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Company description
ASHFORDS LLP is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Limited Liability Partnership”. Incorporated on 7 January 2009; registered for 17 years; registered office reported in EXETER, DEVON. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 10 PSC records, 8 trade marks, 10 procurement records.
This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- ASHFORDS LLP
- Company number
- OC342432
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
30 April 2025Next accounts due
31 January 2027Last statement made up to
7 January 2026Next statement due
21 January 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 23.3%
- Mean bonus gap
- 19.7%
- Women receiving bonus
- 93.2%
- Men receiving bonus
- 90.7%
- Women in top quartile
- 66.7%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 71.8%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 79.5%
- Women in lower quartile
- 85.5%
Earlier reporting years (7)
- 250 to 49942.7% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49938.2% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49932.8% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99940.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49944.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49939.4% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49915.8% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 November 2025 – 30 April 2026
- Filed
- 22 May 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 7 days
- Longest standard term
- 30 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 May 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £6,637,413
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £1,789,714
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £145,692
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £1,592,997
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 8.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 2.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
N/A
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Default payment terms are 30 days but shorter terms are sometimes agreed with particular suppliers for either regular or ad-hoc payments.
- Other payment-term information
N/A
- Dispute resolution process
Budget holders raise disputes over invoices directly with the supplier at the time that they receive the invoice for approval.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 19.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 19.0 average days to pay17.0% outside terms
- 21.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 25.0 average days to pay15.0% outside terms
- 22.0 average days to pay16.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay16.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay20.0% outside terms
- 21.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 19.0 average days to pay29.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay36.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay39.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
ASHFORDS LLP
LEI 2138009I9YM6WHQAES09 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- Z0EY
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 7 January 2009
- Initial LEI registration
- 6 August 2024
- LEI last updated
- 15 July 2026
- Next renewal
- 25 August 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- ASHFORD HOUSE, GRENADIER ROAD, EXETER, GB-DEV, EX1 3LH, GB
- Headquarters address
- ASHFORD HOUSE, GRENADIER ROAD, EXETER, GB-DEV, EX1 3LH, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NON_CONSOLIDATING
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Ashfords LLP
Registration Z8806652
- Registered from
- 1 November 2004
- Current end date
- 31 October 2027
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
07 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Waste PPP Contract - External Legal Advice
North Yorkshire Council · ocds-b5fd17-6228e6d1-8869-462f-ae39-dd54cc1380f2
- Supplier named in award
- Ashfords LLP
- Award value
- £80,000
- Contract period
- 14 March 2025 – 13 March 2028
- Published
- 24 December 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6228e6d1-8869-462f-ae39-dd54cc1380f2-2024-12-24T09:38:14Z
Legal Services Panel
UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH · ocds-b5fd17-04a657d3-5d4c-4b49-8508-6818d4aa3f7d
- Supplier named in award
- Ashfords LLP
- Award value
- £31,250
- Contract period
- 25 January 2024 – 24 January 2027
- Published
- 21 February 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-04a657d3-5d4c-4b49-8508-6818d4aa3f7d-2024-02-21T12:06:10Z
Legal Advice on Intellectual Property and Brand Protection
Post Office · ocds-b5fd17-e0f722ae-8481-4446-be69-4ff671c7f3e4
- Supplier named in award
- Ashfords LLP
- Award value
- £100,000
- Contract period
- 1 October 2023 – 1 April 2025
- Published
- 21 February 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 71900000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e0f722ae-8481-4446-be69-4ff671c7f3e4-2025-02-21T12:03:57Z
Legal Services relating to Employment General Legal Advice
Post Office Limited · ocds-b5fd17-071bd347-5b5c-4d8d-b73d-c9da581143ed
- Supplier named in award
- Ashfords LLP
- Award value
- £150,000
- Contract period
- 30 September 2023 – 1 April 2025
- Published
- 8 August 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-071bd347-5b5c-4d8d-b73d-c9da581143ed-2024-08-08T15:52:41+01:00
Legal Advice to Support the Waste Public-Private Partnership Contract
North Yorkshire County Council · ocds-b5fd17-6aba7a70-c233-4e57-ada8-cac278832043
- Supplier named in award
- Ashfords LLP
- Award value
- £300,000
- Contract period
- 14 March 2022 – 13 March 2024
- Published
- 16 March 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 79100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6aba7a70-c233-4e57-ada8-cac278832043-2022-03-16T17:20:17Z
Framework Agreement for Legal Services in the UK
Post Office Limited · ocds-b5fd17-62b301c8-fafa-48b6-81bc-6d16971ebcda
- Supplier named in award
- Ashfords LLP
- Award value
- £39,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 April 2019 – 31 March 2025
- Published
- 3 May 2019
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-62b301c8-fafa-48b6-81bc-6d16971ebcda-2019-05-03T16:03:30+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
ASHFORDS LAWYERS FOR THE REAL WORLD
Owner Ashfords LLP · classes 9,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 20 September 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 September 2027
ASHFORDS
Owner Ashfords LLP · classes 9,16,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 20 September 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 September 2023
Figurative mark
Owner Ashfords LLP · classes 9,16,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 20 September 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 September 2023
Figurative mark
Owner Ashfords LLP · classes 9,16,35,36,38,41,42,45
- Filed / designated
- 20 September 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 20 September 2023
BRANDS NOISE
Owner Ashfords LLP · classes 9,16,35,41,45
- Filed / designated
- 23 July 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 July 2023
Ashfords
Owner Ashfords LLP · classes 35
- Filed / designated
- 5 April 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 April 2022
ASHFORDS
Owner Ashfords LLP · classes 45
- Filed / designated
- 11 June 1997
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 June 2027
House Easy
Owner Ashfords LLP · classes 16,42
- Filed / designated
- 29 August 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 August 2013
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Louise Jane Workman
- Significant influence or control limited liability partnership
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 July 2018
- Appointment Verification End On: 9999-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Start On: 2026-01-20T00:00:00Z
Andrew Collins Betteridge
- Significant influence or control limited liability partnership
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Appointment Verification End On: 9999-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Start On: 2026-01-20T00:00:00Z
Timothy Ralph Heal
- Significant influence or control limited liability partnership
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Appointment Verification End On: 9999-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Start On: 2026-01-20T00:00:00Z
Mr Robert Dirk Horsey
- Significant influence or control limited liability partnership
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 12 January 2018
- Ceased
- 1 June 2020
Mrs Samantha Miriam Irene PalmerSee 2 companies with this PSC name →
- Significant influence or control limited liability partnership
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- United Kingdom
- Notified
- 12 January 2018
- Ceased
- 30 April 2018
Ruth Kathryn Murray
- Significant influence or control limited liability partnership
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 12 January 2018
- Ceased
- 30 April 2020
Judith Margaret Park
- Significant influence or control limited liability partnership
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 12 January 2018
Mark Mallyon Lomas
- Significant influence or control limited liability partnership
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 3 July 2020
Michael Alistair Alden
- Significant influence or control limited liability partnership
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 30 April 2026
- Appointment Verification End On: 9999-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Start On: 2026-01-20T00:00:00Z
Mr Garry Sutherland MackaySee 5 companies with this PSC name →
- Significant influence or control limited liability partnership
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 21 April 2020
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Somers Orchard Legal Support
Portsmouth City Council · updated 9 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Right to Buy Phase 3
Southampton City Council · updated 5 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
LBLA Legal Services Framework
London Borough of Haringey · updated 14 April 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 5
Contract for security services
Poole Harbour Commissioners · updated 5 February 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
No SIC code was supplied in this bulk record.
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
4 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: ASHFORDS SOLICITORS LLP
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.