Best Solicitors

What Best Solicitors does

Best Solicitors Limited is a UK-regulated, private limited law firm headquartered in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, founded in 2001 and reorganised as a limited company in January 2023. The firm operates across four physical offices (Sheffield HQ, Chesterfield, Barnsley, Filey) and serves individual consumers, families, and small businesses across South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and North Yorkshire. Its practice spans residential conveyancing, family law and child care, wills and probate, personal injury, commercial property, criminal and motoring law, employment law, and dispute resolution.

The firm's commercial model is professional services-based, monetised through a mix of fixed fees (e.g., £750-£2,500 tiered conveyancing purchase fees, £275-£700 wills pricing, £450+VAT fixed-fee divorce), hourly rates, conditional fee arrangements, and no-win-no-fee structures for personal injury and employment tribunal work. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via the four-office network supplemented by phone, video, home-visit, online quote calculator, and WorldPay payment channels. Marketing relies on Google AdWords and remarketing, local community presence, charity partnerships (e.g., Aquabox Free Wills Month 2026), and a 4.6/5 (99%) Google review rating.

The firm holds multiple Law Society accreditations (Lexcel, Conveyancing Quality Scheme, Family Law Advanced, Mental Health) and Resolution membership alongside SRA regulation. Headcount sits at 30+ legal professionals led by Chief Executive Officer Donna Tilbrook and six directors covering crime, civil litigation, child care, conveyancing, wills and probate, and finance. Operationally the firm claims 95% of conveyancing transactions complete faster than the 150-day (21-week) national average, with freehold transactions averaging 8-12 weeks.

Name

Best Solicitors

Legal name

Best Solicitors Limited

Website

https://bestsolicitorsonline.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Best Solicitors Limited is a Sheffield-headquartered, SRA-regulated UK law firm with 30+ legal professionals across four South Yorkshire/Derbyshire/North Yorkshire offices, serving individual consumers and small businesses with residential conveyancing, family law, wills and probate, personal injury, criminal, and commercial property services on predominantly fixed-fee terms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111), Legal Services (5411), Title Abstract and Settlement Offices (541191)

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), Estate Planning, Trust Structuring & Governance (FSAAADAF)

Keywords

• Residential conveyancing services
• Wills and probate law
• Family law solicitors
• Personal injury claims
• Commercial property law

Headquarters

HQ city

Sheffield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Personal: Professional legal fees for personal legal services including residential conveyancing, wills and probate, family law, personal injury claims, criminal defence, and civil litigation. Revenue generated through fixed fees, hourly rates, contingency fees, and conditional fee agreements depending on service type.
2. Legal Services - Business: Commercial legal services for businesses including commercial property transactions, business disputes, employment law for employers, and dispute resolution. Revenue through fixed fees, hourly rates, and various funding arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Best Solicitors is a multi-practice UK law firm delivering legal services across residential conveyancing, family law, wills and probate, personal injury, commercial property, employment law, criminal/motoring/mental health law, and dispute resolution to individual consumers and small businesses across South Yorkshire and surrounding regions. Services are sold directly through four physical offices plus remote consultations, with pricing structured around fixed fees, hourly rates, and no-win-no-fee arrangements.

Product overview

Best Solicitors is a UK-based law firm offering a comprehensive range of legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm operates as a single unified legal practice rather than a platform-with-modules architecture. Core services include Residential Property Conveyancing (buying, selling, remortgaging properties), Family Law & Child Care (divorce, child arrangements, care proceedings), Wills & Probate (will drafting, estate administration, lasting powers of attorney), Personal Injury Disputes (road traffic accidents, employers liability, public liability claims), Commercial Property services, Criminal & Motoring Law, Employment Law, and Dispute Resolution. The firm serves individual and business clients across Sheffield, Barnsley, Chesterfield, and Filey with fixed fee options available across most services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Property Conveyancing Comprehensive residential property legal services covering buying, selling, remortgaging, lease extensions, transfer of equity, buy-to-let investments, first-time buyer and right-to-buy purchases, with fixed-fee pricing and a dedicated solicitor assigned throughout the transaction.
• Family Law & Child Care Family law services for individuals covering divorce, civil partnership dissolution, child arrangements, consent orders, financial applications, domestic abuse cases, international child abduction, and care proceedings. Includes bilingual (Urdu, Punjabi) representation.
• Wills & Probate Private client services including drafting of simple, mirror, and trust wills, lasting powers of attorney, probate and estate administration, court of protection applications, trust registration, and contentious probate dispute resolution.
• Personal Injury Disputes Personal injury claims for individuals including road traffic accidents, workplace injuries, public/occupier's liability, MIB uninsured/untraced driver claims, criminal injuries compensation, care home claims, child claims, and fatal accidents, funded via no-win-no-fee with QOCS protection.
• Commercial Property Commercial property legal services for businesses including adverse possession, asset acquisition and disposal, buying and selling commercial property, commercial leases, commercial mortgages, conditional contracts, deeds of variation, lease assignment and subletting, and option agreements.
• Criminal, Motoring & Mental Health Law Criminal defence representation, motoring offence representation, mental health law advocacy, and court representation across Magistrates Court, Crown Court, Court of Appeal, and Mental Health Tribunal. Director of Crime Vanessa Saxton is a qualified Higher Courts Advocate.
• Employment Law Employment law services for employees (redundancies, breach of contract, workplace discrimination, unfair dismissal) and for employers (defending tribunals, settlement agreements), with no-win-no-fee options and fixed-fee stages at claim form, preliminary hearing, and final hearing.
• Dispute Resolution & Civil Litigation Civil and business dispute resolution covering debt recovery, contract disputes, property disputes, building disputes, inheritance disputes, tenant/landlord disputes, unmarried property disputes (TOLATA 1996), professional negligence claims, and business disputes, offered under fixed fee or conditional fee arrangements.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% of transactions complete faster than the national average (150 days / 21 weeks)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• AquaboxminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 May 2026Charitable partnership for Free Wills Month 2026 campaign. Best Solicitors offers will writing services in exchange for donations to Aquabox (£100 single will, £200 mirror wills) instead of standard fees. Aquabox is a volunteer-led organisation providing clean drinking water and essential aid to communities affected by disasters globally. Partnership includes in-person appointments at Aquabox depot in Wirksworth.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Co-op Legal Services: National legal services provider offering wills, probate, family law, conveyancing and personal injury, often at lower price points. Competitive threat to Best Solicitors' conveyancing and wills & probate practices through digital-first distribution and aggressive pricing.

Direct peers

• Harrowells Solicitors: York and North Yorkshire law firm providing conveyancing, family, wills & probate, employment and dispute resolution services. Direct regional peer given North Yorkshire overlap with Best Solicitors' Filey office and similar multi-practice model.
• Ramsdens Solicitors: Yorkshire-based multi-office law firm offering conveyancing, family law, wills & probate, criminal defence and personal injury. Closely comparable in regional UK positioning, multi-practice breadth, and reliance on individual consumer and SME clients in the North of England.
• Wake Smith Solicitors: Sheffield-based full-service law firm offering conveyancing, family law, wills & probate, employment and commercial services. Most direct comparable in terms of regional positioning, multi-practice structure, and target customer base of individuals and SMEs in South Yorkshire.

Broad incumbents

• Irwin Mitchell: Major UK full-service law firm historically headquartered in Sheffield, with national reach across personal injury, family, conveyancing, wills & probate and commercial property. Direct overlap with Best Solicitors across virtually all practice areas, but at substantially greater scale and geographic footprint.
• Thompsons Solicitors: UK-wide law firm with deep personal injury, employment and civil litigation practices. Strong overlap on Best Solicitors' Personal Injury, Employment Law and Dispute Resolution lines, but with national rather than regional footprint and a trade-union-aligned client base.
• Lyons Davidson: UK-wide law firm with residential conveyancing, family law, employment, personal injury and dispute resolution practices. Direct overlap with Best Solicitors' residential conveyancing and dispute resolution offerings, with national scale advantages.
• Slater and Gordon: National UK law firm specialising in personal injury, employment, family law and wills & probate. Comparable to Best Solicitors in personal injury (No Win No Fee model) and family law, with significantly larger scale and brand recognition across the UK.
• Simpson Millar: National UK law firm with strong family law, personal injury, wills & probate and Court of Protection practices. Comparable across several of Best Solicitors' core areas, particularly family law and Mental Health/Court of Protection work.

Regional players

• Mincoffs Solicitors: North East England law firm offering corporate, commercial property, employment, family and private client services. Comparable in multi-practice, full-service regional UK firm structure, though operating in a different (North East) geography.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/best-solicitors
• Xx.com/bestsolicitors
• Facebookfacebook.com/bestsolicitors

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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