Birketts LLP

SRA number

441849

Authorisation

Recognised body

Authorised since

1 November 2011

Organisation type

Recognised body, authorised

Constitution

Limited liability partnership

Practising offices

7 (6 branches)

Head office

Ipswich IP1 1QJ

Branch towns

Norwich, Chelmsford, Cambridge, London, Sevenoaks, Bristol

Areas of law reported to the SRA

15: Planning, Family, Children, Social Welfare, Probate, Landlord and tenant, Employment, Commercial property, Litigation, Criminal, Wills and trusts, Residential property, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Corporate (non-listed)

Website (SRA record)

birketts.co.uk

Published conveyancing prices

Prices published birketts.co.uk found 28 August 2026

Publishes conveyancing prices

Yes, on its website, found 28 August 2026

Head office phone

01473 232300

Companies House status

Active (OC317545, file 1 May 2026)

Incorporated

31 January 2006

Company type

Limited Liability Partnership

SRA firms in Ipswich

31 (17 residential property)

Birketts LLP is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 441849. The SRA record lists 7 practising offices: the head office at Providence House, Ipswich, IP1 1QJ, plus 6 further offices in Norwich, Chelmsford, Cambridge, London, Sevenoaks and Bristol. Its constitution is recorded as limited liability partnership.

In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 15 areas of law: Planning, Family, Children, Social Welfare, Probate, Landlord and tenant, Employment, Commercial property, Litigation, Criminal, Wills and trusts, Residential property, Immigration, Intellectual Property and Corporate (non-listed). 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 birketts.co.uk on 28 August 2026.

The head office postcode IP1 1QJ falls within Ipswich (East of England), where the SRA register lists 31 authorised firms with a practising office, 17 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Hullock & Co Solicitors (400 m, Ipswich), BSA Group Legal Services Ltd (400 m, Ipswich), Attwells Solicitors LLP (400 m, Ipswich), Prettys Solicitors LLP (400 m, Ipswich) and Clements Solicitors Limited (500 m, Ipswich). 2 of those 5 report residential property work.

Companies House records the firm as BIRKETTS LLP (company number OC317545), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 31 January 2006, 20 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is IPSWICH, the same as the head office.

Across England and Wales this site's verified conveyancing legal fee for a purchase averages £1,575 (range £1,200 to £2,500) plus VAT, before disbursements. Read the firm's published prices against that band rather than the headline figure alone.

Offices on the SRA record

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

BIRKETTS LLP, company number OC317545, limited liability partnership, incorporated 31 January 2006. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 March 2025 (group). Registered office town: IPSWICH. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.