Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Ware & Kay Solicitors LTD publishes these 19 prices on its own website. The figures below are copied as the firm prints them. For your own matter, ask the firm for a written quote that includes disbursements.
What the firm offers:Residential propertyProbateEmployment tribunalsAs listed on the firm's own website, read 19 October 2026. The areas of law further down are what it reported to the SRA.
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Administration charge if a prospective client does not proceed after the affirmation email[1] | £50 | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Up to £250,000 | £750.00 - £1,400.00 | + VAT |
| £250,001 - £500,000 | £1,150.00 - £1,850.00 | + VAT |
| £500,001 - £1 million | £1,600.00 - £4,000.00 | + VAT |
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Residential conveyancing - leasehold properties[2] | £450.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - expedition fee if completed within 28 days[2] | £250.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - re-mortgage[2] | £650.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - council house purchase[2] | £750.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - bank telegraphic transfer fee[2] | £40.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - BACS transfer fee[2] | £30.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - administration charge for regulatory and ID check[2] | £75.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - SDCT check fee[2] | £46.25 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - worked example, purchase at £250,000 with a mortgage, firm fee[2] | £1,200.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - worked example, dealing with a mortgage[2] | £95.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - worked example, sale at £250,000 with a mortgage to repay, firm fee[2] | £1,050.00 | + VAT |
| Probate - estate administration, anticipated costs as a share of the estate value[3] | 1% to 3% | VAT not stated |
| Probate - application for the grant only[3] | £750 to £1,750 | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Under £5,000 | £420 | + VAT |
| From £5,000 to £9,999.00 | £630 | + VAT |
| Over £10,000 | £750 | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Under £5,000 | £590 | + VAT |
| From £5,000 to £9,999.00 | £700 | + VAT |
| Over £10,000 | £800 | + VAT |
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Debt recovery second stage - request for judgment[4] | £150 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - identity verification fee for a new client[4] | £15 | + VAT |
From the firm's published price information at these pages, read 19 October 2026:
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 3 (2 branches)
- Branch towns
- Malton, Wetherby
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 9: Corporate (non-listed), Litigation, Employment, Probate, Family, Wills and trusts, Residential property, Commercial property, Non-litigation
- Companies House status
- Active (08842594, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 13 January 2014
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- Ware & Kay
- SRA firms in York
- 59 (27 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Sentinel House, Peasholme Green, York, YO1 7PPDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | York | 01904 716000 |
| Branch | 2 Market Street, Malton, YO17 7ASDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | North Yorkshire | 01653 692247 |
| Branch | 3 Wharfe Mews, Cliffe Terrace, Wetherby, LS22 6LXDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Leeds | 01937 583210 |
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 Ware & Kay Solicitors LTD reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. This firm's published conveyancing prices are shown above, read 19 October 2026 from its website. Check the firm's own page at warekay.co.uk for any update before instructing it. Compare against the national average of £1,575 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
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Companies House record
WARE & KAY SOLICITORS LTD, company number 08842594, private limited company, incorporated 13 January 2014. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 March 2025 (total exemption full). Registered office town: YORK. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Ware & Kay Solicitors LTD in gold at York YO1 7PP, its 2 other practising offices in navy, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
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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 3 November 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.