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Forbes Solicitors

Business services · Preston
Large

Forbes Solicitors is an award-winning national law firm that provides a wide range of legal services including personal injury, family law, and business mediation. They focus on delivering straightforward and practical legal advice.

forbessolicitors.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£43.1m
Live
36
Buyers
41
12m
£10.7m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts36 / 62
  • Top buyers41
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — Forbes SolicitorsUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

Forbes Solicitors has won £43.1m across 41 public-sector buyers, with 36 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Kent County Council (T/a as KCS Procurement Services) at 31% · 100% in Business services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
36 of 62Live contracts
31%Top-buyer concentration
100%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

⚑ Self-reported
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No social-value commitments yet

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ESG & policies vault · 0/5

Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.

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Net-zero planNot provided✓
Modern slavery statementNot provided✓
EDI policyNot provided✓
Anti-briberyNot provided✓
Data protectionNot provided✓

Capabilities

What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.

◐ From website & notices
Services · 11
Clinical NegligenceIncludes claims for stillbirth and neonatal death, amputation, cataract surgery, blindness, and ophthalmic misdiagnosis. ↗Family Law & DivorceServices include children law, divorce and separation, domestic violence, and cohabitant rights. ↗Contested Wills, Trust & Estate DisputesServices include defending a will, inheritance act claims, and trust disputes. ↗Residential ConveyancingServices include remortgaging, first-time buyers, and property auction conveyancing. ↗Wills, Probate, Tax & TrustsIncludes making a will, probate services, and inheritance tax advice. ↗Court of Protection SolicitorsServices include deputyship and personal injury trusts. ↗CrimeIncludes drug possession, firearms offences, and corporate manslaughter. ↗Personal Injury SolicitorsCovers accidents abroad and at work. ↗Business Mediation ServicesProvides mediation services for business disputes. ↗GDPR Products and ServicesOffers legal advice on GDPR compliance. ↗Advice for CreditorsLegal services for creditors in insolvency situations. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • Y21012 - Supply of Legal ServicesKent County Council (T/a as KCS Procurement Services) · £13.2m
  • Legal ServicesThe Association of North East Councils Limited · £5.6m
  • NEPO 513 - Legal Services FrameworkNewcastle City Council · £1.6m
  • Legal Services FrameworkTHE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED · £1.1m
  • Great Places Housing Group (GPHG) Legal Services Framework: 2023 - 2027Great Places Housing Group Limited · £667k
  • Provision of GDPR Support Framework Agreement (KMCLFM004)Kirklees Council · £428k

Extracted automatically from forbessolicitors.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies

Delivery stories the supplier has published, with sector and outcome.

⚑ Self-reported
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No case studies yet

Once a claimed supplier publishes delivery stories — the buyer, the sector, what was delivered and the outcome — they appear here.

Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

✓ Confirmed by buyer
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No buyer references yet

Public-sector buyers can confirm they'll act as a reference for this supplier. Confirmed references — with the contract they relate to — show here.

Accreditations & memberships

Independently issued. Verification dates cross-checked against issuer registers.

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No accreditations recorded

B-Corp, ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage and similar credentials appear here once added by a claimed supplier and cross-checked against the issuing register.

KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
84

No verified KPI scores yet

Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.

Contracts · 36 live · 26 historic

Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
CA16957 - CA9834:Legal Services
South Hampshire College Group7910000001 Aug 2026£500k3 yrsLive
CA16636 - Legal Services
CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED7911000030 Mar 2026£51k3 yrsLive
Legal Services
CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED—30 Mar 2026£10.0m3 yrspending
Tender Notice Torus Legal Services Framework
Torus62 Limited—29 Dec 2025—4 yrsLive
NUNCON - Legal Services Framework Lot 4 - Housing and ASB
Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council7910000018 Aug 2025£75k2 yrsLive
NUNCON - Legal Services Framework Lot 3 - Property
Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council7910000018 Aug 2025£100k2 yrsLive
CA15268 - Framework for the provision of Legal Services
University of Essex7910000004 Aug 2025£26k4 yrsLive
Legal Services Framework
THE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED7910000016 Dec 2024£1.1m4 yrsLive
Legal Services - Housing Disrepairs
North Yorkshire County Council7910000001 Apr 2025£427k3.4 yrsLive
CPU 7261 - Conveyance Services: Property Acquisition Programme 2024-26
Nottingham City Council7910000002 Dec 2024£175k16 moClosed
Total live value £9.6m · mean award £695k1–10 of 62

Top buyers · 41 buyers · top 3 = 67%

Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.

✓ From notices
1
Kent County Council (T/a as KCS Procurement Services)
2 contracts
31%
since 2022
2
CRESCENT PURCHASING LIMITED
5 contracts
23%
since 2018
3
The Association of North East Councils Limited
2 contracts
13%
since 2024
4
Central Housing Investment Consortium Limited ("CHIC")
2 contracts
10%
since 2016
5
Newcastle City Council
1 contract
4%
since 2019
6
REGENDA LIMITED
3 contracts
3%
since 2016
7
THE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
2 contracts
2%
since 2025
8
Great Places Housing Group Limited
3 contracts
2%
since 2019
9
South Hampshire College Group
1 contract
1%
since 2026
10
Thirteen Housing Group Limited
1 contract
1%
since 2024

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.

✓ From notices
Business services79
100%
⚠ Concentration: 100% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
South East3 contracts
32%
North West23 contracts
31%
North East8 contracts
19%
West Midlands5 contracts
12%
London4 contracts
2%
Yorkshire7 contracts
2%
East Midlands2 contracts
1%
Wales1 contract
0%
Eastern2 contracts
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). Forbes Solicitors highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
DE
Deloitte LLP
No£202.1m3
PC
PA Consulting
No£150.0m1
MS
MATRIX SCM LIMITED (02227962)
No£119.1m1
FS
Forbes Solicitors
No£10.7m—
HL
Hogan Lovells
No£3.0m1
DP
DLA PIPER EUROPE LLP
No£2.9m9
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

✓ Verified
✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 30 Apr 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 23 Sept 2026
Outstanding charges
0
No charges registered
Insolvency history
None
No insolvency cases registered
Certifications (ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage, B-Corp, modern-slavery) are supplier self-reported and appear once a claimed profile adds them.

Modifications

Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.

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No modifications recorded

No published contract variations for this supplier. Modification notices appear here as they are issued under the Procurement Act 2023.

News mentions

UK trade press & nationals, matched to this supplier.

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No news mentions found

We haven't matched any recent UK press coverage to this supplier. Mentions appear here automatically as they're published.

Companies House

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
OC433300
Status
Active
Type
LLP
Incorporated
10 Sept 2020
Reg. office
Gordon House Sceptre Way, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6AW
SIC codes
—
Last accounts
30 Apr 2025
Next accounts due
31 Jan 2027

Directors & PSC

  • Mrs Pauline Wild — person with significant control
    significant influence or control limited liability partnership
  • Mr Jonathan Joseph Holden — person with significant control
    significant influence or control limited liability partnership
  • Mr Stuart Penswick — person with significant control
    significant influence or control limited liability partnership

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

↔ From Cos House
£

No financial filings on record

Turnover, profit and headcount appear here once audited or micro-entity accounts are filed at Companies House.

Org tree

Group structure and ownership.

↔ From Cos House
FORBES SOLICITORS LLP
OC433300 · this company

Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.