DWF LAW LLP
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Cash
£7.8M
+61.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
+0.9% vs 2024
Employees
2,513
+6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£62M
+48.6% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
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DWF LAW LLP·Unclassified median
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Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £308,904,000 | £331,760,000 | +7.4% | |
| Operating profit | £42,441,000 | £53,236,000 | +25.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £41,456,000 | £61,613,000 | +48.6% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £4,812,000 | £7,762,000 | +61.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £49,893,000 | £50,437,000 | +1.1% | |
| Net assets | £23,183,000 | £23,382,000 | +0.9% | |
| Equity | £23,183,000 | £23,382,000 | +0.9% | |
| Average employees | 2,364 | 2,513 | +6.3% | |
| Wages | £141,963,000 | £148,229,000 | +4.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £41,456,000 | £61,614,000 | +48.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 16.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 85.1% | 105.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.0% | 93.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | 36.97x | 49.34x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DWF LAW LLP 2018-10-25 → present
- GAGE 1 LLP 2018-07-12 → 2018-10-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making due enquiries and considering the above, the Members have a reasonable expectation that the LLP has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- DWF LAW LLP · parent
- DWF Connected Services Holdings Limited 100%
- DWF Connected Services Group Limited 100%
- Resolution Law Limited 100%
- DWF Middle East Group LLP 100%
- DWF. Poland Holdings Sp. z o.o. 100%
- DWF Australia Holdings Pty Limited 100%
- DWF Spain S.L.P. 100%
- DWF (Middle East) LLP 100%
- NewCo 4736 Limited 100%
- DWF 360 Limited 100%
- DWF Poland Jamka sp.k 100%
- Rousaud Costas Duran S.L.P.U. 100%
- Rousaud Costas Duran Abogados S.L.P.U. 100%
- Rousaud Costas Duran Concursal S.L.P. 100%
- Rousaud Costas Duran Valencia S.L.P.U. 100%
- RCD Tax & Legal Advisors S.L.P.U. 100%
- Gestart Assessors S.L.U. 100%
- Gestart Asesoramiento Empresarial S.L.U. 100%
- DWF Law Australia Pty Limited 100%
- DWF Adjusting (Canada) Limited 100%
- DWF - RCD Andalucía S.L.P. 100%
- Whitelaw Twining LLP 100%
- WT BCA LLP 100%
- Whitelaw Twining (Ontario) LLP 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
100 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTT, David Michael | Llp Designated Member | 2019-03-10 | Aug 1972 | — |
| DOUGHTY, Matthew Ian | Llp Designated Member | 2018-07-12 | Nov 1970 | — |
| DWF HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Llp Designated Member | 2019-03-11 | — | — |
| AIR, Christopher Thomas Lloyd | Llp Member | 2026-05-05 | May 1981 | — |
| ALI, Iftikhar | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Jun 1978 | — |
| ANDERSON, Stewart Brian | Llp Member | 2020-05-04 | May 1976 | — |
| ANJOMSHOAA, Poupak | Llp Member | 2024-10-14 | Jun 1974 | — |
| ANTONIAK, Maciej | Llp Member | 2023-01-01 | Apr 1986 | — |
| APPLEGATE, Laurence Hames | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Jul 1974 | — |
| ARCHER, Deborah Lisa | Llp Member | 2025-09-15 | Sep 1976 | — |
| ARMSTRONG, Thomas | Llp Member | 2024-02-01 | Apr 1989 | — |
| ARNOLD, Rachael Kim | Llp Member | 2025-02-03 | May 1980 | — |
| ARRIBES, Carole | Llp Member | 2019-08-02 | Sep 1968 | — |
| ASHMORE, Charles Robert James | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Mar 1967 | — |
| ASKIN, Tobias Jeremy James | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Apr 1973 | — |
| BAINS, Seema Sureshchandra | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Dec 1972 | — |
| BALAS-NOSZCZYK, Beata | Llp Member | 2025-01-01 | Oct 1966 | — |
| BALDASSARE, Jean-Pierre | Llp Member | 2025-01-01 | Feb 1966 | — |
| BARNETT, Alan Mark | Llp Member | 2023-01-03 | Jan 1974 | — |
| BARRE, Francois | Llp Member | 2025-01-01 | Apr 1971 | — |
| BATTERTON, Andrew James | Llp Member | 2021-05-01 | Oct 1976 | — |
| BAUTOVICH, Andrew Robert Mackenzie | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Apr 1987 | — |
| BAXTER, Paul Edward | Llp Member | 2025-02-03 | Sep 1966 | — |
| BECKMANN, Robert Nigel | Llp Member | 2022-12-05 | Jan 1966 | — |
| BELFIELD, Simon Charles | Llp Member | 2023-01-01 | Jul 1975 | — |
| BENHAM-PARKER, Romany Kyrin | Llp Member | 2025-02-01 | May 1983 | — |
| BIDDLE, Lee Robert | Llp Member | 2025-05-25 | Jul 1981 | — |
| BILTOO, Michael Alexander | Llp Member | 2025-07-28 | Mar 1981 | — |
| BOILY, Karine | Llp Member | 2025-01-01 | Apr 1974 | — |
| BOLTHAUSEN, Oliver | Llp Member | 2019-08-02 | Oct 1971 | — |
| BOWLER, Claire Yvonne | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Sep 1975 | — |
| BOYD, Katrina Jo | Llp Member | 2023-01-01 | Sep 1978 | — |
| BRANTON, Jonathan Richard | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Apr 1970 | — |
| BRIMBLECOMBE, Jemma Louise | Llp Member | 2026-05-05 | Oct 1985 | — |
| BROADBENT, Hamish Guy | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | May 1972 | — |
| BROCK, Marissa Joanne | Llp Member | 2024-07-01 | Apr 1985 | — |
| BROWN, Donald Michael Gorrie | Llp Member | 2025-09-01 | Jul 1972 | — |
| BRYANT, Edward James | Llp Member | 2024-04-29 | Mar 1968 | — |
| BRYCE, James Kirk | Llp Member | 2024-04-11 | Oct 1975 | — |
| BURKE, Rachael Elizabeth | Llp Member | 2024-02-01 | Sep 1988 | — |
| BURT, Damon Rupert | Llp Member | 2023-07-07 | Oct 1972 | — |
| BUSHELL, Anthony Matthew | Llp Member | 2023-07-10 | Aug 1973 | — |
| CABANOS, Franco Ryan | Llp Member | 2022-12-05 | Nov 1981 | — |
| CALDER, Caroline | Llp Member | 2025-05-01 | Dec 1979 | — |
| CAMPBELL, Clare | Llp Member | 2025-02-05 | Aug 1980 | — |
| CAMPION, John Charles | Llp Member | 2020-01-06 | Dec 1964 | — |
| CANNON, Richard | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Apr 1978 | — |
| CAREY, Katherine Elizabeth | Llp Member | 2025-02-01 | Jun 1987 | — |
| CARIGNAN, Yves | Llp Member | 2025-01-01 | Jul 1967 | — |
| CAROLAN, Lorraine Marcella | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Sep 1965 | — |
| CASHMAN, James | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Jul 1979 | — |
| CEBELINSKI, Radoslaw | Llp Member | 2023-01-01 | May 1983 | — |
| CERRETTI, Matteo | Llp Member | 2020-02-01 | Nov 1982 | — |
| CHAMBERLAIN, Julie | Llp Member | 2021-01-01 | May 1973 | — |
| CHANG, Kai Nee Nicole | Llp Member | 2025-02-01 | Aug 1992 | — |
| CHHATRALIA, Dhruv Mansukhlal | Llp Member | 2023-09-04 | Oct 1984 | — |
| CHIPPERFIELD, Marcus Evan | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | May 1967 | — |
| CHOWDHURY, Raeesa | Llp Member | 2024-02-01 | Nov 1986 | — |
| CICCHETTI, Michele | Llp Member | 2019-08-02 | May 1976 | — |
| CLEMENZ, Bartosz Stefan | Llp Member | 2022-09-22 | Jul 1972 | — |
| COLLINS, Lisa | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Mar 1963 | — |
| COLLISTON, Caroline Anne Watt | Llp Member | 2019-08-02 | Jun 1973 | — |
| CONSTANCE, Robbie | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Oct 1975 | — |
| COOMBS, Rachel Sarah | Llp Member | 2020-12-21 | Apr 1984 | — |
| COONEY, Ann Frances | Llp Member | 2021-03-01 | Dec 1978 | — |
| CREW, Jenny Marie | Llp Member | 2022-02-01 | Feb 1981 | — |
| CRITCHLEY, Nicola Petrina | Llp Member | 2020-06-22 | Sep 1971 | — |
| CROMBIE, June | Llp Member | 2019-08-02 | May 1962 | — |
| CROOK, Benjamin Charles Peter | Llp Member | 2024-02-01 | May 1978 | — |
| CUOMO, Luca | Llp Member | 2019-08-02 | Mar 1981 | — |
| CURLL, Matthew Charles | Llp Member | 2025-02-03 | Jan 1970 | — |
| D'ANDREA, Francesco Mario | Llp Member | 2024-02-19 | Jun 1986 | — |
| DAGNALL, Graham | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Oct 1964 | — |
| DARBY, Timothy Ryan | Llp Member | 2022-12-05 | Mar 1966 | — |
| DEHN, Gemma Charlotte | Llp Member | 2025-02-03 | Jul 1982 | — |
| DELGADO, Mario | Llp Member | 2023-02-01 | Mar 1980 | — |
| DENT, Nicholas Andrew Hazard | Llp Member | 2022-05-03 | Mar 1970 | — |
| DICKINSON, Gerard Graham | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Apr 1954 | — |
| DILLON, John Miles | Llp Member | 2026-01-01 | Oct 1970 | — |
| DONNOLLY, Paul James | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | May 1985 | — |
| DOWDELL, Rupert John | Llp Member | 2024-07-23 | Jun 1973 | — |
| DRAKE, Jonathan Vaughan | Llp Member | 2021-05-04 | Oct 1962 | — |
| DRURY-SMITH, James Edward | Llp Member | 2020-04-20 | Mar 1979 | — |
| DUDAKOV, Matthew | Llp Member | 2022-04-01 | Jun 1975 | — |
| DUNK, Nicola Jane | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Jan 1985 | — |
| DUNN, Christopher Joseph | Llp Member | 2025-05-01 | Jul 1967 | — |
| DUPEYRE, Romain Serge Claude Robert | Llp Member | 2019-08-02 | Nov 1979 | — |
| DURAND, Emmanuel Eugene Henri | Llp Member | 2021-02-01 | Aug 1970 | — |
| EATON, Patrick James | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | Oct 1977 | — |
| EATON, Sara-Jane | Llp Member | 2019-03-10 | May 1969 | — |
| EBERE, Solomon | Llp Member | 2022-09-14 | Apr 1983 | — |
| ELLERGODT, Jeremy Nathan | Llp Member | 2022-12-05 | May 1988 | — |
| ELPHICK, Simon James | Llp Member | 2019-06-01 | Feb 1977 | — |
| EVANS, Jonathan Owain | Llp Member | 2025-05-01 | Mar 1979 | — |
| FEITUSSI, Philippe Leon | Llp Member | 2022-09-01 | Nov 1966 | — |
| FETTELL, Mason Tomas | Llp Member | 2025-02-01 | Feb 1992 | — |
| FIDDICK, John | Llp Member | 2022-12-05 | Sep 1965 | — |
| FINK, Marcus David | Llp Member | 2021-05-05 | Sep 1974 | — |
| FITZGERALD, Hannah Patricia | Llp Member | 2025-02-01 | Aug 1986 | — |
| FLANAGAN, Benjamin James | Llp Member | 2025-02-01 | Jul 1986 | — |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwf Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-share-surplus-assets-75-to-100-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-appoint-and-remove-members-limited-liability-partnership | 2019-03-11 | Active |
| Mr Andrew Richard Leaitherland | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-share-surplus-assets-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership | 2018-07-12 | Ceased 2019-03-09 |
| Mr Matthew Ian Doughty | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-share-surplus-assets-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership | 2018-07-12 | Ceased 2019-03-09 |
| Christopher James Stefani | Individual | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership, right-to-share-surplus-assets-25-to-50-percent-limited-liability-partnership | 2018-07-12 | Ceased 2019-03-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 863 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-05-12 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-07 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-07 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-07 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-07 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-05-06 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 6
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.