Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Ashbournes Solicitors Ltd publishes these 20 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:Family lawPrivate clientDispute resolutionEmploymentResidential propertyCrimeImmigrationInternational deskAs listed on the firm's own website, read 16 October 2026. The areas of law further down are what it reported to the SRA.
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Residential sale - fees for properties worth up to £1.5million[1] | £995.00 to £2,500.00 | + VAT |
| Residential purchase - fees for properties worth up to £1.5million[1] | £995.00 to £2,500.00 | + VAT |
| Residential sale or purchase - leasehold supplement for the additional work (additional fee)[1] | £195.00 | + VAT |
| Residential sale, worked example for a typical freehold property sold for £450,000.00 - our fees[1] | £1,400.00 | + VAT |
| Residential purchase, worked example for a typical freehold property bought for £450,000.00 - our fees[1] | £1,400.00 | + VAT |
| Residential sale, purchase and remortgage - our fee for arranging a bank transfer[1] | £45.00 | + VAT |
| Residential purchase with a mortgage from a mainstream lender - further fee for the lender work[1] | £200.00 to £300.00 | + VAT |
| Residential remortgage of a freehold property - fees, depending on the amount being borrowed[1] | £595.00 to £995.00 | + VAT |
| Residential remortgage, worked example for a typical freehold mortgage of £250,000.00[1] | £695.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - initial estimate where the matter is resolved by a short course of correspondence, 2 to 5 hours[2] | £500.00 to £1,500.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - hourly rate, depending on which solicitor deals with the matter[2] | £250.00 to £350.00 per hour | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - fully contested final hearing lasting no longer than one day (barrister fees extra)[2] | £2,000.00 to £10,000.00 | + VAT |
| Employment tribunal - fully contested hearing lasting no longer than 1 day, with no more than 50 pages of documents and a barrister of no more than 5 years experience[3] | £10,000.00 to £15,000.00 | + VAT |
| Employment tribunal - hourly rate[3] | £300.00 to £350.00 per hour | + VAT |
| Licensing applications for business premises - our fees on a paper basis[4] | £750.00 to £1,500.00 | + VAT |
| Licensing applications for business premises - our costs where representation is required[4] | £500.00 to £2,000.00 | + VAT |
| Licensing applications for business premises - hourly rate[4] | £300.00 to £350.00 per hour | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - initial estimate for a standard matter with a guilty plea and plea of mitigation, including the cost of a junior barrister[5] | £700.00 to £1,500.00 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - hourly rate[5] | £300.00 per hour | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - fully contested magistrates court trial lasting no longer than half a day, including the cost of a junior barrister[5] | £1,500.00 to £3,000.00 | + VAT |
From the firm's published price information at these pages, read 16 October 2026:
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 2 (1 branch)
- Branch towns
- Sutton
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 10: Wills and trusts, Employment, Criminal, Immigration, Landlord and tenant, Probate, Residential property, Commercial property, Litigation, Family
- Published conveyancing prices
- Prices published whmatthews.com found 28 August 2026
- Trading names
- W H Matthews & Co
- SRA firms in Westminster
- 454 (150 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Devonshire House, 1 Mayfair Place, London, W1J 8AJDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Westminster | 020 7424 9000 |
| Branch | 11-13 Grove Road, Sutton, SM1 1DSDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | 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. This firm's published conveyancing prices are shown above, read 16 October 2026 from its website. Check the firm's own page at whmatthews.com for any update before instructing it. Compare against the verified London (Central) band of £1,200 to £4,500 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
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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.
Ashbournes Solicitors Ltd in gold at London W1J 8AJ, its 1 other practising office 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.