- SRA number
- 655797
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 15 January 2019
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 4 (3 branches)
- Head office
- Danbury CM3 4AB
- Branch towns
- Caterham, Purley
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 4: Children, Family, Probate, Wills and trusts
- Website (SRA record)
- ejcoombs.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 01245 221699
- Trading names
- K J Desbottes & Co; E J Coombs Solicitors; Forman Law
- SRA firms in Chelmsford
- 43 (23 residential property)
E J Coombs Solicitors Ltd is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since January 2019 and recorded under SRA number 655797. The SRA record lists 4 practising offices: the head office at Suite One, Danbury, CM3 4AB, plus 3 further offices in Caterham and Purley. It also trades as K J Desbottes & Co, E J Coombs Solicitors and Forman 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 4 areas of law: Children, Family, Probate 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 CM3 4AB 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 MRI Legal LTD (4.6 km, Chelmsford), Gepp & Sons Solicitors LLP (5.1 km, Chelmsford), Stewart Law Solicitors (5.3 km, Maldon), Stanton-Dunne & Co (5.3 km, Chelmsford) and Taylor Haldane Barlex LLP (5.6 km, Chelmsford). 2 of those 5 report residential property work.
The SRA record carries no company registration number for this firm even though its constitution is recorded as incorporated company (limited by shares), so no Companies House record is cross-referenced.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Suite One, Well Lane, Danbury, CM3 4AB | Chelmsford | 01245 221699 |
| Branch | 28 Westway, Caterham, CR3 5TP | Tandridge | 01883 343460 |
| Branch | Palmerston House, 814 Brighton Road, Purley, CR8 2BR | Croydon | 020 8655 8482 |
| Branch | Palmerston House, 814 Brighton Road, Purley, CR8 2BR | Croydon | 020 8655 8482 |
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.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- MRI Legal LTD · Chelmsford4.6 km
- Gepp & Sons Solicitors LLP · Chelmsford · residential property5.1 km
- Stewart Law Solicitors · Maldon5.3 km
- Stanton-Dunne & Co · Chelmsford5.3 km
- Taylor Haldane Barlex LLP · Chelmsford · residential property5.6 km
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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.