Name

Biscoes Solicitors

Legal name

Biscoes Solicitors Limited

Website

https://biscoes-law.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1855

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

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

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Estate Administration & Probate Services (FSAAANAE), Notary & Signing Agent Services (Remote/Onsite) (BPAJAOAF)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Conveyancing services
• Family law
• Personal injury claims
• Corporate law

Headquarters

HQ city

Portsmouth

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Hourly/Fee Based: Traditional legal fee billing for most services including family law, property, corporate, employment, immigration, and dispute resolution matters.
2. No Win - No Fee (Conditional Fee Agreement): Most personal injury claims funded through Conditional Fee Agreements where clients pay legal costs only if the claim is successful. Success fee capped at 25% of damages excluding future losses.
3. Contingency Fee Agreements: In certain cases, a Damages-Based Agreement where clients pay 25% of damages recovered excluding future losses. Covers all legal work including VAT and Counsel's fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Biscoes Solicitors is a Hampshire and Isle of Wight law firm providing a comprehensive range of legal services to private individuals and businesses through nine offices. Core offerings span family law, residential and commercial property/conveyancing, personal injury (No Win No Fee), wills and probate, immigration, employment law, corporate and commercial law, dispute resolution, medical negligence, and children law. The firm also offers an online conveyancing quote calculator powered by Perfect Portal.

Product overview

Biscoes Solicitors is a traditional law firm offering a comprehensive range of legal services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The firm operates two main divisions: Private Client Services (For You) and Business Services (For Your Business). Private services include Family Law, Residential Property/Conveyancing, Dispute Resolution, Personal Injury, Children & Social Services, Immigration Law, Wills/Trust/Probate, Medical Negligence, Mental Health Law, Fertility Law and Surrogacy, Education Law, Court of Protection, Mediation, and Notary Public. Business services include Corporate and Commercial Law, Commercial Property, Employment Law, Business Immigration, and Insolvency. The firm also offers a digital conveyancing quote calculator via Perfect Portal. Services are delivered through nine offices across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (Portsmouth, Fareham, Petersfield, Wickham, Ryde, Newport, Waterlooville, Bordon, and Tavistock) with additional merger acquisitions including Hudsons Solicitors (2024) and KJ Cox Solicitors (2024). The firm celebrates 170 years in business and employs AI tools including Microsoft Copilot for document preparation and AI-assisted legal research platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Family Law Family law services for private individuals covering divorce proceedings, children matters, financial arrangements, collaborative law, domestic abuse cases, separation for unmarried couples, and pre-nuptial agreements.
• Residential Property / Conveyancing Residential property services for individuals including buying, selling, mortgage, remortgage, auction work, buy-to-let, new builds, lease extensions, equity release, and first-time buyer support.
• Personal Injury Personal injury claims handling including road traffic accidents, workplace accidents, medical negligence, dental negligence, catastrophic injuries, spinal and brain injuries, and fatal accidents. Funded via No Win No Fee Conditional Fee Agreements.
• Wills, Trust & Probate Wills, trusts, and probate services for individuals including making a will, lasting powers of attorney, DIY grants of probate, estate administration, and main residence nil band rate planning.
• Immigration Law Immigration services for individuals including asylum, EEA applications, entry clearance visas, human rights applications, naturalisation, spouse visas, fiancé visas, and settlement routes.
• Medical Negligence Medical negligence claims including cancer misdiagnosis, cosmetic surgery, dental surgery, GP negligence, hospital negligence, spinal injuries, sepsis, and fatal medical negligence.
• Children & Social Services Child law services including adoption, care proceedings, emergency protection orders, female genital mutilation protection orders, forced marriage protection orders, public law outline, and special guardianship orders.
• Dispute Resolution Civil and commercial dispute resolution services including consumer law, contested probate claims, property disputes, and wills, trusts, and inheritance disputes.
• Mental Health Law Mental health law services covering various sections of the Mental Health Act including admission for assessment, detention for treatment, guardianship, community treatment orders, hospital orders, and aftercare under Section 117.
• Commercial Property Commercial property services for businesses including commercial leases, buying and selling commercial properties, and commercial landlord and tenant issues.
• Employment Law Employment law services for both employers and employees including disciplinary assistance, discrimination claims, settlement agreements, employment tribunal representation, TUPE, and GDPR compliance.
• Corporate and Commercial Law Corporate and commercial services including business buying and selling, commercial contracts, corporate law, directors obligations, shareholders agreements, cross option agreements, and independent legal advice.
• Fertility Law and Surrogacy Specialist fertility law services including donor conception, co-parenting arrangements, egg donation, embryo donation, sperm donation, and surrogacy.
• Education Law Education law services with particular focus on Special Educational Needs (SEN), Education Health Care Plan (EHCP) assessments, tribunal applications, and mediation.
• Court of Protection Court of Protection services including statutory wills and gifts, and property and financial applications for vulnerable individuals.
• Mediation Mediation services including family mediation, civil mediation, and special educational needs mediation for dispute resolution outside of court.
• Notary Public Notary public services for both private clients and businesses, handling authentication and attestation of documents.
• Biscoes Forces Legal Specialist armed forces legal services including military claims, non-freezing cold injuries, and other Forces Law matters for military personnel and veterans.
• Online Conveyancing Quote Calculator Online conveyancing quote calculator powered by Perfect Portal, allowing prospective clients to obtain instant quote estimates for residential property transactions.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Equity Release CouncilminorOthersProfessional association membership providing credibility for equity release and later life legal services.
• ResolutionminorOthersProfessional body for family law practitioners committed to non-adversarial approaches to family disputes.
• STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners)minorOthersGlobal professional body for estate planning specialists. Biscoes has STEP-qualified practitioners.
• Armed Forces CovenantminorOthersCommitment to supporting armed forces community. Biscoes is a member offering Forces Legal services.
• Donor Conception NetworkminorOthersCharitable organization partnership supporting fertility law services and family building options.
• Law Society - Conveyancing Quality SchememinorOthersLaw Society accreditation for residential conveyancing services.
• Law Society - Children Law AccreditationminorOthersLaw Society accreditation for child law services.
• Law Society - Immigration and Asylum AccreditationminorOthersLaw Society accreditation for immigration and asylum legal services.
• Law Society - Mental Capacity Welfare AccreditationminorOthersLaw Society accreditation for mental capacity and welfare legal services.
• Law Society - Criminal Litigation AccreditationminorOthersLaw Society accreditation for criminal litigation services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Paris Smith: Full-service Hampshire/Southampton-based law firm; comparable as a direct in-region competitor for individual and business legal services across Hampshire.
• Blake Morgan: Full-service South of England and Wales law firm headquartered near Southampton; comparable as a regional full-service firm serving adjacent UK South geography with similar practice mix.
• Lester Aldridge: South Coast UK law firm serving Hampshire, Dorset and surrounding areas; comparable as a multi-office regional full-service competitor in the same South of England corridor.

Broad incumbents

• Co-op Legal Services: National provider of wills, probate and family legal services; comparable as a scaled player in commoditised wills/probate/conveyancing segments where Biscoes also competes.
• Irwin Mitchell: Large national full-service UK law firm with broad practice coverage; overlaps with Biscoes across personal injury, family, wills/probate and commercial services, but with far greater geographic and scale.
• Weightmans: UK national law firm with strong insurance, casualty and defendant PI practice; comparable as a larger player in adjacent commercial and PI litigation segments Biscoes serves.
• Slater and Gordon: National UK law firm with strong personal injury and consumer-facing practice that uses no-win-no-fee funding (CFA), directly mirroring Biscoes' PI revenue model at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Gateley Legal: Listed UK law firm with diversified practice areas and history of regional acquisitions; comparable as a full-service firm pursuing scale via M&A.
• Knights plc: UK full-service law firm that grew aggressively through acquisition of regional practices; comparable as another mid-sized UK firm pursuing M&A-led consolidation with broad service offerings.
• QualitySolicitors: Network-branded UK regional law firm model that aggregates high-street practices under a shared brand; comparable to Biscoes' role as a multi-office regional consolidator.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Biscoes
• Facebookfacebook.com/biscoeslaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/biscoessolicitors

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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