BUCKLES SOLICITORS LLP
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-04 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£604K
+20.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-12.1% vs 2024
Employees
195
+6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-31.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BUCKLES SOLICITORS LLP 2005-03-08 → present
- BUCKLES SOLICITORS (PRIESTGATE) LLP 2005-02-21 → 2005-03-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,125,909 | £18,100,576 | |
| Operating profit | £3,442,101 | £1,485,096 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,772,438 | £3,278,473 | |
| Net profit | £4,665,788 | £3,156,248 | |
| Cash | £500,844 | £604,462 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,684,173 | £5,495,624 | |
| Net assets | £5,190,034 | £4,561,392 | |
| Equity | £5,190,034 | £4,561,392 | |
| Average employees | 184 | 195 | |
| Wages | £7,328,171 | £8,588,614 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.0% | 8.2% | |
| Net margin | 25.7% | 17.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 60.6% | 27.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.03x | 1.81x | |
| Interest cover | 3.07x | 1.18x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the LLP's forecasts and projections, the members have a reasonable expectation that the LLP has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future The LLP therefore continues to adopt the going concem basis in prepanng its financial statements”
Group structure
- BUCKLES SOLICITORS LLP · parent
- Buckles Law Limited 100%
- How Compliance Limited 75%
- Buckles Trust Corporation Limited 100%
- Bourges Services Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Rebekkah Louise | Llp Designated Member | 2020-12-01 | Jan 1983 | — |
| JACKSON, Duncan | Llp Designated Member | 2005-02-21 | May 1972 | — |
| MAXEY, James Richard | Llp Designated Member | 2005-02-21 | Apr 1969 | — |
| BRISLEY, Lyn Penelope | Llp Member | 2005-02-21 | Mar 1969 | — |
| COPPINGER, James Marcus | Llp Member | 2011-04-01 | Sep 1973 | — |
| DUFFY, Stephen Martin | Llp Member | 2009-04-01 | Aug 1977 | — |
| GOSTICK, Colleen | Llp Member | 2005-02-21 | Mar 1961 | — |
| OLIVER, Stephen Richard | Llp Member | 2018-04-03 | Jul 1966 | — |
| RABBETT, Michael Christopher | Llp Member | 2005-02-21 | Nov 1969 | — |
| WESTWOOD, Sarah Jane | Llp Member | 2016-04-01 | May 1970 | — |
| R SOCIUS LLP | Corporate Llp Member | 2024-06-19 | — | — |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLETON, Patrick James | Llp Designated Member | 2005-02-21 | 2009-03-31 |
| CLARKE, Roger Ellis | Llp Designated Member | 2005-02-21 | 2019-03-31 |
| IFOR-JONES, Alan Gareth | Llp Designated Member | 2005-02-21 | 2007-04-02 |
| SMITH, Belinda Muriel | Llp Designated Member | 2005-02-21 | 2008-05-31 |
| WRIGHT, Philip John | Llp Designated Member | 2005-02-21 | 2009-03-31 |
| ALBINI, Anna Maria | Llp Member | 2023-01-03 | 2024-03-31 |
| APPLEGATE, Charles John Urquhart | Llp Member | 2005-02-21 | 2020-03-31 |
| BETTS, Giles Spencer | Llp Member | 2010-04-26 | 2022-04-06 |
| BLACKBURN, Austin Robert | Llp Member | 2005-02-21 | 2005-08-19 |
| BLANK, Michael Charles | Llp Member | 2005-02-21 | 2021-09-30 |
| BRANCH, Paul Stephen | Llp Member | 2005-02-21 | 2022-03-31 |
| COWELL, William Scott | Llp Member | 2020-04-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| DEMBICKI, Karl John | Llp Member | 2017-09-04 | 2019-08-12 |
| DICKSON, Terry | Llp Member | 2022-08-15 | 2024-03-31 |
| EGAN, David Camillus | Llp Member | 2022-06-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| ELLIOTT, Caroline Deborah | Llp Member | 2007-04-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| GUNN, Alastair | Llp Member | 2022-07-01 | 2026-01-31 |
| GURNEY, Roger David | Llp Member | 2013-02-11 | 2024-03-31 |
| HARRIS, Stanley Philip | Llp Member | 2019-10-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| HOLLYER, Kate Lucinda | Llp Member | 2021-07-06 | 2022-08-31 |
| HUTCHINGS, Julia | Llp Member | 2020-04-01 | 2025-01-31 |
| KENNEALLY, Simon | Llp Member | 2022-02-14 | 2024-09-30 |
| LACOME-SHAW, Ashley Judah | Llp Member | 2019-10-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| LEWIS, Martin Scott Reynolds | Llp Member | 2005-02-21 | 2006-04-28 |
| MCCAHILL, Rachel | Llp Member | 2021-04-06 | 2024-09-30 |
| MOORE, Nigel Edward | Llp Member | 2005-02-21 | 2024-04-30 |
| MUNDELL, Christopher | Llp Member | 2017-01-01 | 2024-09-30 |
| POTA, Neil Kumar | Llp Member | 2019-10-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| RUSHTON, Sarah Jane | Llp Member | 2021-07-06 | 2024-12-23 |
| SEGAL, John Anthony | Llp Member | 2019-10-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| SYKES, Gail Helen | Llp Member | 2008-04-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| VERDU DE HARO, Alejandro Emilio | Llp Member | 2018-04-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| R SOCIUS LLP | Corporate Llp Member | 2024-06-19 | 2024-06-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | LLAP02 | officers | Appoint corporate member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-04-01 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-04-01 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-04-01 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-03-16 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-04 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-07 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-23 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-23 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-23 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-14 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-19 | LLAP02 | officers | Appoint corporate member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2024-05-20 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-14 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-15 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-0.1%
£18,125,909 £18,100,576
-
Cash
+20.7%
£500,844 £604,462
-
Net assets
-12.1%
£5,190,034 £4,561,392
-
Employees
+6%
184 195
-
Operating profit
-56.9%
£3,442,101 £1,485,096
-
Profit before tax
-31.3%
£4,772,438 £3,278,473
-
Wages
+17.2%
£7,328,171 £8,588,614
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers