- SRA number
- 8000811
- Authorisation
- Licensed body (ABS)
- Authorised since
- 1 July 2022
- Organisation type
- Licensed body (alternative business structure), authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 5 (4 branches)
- Head office
- London EC4Y 8EN
- Branch towns
- Southampton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Manchester, Harrogate
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 8: Non-litigation, Probate, Criminal, Landlord and tenant, Litigation, Employment, Commercial property, Corporate (non-listed)
- Website (SRA record)
- hempsons.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 0161 228 0011
- Companies House status
- Active (OC441646, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 24 March 2022
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Trading names
- Hempsons
- SRA firms in City of London
- 754 (178 residential property)
Hempsons LLP is a licensed body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since July 2022 and recorded under SRA number 8000811. The SRA record lists 5 practising offices: the head office at Third Floor, London, EC4Y 8EN, plus 4 further offices in Southampton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Manchester and Harrogate. It also trades as Hempsons. Its constitution is recorded as limited liability partnership.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 8 areas of law: Non-litigation, Probate, Criminal, Landlord and tenant, Litigation, Employment, Commercial property and Corporate (non-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 EC4Y 8EN falls within City of London (London), where the SRA register lists 754 authorised firms with a practising office, 178 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Enyo Law LLP (100 m, London), Riverside Legal Services Limited (100 m, London), Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (100 m, London), Slig Law LLP (100 m, London) and James Smith (Planning Law Services) Limited (100 m, London). 2 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as HEMPSONS LLP (company number OC441646), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 24 March 2022, 4 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". Companies House also lists 1 earlier registered name, most recently HEMPSONS LAWYERS LLP. The registered office town is LONDON, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Third Floor, 3 Dorset Rise, London, EC4Y 8EN | City of London | |
| Branch | White Building, 1-4 Cumberland Place, Southampton, SO15 2NP | Southampton | |
| Branch | 2 St. James Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4AD | Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| Branch | Windmill Green, 24 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 3NX | Manchester | 0161 228 0011 |
| Branch | The Exchange, Station Parade, Harrogate, HG1 1DY | North Yorkshire | |
| Registered office | Third Floor, 3 Dorset Rise, London, EC4Y 8EN | not a practising office |
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
HEMPSONS LLP, company number OC441646, limited liability partnership, incorporated 24 March 2022. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 June 2025 (full). Registered office town: LONDON. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Enyo Law LLP · London100 m
- Riverside Legal Services Limited · London · residential property100 m
- Debevoise & Plimpton LLP · London100 m
- Slig Law LLP · London · residential property100 m
- James Smith (Planning Law Services) Limited · 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.