- SRA number
- 75642
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 1 November 2011
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Partnership
- Practising offices
- 4 (3 branches)
- Head office
- Bolton BL1 6BL
- Branch towns
- Bolton, Bury
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 4: Commercial property, Probate, Wills and trusts, Residential property
- Website (SRA record)
- windertaylor.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 01204 389908
- Trading names
- Derek Smith & Co
- Previous names (SRA)
- Winder Taylor Fallows
- SRA firms in Bolton
- 91 (24 residential property)
Winder Taylor Smith is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 75642. The SRA record lists 4 practising offices: the head office at Designa House,569 Chorley Old Road, Bolton, BL1 6BL, plus 3 further offices in Bolton and Bury. It also trades as Derek Smith & Co. The register carries 1 previous name, most recently Winder Taylor Fallows. Its constitution is recorded as partnership.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 4 areas of law: Commercial property, Probate, Wills and trusts and Residential property. Because residential property is among them, the SRA Transparency Rules require the firm to publish its conveyancing prices on its own website, windertaylor.co.uk, where its fees page has not yet been checked by this site.
The head office postcode BL1 6BL falls within Bolton (North West), where the SRA register lists 91 authorised firms with a practising office, 24 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are PR Legal Consultants (UK) Limited (800 m, Bolton), Lansdale & Holdsworth Solicitors LLP (800 m, Bolton), Cain and Cochran Solicitors Limited (1.0 km, Bolton), Carrs Solicitors Limited (1.1 km, Bolton) and Parkview Solicitors LTD (1.2 km, Bolton). 0 of those 5 report residential property work.
The SRA records the firm's constitution as partnership, a structure with no Companies House registration, so there is no company record to cross-reference; the SRA authorisation record is the only public register entry for the firm.
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 | Designa House,569 Chorley Old Road, Bolton, BL1 6BL | Bolton | 01204 389908 |
| Branch | 139 Church Street, Horwich, Bolton, BL6 7BR | Bolton | 01204 697467 |
| Branch | 138 Bolton Road West, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 9PD | Bury | 01706 829750 |
| Branch | Harley House, 568 Chorley Old Road, Bolton, BL1 6AB | Bolton | 01204 498970 |
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 Winder Taylor Smith 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 windertaylor.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
- PR Legal Consultants (UK) Limited · Bolton800 m
- Lansdale & Holdsworth Solicitors LLP · Bolton800 m
- Cain and Cochran Solicitors Limited · Bolton1.0 km
- Carrs Solicitors Limited · Bolton1.1 km
- Parkview Solicitors LTD · Bolton1.2 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.