Flint Bishop

What Flint Bishop does

Flint Bishop is a UK Top 200 full-service law firm headquartered in Derby, operating across six offices (Derby, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, York, and Swansea) with 452 employees as of April 2026. The firm delivers legal services across 22 practice areas spanning personal work (family, residential conveyancing, wills/probate, criminal defence, motoring offences) and business work (corporate and finance, commercial property, employment, dispute resolution, intellectual property, regulatory and corporate defence, financial and business crime, insurance litigation, and business recovery and insolvency). It serves a diversified client base that includes private individuals, SMEs, family-run businesses, PLCs, government agencies, and public sector bodies, with an additional specialist focus on insurers and self-insurers for defendant insurance litigation and counter-fraud work. Named clients include Heineken, Marston's PLC, and various government agencies.

The firm's core technology is a bespoke case management system configured to client-specific processes and philosophy, capturing detailed management information on medical experts, injury types, and claims data, supported by intelligence agency partnerships used for counter-fraud investigation. Service delivery is relationship-based through regional offices plus an SRA-compliant online pricing portal for standardised matters (residential conveyancing, employment tribunals, licensing, road traffic offences, administration of estates, B2B debt recovery). Sub-brands FB Costs (litigation costs management) and FB Training operate alongside the main practice.

Flint Bishop's revenue model combines fixed fees, hourly rates, and fixed-plus-contingency arrangements across practice areas. Reported revenue was £43m for the year to 30 April 2026 (up from £20.7m in 2024), with the firm targeting exceeding £50m for FY27. Growth has been driven by acquisition, notably the November 2025 purchase of Lupton Fawcett which added three Yorkshire offices and took headcount past 420, supplemented by lateral partner hires across Insurance Litigation, Finance Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, and Regulatory Defence. The firm operates without external debt as a privately held limited company (Flint Bishop Limited, Reg No: 05991683).

Name

Flint Bishop

Legal name

Flint Bishop Limited

Website

https://flintbishop.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1925

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Flint Bishop is a UK Top 200 full-service law firm based in Derby, employing 452 staff across six offices in England and Wales, serving individuals, SMEs, PLCs, insurers, and government through 22 practice areas, with £43m in FY26 revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Trust & Estate Dispute Resolution & Fiduciary Litigation Support (FSAEAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Guardianship, Conservatorship & Special Needs Trust Services (FSAEAKAG)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Insurance litigation
• Corporate law
• Residential conveyancing
• Regulatory defence

Headquarters

HQ city

Derby

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: Flint Bishop generates revenue through professional legal service fees across personal and business service lines, including fixed fees for residential conveyancing and licensing, hourly rates for employment tribunals and debt recovery, and contingency/fixed fee arrangements for insurance litigation

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Flint Bishop is a UK Top 200 law firm providing comprehensive legal services across 22 service areas for both private individuals and businesses. Core offerings include insurance litigation and counter-fraud, corporate and finance transactions, employment law, commercial property, residential conveyancing, family law, criminal defence, regulatory and corporate defence, intellectual property, dispute resolution, wills/probate/tax/trusts, ecclesiastical law, and licensing. The firm operates six regional offices (Derby HQ, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, York, Swansea) and publishes transparent pricing in compliance with SRA rules.

Product overview

Flint Bishop is a Top 200 UK law firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of legal services to individuals, SMEs, family-run businesses, government agencies, public sector bodies, and PLCs. The firm operates across 22 distinct service areas covering both personal and business legal matters. Service areas include Business Recovery & Insolvency, Commercial & Data Protection, Commercial Property, Corporate & Finance, Criminal Defence, Debt Services, Dispute Resolution, Ecclesiastical Law, Employment, Family & Matrimonial, Finance Dispute Resolution, Financial & Business Crime, Insurance Litigation, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Motoring & Driving Offences, Notary Public, Regulatory & Corporate Defence, Residential Conveyancing, Residential Property Disputes, Wills, Probate, Tax & Trusts, and Wills, Trusts & Estate Disputes. The firm provides transparent pricing for key services including Residential Conveyancing, B2B Debt Recovery, Employment Tribunals, Administration of Estates, Road Traffic Offences, and Licensing. Flint Bishop also offers specialised sub-brands such as FB Costs for litigation costs management and FB Training. The firm has expanded geographically through the acquisition of Lupton Fawcett and now operates from offices in Derby, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, York, and Swansea.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Recovery & Insolvency Advice on contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters, corporate restructuring, creditor support services, personal insolvency and bankruptcy, and property recovery for businesses and individuals.
• Commercial & Data Protection Covers commercial contracts, data protection compliance, and IT and ecommerce contracts for businesses.
• Commercial Property Handles commercial leases, property acquisitions and disposals, property development, real estate finance, landlord and tenant disputes, and overage agreements.
• Corporate & Finance Provides services for acquisitions and disposals, banking and finance, governance and secretarial support, joint ventures, management buy-ins and buy-outs, and corporate restructuring.
• Criminal Defence Offers criminal defence services including police station advice, fraud offences, and proceeds of crime matters.
• Debt Services Provides DCA and pre-litigation recoverees, and early arrears collections for business clients.
• Dispute Resolution Handles commercial disputes, civil fraud, construction disputes, licensed trade litigation, debt recovery, injunctions, landlord and tenant disputes, shareholder disputes, intellectual property disputes, professional negligence claims, and insurance disputes.
• Ecclesiastical Law Provides specialist ecclesiastical law services including Diocesan Registry services for Sodor & Man, York, Leeds, and Provincial Registry York, as well as faculty matters and overseas clergy permissions.
• Employment Covers capability issues, disciplinary and grievance, employment contracts, employment tribunal litigation, family-friendly rights, flexible working, redundancies and restructures, restrictive covenants, settlement agreements, TUPE, and workplace investigations.
• Family & Matrimonial

Quantifiable outcome

• Revenue grew from £20.7m (2024) to £43m (2026), more than doubling in two years
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• FreethsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 April 2026Freeths acted as legal advisors to the purchaser in the Martyn Barratt Transport acquisition out of administration. Flint Bishop acted for the sellers.
• Dains Corporate FinanceminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 December 2025Dains Corporate Finance acted as corporate finance consultants to CS Regulatory in its acquisition by German group CERTANIA. Flint Bishop acted as legal advisers to the sellers.
• Eight AdvisoryminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 December 2025Eight Advisory acted as advisers to German group CERTANIA in the acquisition of UK and Ireland-based CS Regulatory.
• AshurstminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 December 2025Ashurst acted as legal advisers to Munich-headquartered CERTANIA in its acquisition of CS Regulatory.
• PKF Smith CoopercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2025PKF Smith Cooper provided deal advisory services for Flint Bishop's acquisition of Lupton Fawcett, supporting the expansion strategy into Yorkshire and Northern England. PKF Smith Cooper has also supported Flint Bishop in other M&A transactions including acting for Martyn Barratt Transport sellers.
• Lupton FawcettcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2025Acquired by Flint Bishop in November 2025, bringing offices in Leeds, Sheffield, and York, adding to Flint Bishop's regional presence across Yorkshire. Integration increased staff to over 420 employees and enhanced legal capabilities.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Weightmans: UK Top 50 law firm with a defendant insurance litigation practice of comparable scale to Flint Bishop's, serving insurers, self-insurers, and public sector bodies across similar counter-fraud, large loss, and regulatory defence service lines.
• Kennedys: Global insurance and reinsurance law specialist with a strong UK defendant insurance litigation practice directly comparable to Flint Bishop's flagship Insurance Litigation and counter-fraud teams, serving similar insurer clients.
• Plexus Law: UK defendant insurance litigation specialist operating in the same counter-fraud, motor, casualty, and large loss claims defence market as Flint Bishop's Insurance Litigation practice, with similar insurer client base.
• Walker Morris: Top 50 Leeds-headquartered UK law firm with comparable full-service business offering and is directly relevant as the previous employer of Malcolm Simpson, now leading Flint Bishop's Northern division.
• Freeths: Top 50 UK full-service law firm of comparable scale and regional growth strategy; named in Flint Bishop's M&A activity as counterparty in Martyn Barratt Transport deal, indicating direct market overlap.
• Shakespeare Martineau: Midlands-based Top 100 UK full-service law firm directly competing with Flint Bishop in regional corporate, commercial property, and dispute resolution work; named as prior employer of a Flint Bishop solicitor.

Broad incumbents

• Browne Jacobson: Top 50 UK law firm with a strong insurance defendant practice and public sector focus, operating at a larger scale and broader national footprint than Flint Bishop across overlapping service areas.
• Gateley: Listed Top 50 UK full-service law firm with comparable corporate, commercial property, and dispute resolution capabilities, providing a benchmark for a future listed or scaled-up Flint Bishop.
• Knights: Listed UK Top 100 law firm that scaled aggressively through acquisition to reach similar revenue tier to Flint Bishop's £50m+ FY27 target, providing a relevant comp for the acquisitive growth playbook Flint Bishop is executing.
• DWF: Large global insurance services and law firm with a substantial defendant insurance litigation practice directly competing with Flint Bishop's flagship practice area, and named as prior employer of a Flint Bishop solicitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FlintBishop

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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