Holmes & Hills LLP

SRA number

534489

Authorisation

Recognised body

Authorised since

1 November 2011

Organisation type

Recognised body, authorised

Constitution

Limited liability partnership

Practising offices

7 (6 branches)

Head office

Colchester CO6 1ED

Branch towns

Halstead, Sudbury, Colchester, Tiptree, Braintree, Witham

Areas of law reported to the SRA

13: Planning, Employment, Probate, Commercial property, ADR, Wills and trusts, Children, Litigation, Residential property, Family, Corporate (non-listed), Landlord and tenant, Personal Injury

Website (SRA record)

holmes-hills.co.uk

Head office phone

01206 593933

Companies House status

Active (OC352397, file 1 May 2026)

Incorporated

17 February 2010

Company type

Limited Liability Partnership

Trading names

Blackwater Law

SRA firms in Colchester

35 (20 residential property)

Holmes & Hills LLP is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since November 2011 and recorded under SRA number 534489. The SRA record lists 7 practising offices: the head office at A12 Commercial Hub, Colchester, CO6 1ED, plus 6 further offices in Halstead, Sudbury, Colchester, Tiptree, Braintree and Witham. It also trades as Blackwater Law. Its constitution is recorded as limited liability partnership.

In its most recent annual return the firm told the SRA it delivered work in 13 areas of law: Planning, Employment, Probate, Commercial property, ADR, Wills and trusts, Children, Litigation, Residential property, Family, Corporate (non-listed), Landlord and tenant and Personal Injury. Because residential property is among them, the SRA Transparency Rules require the firm to publish its conveyancing prices on its own website, holmes-hills.co.uk, where its fees page has not yet been checked by this site.

The head office postcode CO6 1ED falls within Colchester (East of England), where the SRA register lists 35 authorised firms with a practising office, 20 of them reporting residential property work. The nearest other SRA-regulated firms by straight-line distance from the head office are Ellisons Legal LLP (7.5 km, Colchester), Fiona M Ashworth Limited (7.5 km, Colchester), Mary Anne Fedeyko Limited (7.5 km, Colchester), Jolyon Berry Limited (7.5 km, Colchester) and Nick Mayles Limited (7.5 km, Colchester). 3 of those 5 report residential property work.

Companies House records the firm as HOLMES & HILLS LLP (company number OC352397), a limited liability partnership incorporated on 17 February 2010, 16 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". The registered office town is COLCHESTER, 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

HOLMES & HILLS LLP, company number OC352397, limited liability partnership, incorporated 17 February 2010. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 April 2025 (full). Registered office town: COLCHESTER. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.