All firms regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) are required to collect, report and publish data about the equality and diversity make-up of their workforce. Here are our survey results from June 2023.
Number of staff (including Partners) at time of survey: 73
Number of staff (including Partners) who completed the survey: 52
Total number of non-respondents: 21
| Question | Response | Equity SolicitorPartner | Salaried or partial equity Solicitor Partner | Solicitor
Not Partner |
Other
Fee Earning Role |
Role
Directly Supporting A Fee Earner |
Managerial
Role |
IT/HR/
Other Corporate Services Role |
Barrister | Chartered
Legal Executive (Fellow)/ CILEx Practitioner |
Licensed Conveyancer | Prefer not to say |
| 1. Select the category which best describes your role in the firm | 1 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 3 | ||||
| 2. Age | 16 – 24 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 25 – 34 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| 35 – 44 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 45 – 54 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 55 – 64 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 65+ | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Prefer not to say | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3. What is your Sex? | Male | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Female | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| Other preferred description | ||||||||||||
| Prefer not to say | 2 | |||||||||||
| 4. Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth? | Yes, gender identity the SAME as sex at birth | 1 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | |||
| No, gender identity not the same as sex at birth | ||||||||||||
| Prefer not to say | 2 | |||||||||||
| 5. Disability (according to Equality Act) | Yes | 1 | ||||||||||
| No | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| Prefer not to say | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 6. Day-to- day activities limited due to health problem or disability lasting at least 12 months | Yes, limited a lot | 1 | ||||||||||
| Yes, limited a little | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| No | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Prefer not to say | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 7. Ethnicity | Bangladeshi | |||||||||||
| Chinese | ||||||||||||
| Indian | ||||||||||||
| Pakistani | ||||||||||||
| Any other Asian background | ||||||||||||
| African | ||||||||||||
| Caribbean | ||||||||||||
| Any other Black background | ||||||||||||
| White and Asian | ||||||||||||
| White and Black African | ||||||||||||
| White and Black Caribbean | ||||||||||||
| Any other Mixed / multiple ethnic background | ||||||||||||
| British / English / Welsh / Northern Irish / Scottish | 1 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Irish | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gypsy or Irish | ||||||||||||
| Roma | ||||||||||||
| Any other White background | 1 | |||||||||||
| Arab | ||||||||||||
| Any other ethnic group | ||||||||||||
| Prefer not to say | 2 | |||||||||||
| 8. Religion or belief | No religion or belief | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Buddhist | ||||||||||||
| Christian | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Hindu | ||||||||||||
| Jewish | 1 | |||||||||||
| Muslim | ||||||||||||
| Sikh | ||||||||||||
| Any other religion or belief | 1 | |||||||||||
| Prefer not to say | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 9. Sexual orientation | Bi | |||||||||||
| Gay/Lesbian | ||||||||||||
| Heterosexual | 1 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| Other preferred description | ||||||||||||
| Prefer not to say | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 10. School type from 11 to 16 | State -run or state -funded school – selective on academic, faith or other grounds | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| State -run or state -funded school – non – selective | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Independent / fee -paying school | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Independent / fee -paying school, where I received a bursary covering 90% or more of my tuition | 2 | |||||||||||
| Attended school outside the UK | ||||||||||||
| Don’t know / not sure | 1 | |||||||||||
| Prefer not to say | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 11. Did either of your parents attend university by the time you were 18? | No, neither of my parents attended university | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Yes, one or both of my parents attended university | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Don’t know / not sure | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Prefer not to say | 2 | |||||||||||
| 12. Work of the main / highest income earner in your household when you were aged about 14 | Modern professional and traditional professional occupations such as: teacher, nurse, physiotherapist, social worker, musician, police officer (sergeant or above), software designer, accountant, solicitor, medical practitioner, scientist, civil / mechanical engineer | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Senior, middle or junior managers or administrators such as: finance manager, chief executive, large business owner, office manager, retail manager, bank manager, restaurant manager, warehouse manager | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Clerical and intermediate occupations such as: secretary, personal assistant, call centre agent, clerical worker, nursery nurse | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Technical and 1 6 3 1 craft occupations such as: motor mechanic, plumber, printer, electrician, gardener, train driver | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Routine, semi – routine manual and service occupations such as: postal worker, machine operative, security guard, caretaker, farm worker, catering assistant, sales assistant, HGV driver, cleaner, porter, packer, labourer, waiter/waitress, bar staff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Small business owners who employed less than 25 people such as: corner shop owners, small plumbing companies, retail shop owner, single restaurant or cafe owner, taxi owner, garage owner | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Long term unemployed (claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance or earlier unemployment benefit for more than a year) | ||||||||||||
| Other, such as: retired, this question does not apply to me, I don’t know | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Prefer not to say | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 13. Primary carer for a child under 18 | Yes | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| No | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Prefer not to say | 2 | |||||||||||
| 14. Time spent providing unpaid care for those with long term physical or mental ill health caused by disability or age | No | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Yes, 1 – 19 hours a week | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Yes, 20 – 49 hours a week | ||||||||||||
| Yes, 50 or more hours a week | 1 | |||||||||||
| Prefer not to say | 2 |