- SRA number
- 8003768
- Authorisation
- Licensed body (ABS)
- Authorised since
- 10 July 2026
- Organisation type
- Licensed body (alternative business structure), authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 4 (3 branches)
- Head office
- Taunton TA1 4AS
- Branch towns
- Taunton, Langport
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 1: Criminal
- Website (SRA record)
- bannisterandco.uk
- Head office phone
- 01935 433133
- Companies House status
- Active (OC444095, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 2 October 2022
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- SRA firms in Somerset
- 79 (44 residential property)
Bannisters Criminal and Motoring Lawyers LLP is a licensed body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since July 2026 and recorded under SRA number 8003768. The SRA record lists 4 practising offices: the head office at 1 Chartfield House, Taunton, TA1 4AS, plus 3 further offices in Taunton and Langport. Its constitution is recorded as limited liability partnership.
In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 1 area of law: Criminal. 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 TA1 4AS falls within Somerset (South West), where the SRA register lists 79 authorised firms with a practising office, 44 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Taunton Solicitors (same postcode, Taunton), Boyce & Co Criminal and Motoring Solicitors (300 m, Taunton), Oerton Simm (500 m, Taunton), Squire Biggs Law Limited (500 m, Taunton) and Harris Fowler Limited (700 m, Taunton). 1 of those 5 reports residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as BANNISTERS CRIMINAL AND MOTORING LAWYERS LLP (company number OC444095), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 2 October 2022, 3 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 BANNISTERS (SW) LLP. The registered office town is TAUNTON, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 1 Chartfield House, Castle Street, Taunton, TA1 4AS | Somerset | 01935 433133 |
| Branch | 1 Chartfield House, Castle Street, Taunton, TA1 4AS | Somerset | 01823 785935 |
| Branch | outside England and Wales | 01935 433133 | |
| Branch | Flat 3, Bank Chambers, Cheapside, Langport, TA10 9PD | Somerset | 01935 433133 |
| Registered office | 1 Chartfield House, Castle Street, Taunton, TA1 4AS | 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
BANNISTERS CRIMINAL AND MOTORING LAWYERS LLP, company number OC444095, limited liability partnership, incorporated 2 October 2022. 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: TAUNTON. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Taunton Solicitors · Taunton · residential propertysame postcode
- Boyce & Co Criminal and Motoring Solicitors · Taunton300 m
- Oerton Simm · Taunton500 m
- Squire Biggs Law Limited · Taunton500 m
- Harris Fowler Limited · Taunton700 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.