- SRA number
- 828161
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 10 March 2022
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Bournemouth BH8 8GS
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 1: Criminal
- Website (SRA record)
- mpsdefence.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 01202 901791
- Companies House status
- Active (OC436124, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 18 March 2021
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Trading names
- MPS Defence
- SRA firms in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- 56 (33 residential property)
McGhee Price-Smith LLP is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since March 2022 and recorded under SRA number 828161. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at Oxford Point, Bournemouth, BH8 8GS. It also trades as MPS Defence. 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 BH8 8GS falls within Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (South West), where the SRA register lists 56 authorised firms with a practising office, 33 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are The Mental Health Practice (same postcode, Bournemouth), Lester Aldridge Trust Corporation Limited (100 m, Bournemouth), Lester Aldridge LLP (100 m, Bournemouth), Aldridge Brownlee Solicitors LLP (300 m, Bournemouth) and Hill Twine Solicitors LTD (400 m, Bournemouth). 2 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as MCGHEE PRICE-SMITH LLP (company number OC436124), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 18 March 2021, 5 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is BOURNEMOUTH, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Oxford Point, 19 Oxford Road, Bournemouth, BH8 8GS | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 01202 901791 |
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
MCGHEE PRICE-SMITH LLP, company number OC436124, limited liability partnership, incorporated 18 March 2021. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 March 2025 (micro entity). Registered office town: BOURNEMOUTH. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- The Mental Health Practice · Bournemouthsame postcode
- Lester Aldridge Trust Corporation Limited · Bournemouth100 m
- Lester Aldridge LLP · Bournemouth · residential property100 m
- Aldridge Brownlee Solicitors LLP · Bournemouth · residential property300 m
- Hill Twine Solicitors LTD · Bournemouth400 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.