What Machins Solicitors does

Machins Solicitors LLP is a private limited liability partnership law firm headquartered at 28 Dunstable Road, Luton, with a secondary office in Berkhamsted. Founded in 1920 and operating with 51-100 employees, the firm serves individuals and businesses across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, London, and the wider UK. It is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA No. 550476) and holds Law Society Lexcel and Conveyancing Quality Scheme accreditations, with consecutive Top Tier Legal 500 rankings for family law in 2025 and 2026.

The firm offers a comprehensive suite of individual legal services (family, children and separation; wills, trusts and probate; residential conveyancing; individual employment; and dispute resolution) and business legal services (company commercial, commercial property, business employment, commercial litigation, debt collection, and licensing). Practice teams include Resolution Accredited Specialists, Law Society Accredited Children Law Solicitors, and accredited mediators. Delivery relies on direct client engagement via offices, phone, callback forms, and online enquiries, supported by content marketing including legal guides, podcasts, webinars, and seminars.

Revenue is generated through billable legal services, combining fixed fees for defined matters (e.g., divorce from £425+ VAT for respondents, £650+ VAT for applicants) with hourly rates for complex ongoing work such as mediation at £147.50+ VAT per hour. The underlying technology is a standard WordPress website with client portal, case management, and secure document handling infrastructure; no proprietary AI or platform products are evident.

Name

Machins Solicitors

Legal name

Machins Solicitors LLP

Website

https://machins.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1920

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Machins Solicitors LLP is a UK regional law firm serving individuals and businesses across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and London from offices in Luton and Berkhamsted. It provides family law, conveyancing, wills and probate, employment, commercial, and dispute resolution services through fixed-fee and hourly billing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Other Legal Services (54119)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Needs & Supplemental Needs Trust Services (FSAAANAJ)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Family law
• Conveyancing services
• Commercial property law
• Wills and probate

Headquarters

HQ city

Luton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: The firm generates revenue through billable legal services across individual and business practice areas, including family law, property law, employment law, wills and probate, and dispute resolution. Services are charged through fixed fees for specific matters (such as divorce) and hourly rate arrangements for complex ongoing matters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Machins Solicitors LLP is a UK-based law firm providing legal services to both individuals and businesses from offices in Luton and Berkhamsted. Individual services include family law (divorce, mediation, child arrangements), wills and probate, residential conveyancing, employment advice, and dispute resolution. Business services include company commercial law, commercial property, employment law, commercial litigation, debt collection, and licensing. Services are delivered via direct consultations and charged through fixed fees for specific matters and hourly rates for complex ongoing work.

Product overview

Machins Solicitors LLP is a law firm offering a comprehensive suite of legal services for both individuals and businesses. The firm's individual services include Family, Children & Separation (divorce, financial settlements, mediation, child arrangements, domestic abuse), Wills, Trusts & Probate, Buying & Selling a Home (conveyancing), Employment Individual, and Dispute Resolution. Business services include Company Commercial, Commercial Property, Employment Business, Commercial Litigation, Debt Collection, and Licensing. The firm operates from offices in Luton and Berkhamsted, serving clients across Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, London, and throughout the UK. The firm is recognised as 'Top Tier' in the Legal 500 directory for family law.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Family, Children & Separation Services Comprehensive family law services including divorce and separation, financial settlements, mediation, prenuptial/postnuptial agreements, child arrangements, care proceedings, domestic abuse injunctions, and dissolution of civil partnerships for individual clients.
• Wills, Trusts & Probate Services Legal services for will writing, challenging wills, probate administration, inheritance tax planning, trusts, care planning, and lasting powers of attorney for individual clients.
• Buying & Selling a Home Services Conveyancing services for residential property transactions including buying, selling, remortgages, transfer of equity, lease extensions, and buy-to-let properties for individual clients.
• Employment Individual Services Employment law advice for individuals covering disputes with employers, settlement agreements, employment tribunals, consultancy agreements, restrictive covenants, and senior executive matters.
• Dispute Resolution Services Legal dispute resolution services for contract disputes, consumer disputes, landlord and tenant disputes, property disputes, contentious probate matters, and professional negligence claims for individual clients.
• Divorce Consultation Services Free consultation services for individuals seeking advice on divorce or separation, covering children, finances, and wellbeing concerns.
• Company Commercial Services Corporate law services including sales, acquisitions and mergers, business organisation, joint ventures, commercial contracts, employee share incentive schemes, investment, intellectual property, e-commerce, GDPR compliance, and aviation law for business clients.
• Commercial Property Services Commercial property legal services covering portfolio management, site acquisitions and development, property finance, secured lending, business lease renewals, landlord and tenant matters, and enfranchisement for business clients.
• Employment Business Services Employment law services for businesses including redundancy and restructuring advice, settlement agreements, employment contracts and policies, HR training, TUPE matters, and tribunal representation.
• Commercial Litigation Services Business dispute resolution through alternative dispute resolution, insolvency advice, business disputes, aviation disputes, contractual disputes, construction contracts, injunctive relief, and property disputes for business clients.
• Debt Collection Services Specialist debt recovery services for businesses, supporting both small and large organisations with unpaid debt collection, provided for over 40 years.
• Licensing Services Alcohol and entertainment licensing legal services for business clients.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ResolutioncoreOthersResolution is an organisation of family law professionals committed to the constructive resolution of family disputes. Machins family law team includes Resolution Accredited Specialists who follow Resolution's code of practice for handling family matters respectfully and constructively.
• Law SocietycoreOthersThe Law Society is the professional body for solicitors in England and Wales. Machins Solicitors is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and holds various Law Society accreditations including Lexcel and Conveyancing Quality Scheme.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bishop & Sewell LLP: North London/regional full-service law firm of comparable size. Comparable as a similarly sized firm serving overlapping individual and commercial client bases across the London and Southeast corridor.
• Hegarty LLP: Bedfordshire/Hertfordshire-based full-service law firm with offices in similar regional towns. Comparable due to overlapping catchment area, similar size, and equivalent individual/commercial practice mix.
• Taylor Walton Solicitors: Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire-based full-service law firm serving individuals and businesses. Direct peer given overlapping regional geography and similar service-line breadth covering family, property, and commercial work.
• Tollers Solicitors: Regional full-service law firm with offices across the East Midlands and Home Counties. Comparable as a mid-sized private practice offering a similar consolidated individual-and-business service portfolio.
• Herrington & Carmichael LLP: Surrey and Southeast regional full-service law firm of comparable size. Similar to Machins in scale, geographic positioning (commuter-belt region), and individual-plus-business service offering.
• B P Collins LLP: Buckinghamshire-based full-service law firm of comparable size serving individuals and businesses across family, property, commercial, and employment law. Most directly comparable peer given the geographic overlap (Buckinghamshire/M25 corridor) and similar full-service individual-and-business model.
• Sherrards Solicitors: St Albans-based full-service law firm serving Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, and London. Highly comparable given direct geographic overlap with Machins' Hertfordshire/Bedfordshire footprint and equivalent range of individual and business services.
• Spratt Endicott: Buckinghamshire/Berkshire regional law firm of similar scale offering private client and commercial services. Comparable because of overlapping geography in the Home Counties and a similar mix of family law, commercial property, and dispute resolution work.

Broad incumbents

• Co-op Legal Services: National alternative legal services provider offering will writing, probate, family law, and conveyancing at scale. Compares to Machins because it competes directly in several of the firm's individual-client service lines (wills, probate, divorce) using a lower-cost, brand-driven model.
• EMW Law: Mid-market London and Southeast law firm with a broader commercial practice. Comparable as a similar-tier UK firm competing for regional commercial mandates, though with a more commercially weighted mix than Machins.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MachinsLaw

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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