104 (28 residential property)
Ernst & Young LLP is a licensed body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since December 2014 and recorded under SRA number 614947. The SRA record lists 6 practising offices: the head office at 1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF, plus 5 further offices in Belfast, London, Reading, Manchester and Glasgow. The register carries 1 previous name, most recently Centaurus. Its constitution is recorded as limited liability partnership.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 6 areas of law: Corporate (non-listed), Employment, Immigration, ADR, Litigation and Corporate (listed). 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 SE1 2AF falls within Southwark (London), where the SRA register lists 104 authorised firms with a practising office, 28 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP (100 m, London), Gowling WLG Trust Corporation Limited (100 m, London), Womble Bond Dickinson (Trust Corporation) Limited (100 m, London), Gowling WLG (UK) LLP (100 m, London) and Womble Bond Dickinson (Europe) LLP (100 m, London). 1 of those 5 reports residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as ERNST & YOUNG LLP (company number OC300001), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 6 April 2001, 25 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active".
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF | Southwark | 020 7951 2000 |
| Branch | Bedford House, 16-22 Bedford Street, Belfast, BT2 7DT (Northern Ireland) | outside England and Wales | |
| Branch | 25 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5EY | Tower Hamlets | |
| Branch | Apex Plaza, Forbury Road, Reading, RG1 1YE | Reading | |
| Branch | 2 St Peter's Square, Manchester, M2 5PD | Manchester | |
| Branch | G1 Building, 5 George Square, Glasgow, G2 1DY (Scotland) | outside England and Wales | 0141 226 9000 |
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
ERNST & YOUNG LLP, company number OC300001, limited liability partnership, incorporated 6 April 2001. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 27 June 2025 (group). Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP · London · residential property100 m
- Gowling WLG Trust Corporation Limited · London100 m
- Womble Bond Dickinson (Trust Corporation) Limited · London100 m
- Gowling WLG (UK) LLP · London100 m
- Womble Bond Dickinson (Europe) LLP · London100 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.