- SRA number
- 838723
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 25 March 2022
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 3 (2 branches)
- Head office
- London W1J 8AJ
- Branch towns
- London, Sutton
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 10: Landlord and tenant, Employment, Residential property, Criminal, Probate, Wills and trusts, Commercial property, Immigration, Litigation, Family
- Website (SRA record)
- whmatthews.com
- Published conveyancing prices
- whmatthews.com found 28 August 2026
- Publishes conveyancing prices
- Yes, on its website, found 28 August 2026
- Head office phone
- 020 7424 9000
- Trading names
- W H Matthews & Co
- SRA firms in Westminster
- 446 (142 residential property)
Ashbournes Solicitors Ltd is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since March 2022 and recorded under SRA number 838723. The SRA record lists 3 practising offices: the head office at Devonshire House, London, W1J 8AJ, plus 2 further offices in London and Sutton. It also trades as W H Matthews & Co. 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 10 areas of law: Landlord and tenant, Employment, Residential property, Criminal, Probate, Wills and trusts, Commercial property, Immigration, Litigation and Family. Because residential property is among them, the SRA Transparency Rules require the firm to publish its conveyancing prices on its own website; a conveyancing price page was found at whmatthews.com on 28 August 2026.
The head office postcode W1J 8AJ falls within Westminster (London), where the SRA register lists 446 authorised firms with a practising office, 142 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Sabeers Stone Greene LLP (same postcode, London), Baker Stirling Legal Services LTD (same postcode, London), Frei Solicitors Ltd (same postcode, London), Egan Meyer Limited (same postcode, London) and Velvet Law Limited (same postcode, London). 1 of those 5 reports residential property work.
The SRA record carries company registration number 13876197, which did not match a live entry in the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026; the number may be mistyped in the register or belong to a dissolved company.
For a home purchase in London (Central), this site's verified conveyancing legal fee range is £1,200 to £4,500 plus VAT, before disbursements such as searches and the Land Registry fee. 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 | Devonshire House, 1 Mayfair Place, London, W1J 8AJ | Westminster | 020 7424 9000 |
| Branch | 109 Old Street, London, EC1V 9JR | Islington | 020 7251 4942 |
| Branch | 11-13 Grove Road, Sutton, SM1 1DS | Sutton | 020 8642 6677 |
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 Ashbournes Solicitors Ltd reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. Read them at whmatthews.com (conveyancing price page located 28 August 2026). Compare against the verified London (Central) band of £1,200 to £4,500 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Sabeers Stone Greene LLP · London · residential propertysame postcode
- Baker Stirling Legal Services LTD · Londonsame postcode
- Frei Solicitors Ltd · Londonsame postcode
- Egan Meyer Limited · Londonsame postcode
- Velvet Law Limited · Londonsame postcode
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.