- SRA number
- 837062
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 22 March 2022
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Leicester LE1 6TE
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 1: Criminal
- Website (SRA record)
- sandscrime.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 07850 019615
- Companies House status
- Active (13729837, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 8 November 2021
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- SRA firms in Leicester
- 109 (45 residential property)
Sands Criminal Defence Ltd is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since March 2022 and recorded under SRA number 837062. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at First Floor, Leicester, LE1 6TE. 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 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 LE1 6TE falls within Leicester (East Midlands), where the SRA register lists 109 authorised firms with a practising office, 45 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Hollingsworths Solicitors Limited (same postcode, Leicester), K4 Law Limited (same postcode, Leicester), Sahota and Sahota Limited (same postcode, Leicester), Alawco Limited (same postcode, Leicester) and Klarks Law LTD (100 m, Leicester). 1 of those 5 reports residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as SANDS CRIMINAL DEFENCE LTD (company number 13729837), a private limited company incorporated on 8 November 2021, 4 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is LEICESTER, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | First Floor, 19 New Walk, Leicester, LE1 6TE | Leicester | 07850 019615 |
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
SANDS CRIMINAL DEFENCE LTD, company number 13729837, private limited company, incorporated 8 November 2021. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 November 2024 (micro entity). Registered office town: LEICESTER. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Hollingsworths Solicitors Limited · Leicestersame postcode
- K4 Law Limited · Leicester · residential propertysame postcode
- Sahota and Sahota Limited · Leicestersame postcode
- Alawco Limited · Leicestersame postcode
- Klarks Law LTD · Leicester100 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.