Who owns UK companies in Barristers at law?

173 of the 916 companies registered under SIC 69101 (Barristers at law) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 1,304 individual shareholders and 116 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 6.9% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 1.7% file full, group or medium-sized accounts, a sign of larger businesses, compared with 8.2% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 16% file dormant-company accounts, compared with 10% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 72 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.

Company size and age

The median company in this industry was incorporated 8.1 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Accounting and auditing activities SIC 69201 · 12,674 companies · 22% majority-owned by a company
• Bookkeeping activities SIC 69202 · 6,262 companies · 15% majority-owned by a company
• Tax consultancy SIC 69203 · 3,804 companies · 21% majority-owned by a company
• Solicitors SIC 69102 · 3,544 companies · 15% majority-owned by a company
• Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities n.e.c. SIC 69109 · 2,109 companies · 15% majority-owned by a company

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 112 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 69101, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 3 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.

About this data

Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 21 February 2021 and 9 June 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.

Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.