- SRA number
- 630514
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Authorised since
- 6 July 2016
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 1
- Head office
- Leicester LE1 5RA
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 1: Criminal
- Website (SRA record)
- citycl.co.uk
- Head office phone
- 0116 262 6367
- Companies House status
- Active (08858592, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 23 January 2014
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- City Criminal Lawyers
- Previous names (SRA)
- SDS Legal LTD
- SRA firms in Leicester
- 108 (45 residential property)
City Criminal Lawyers LTD is a recognised body authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since July 2016 and recorded under SRA number 630514. The SRA record lists 1 practising office: the head office at 20 Friar Lane, Leicester, LE1 5RA. It also trades as City Criminal Lawyers. The register carries 1 previous name, most recently SDS Legal LTD. 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 5RA falls within Leicester (East Midlands), where the SRA register lists 108 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 Douglas Wemyss Solicitors LLP (same postcode, Leicester), Dodds Solicitors LLP (same postcode, Leicester), Salhan Dharna Limited (same postcode, Leicester), Agr Law LTD (same postcode, Leicester) and Philip J Hammond & Sons (same postcode, Leicester). 3 of those 5 report residential property work.
Companies House records the firm as CITY CRIMINAL LAWYERS LTD (company number 08858592), a private limited company incorporated on 23 January 2014, 12 years before this snapshot. Its status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026 is "Active". Companies House also lists 1 earlier registered name, most recently SDS LEGAL LTD. The registered office town is LEICESTER, the same as the head office.
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 20 Friar Lane, Leicester, LE1 5RADirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Leicester | 0116 262 6367 |
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
CITY CRIMINAL LAWYERS LTD, company number 08858592, private limited company, incorporated 23 January 2014. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 October 2024 (micro entity). Registered office town: LEICESTER. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
City Criminal Lawyers LTD in gold at Leicester LE1 5RA, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
Outline: Leicester district outline (ONS E06000016).
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Nearest SRA-regulated firms
- Douglas Wemyss Solicitors LLP · Leicester · residential propertysame postcode
- Dodds Solicitors LLP · Leicester · residential propertysame postcode
- Salhan Dharna Limited · Leicestersame postcode
- Agr Law LTD · Leicestersame postcode
- Philip J Hammond & Sons · Leicester · residential propertysame postcode
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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 15 September 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.