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Burford Capital PLC

The leading finance firm focused on law and the only to be listed on the NYSE and LSE, Burford helps companies and law firms optimize their legal assets. The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.

Active 12 years old · 2,911th oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 2010s

Company number09077893
StatusActive
Incorporated09/06/2014
Accounts last made up to31/12/2025
Next accounts due30/06/2027
Accounts typeGROUP
Legal Entity Identifier549300HCVQH9WYQ2JT20

Registered office

PATERNOSTER HOUSE, 4TH FLOOR, 65 ST PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, LONDON, EC4M 8AB

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Online

Website www.burfordcapital.com

News and announcements on their own site

Social accounts X, Instagram

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Group structure

Its immediate parent is BURFORD CAPITAL HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED.

Ownership as recorded by GLEIF, the body that issues Legal Entity Identifiers. Unlike a shared registered office, these relationships are filed and validated, so they are evidence of a real corporate link.

Filing history

This company has 60 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 16/07/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 09/06/2026.

Filings: officer changes24
Filings: accounts14
Filings: confirmation statements10
Filings: address changes3
Filings: share capital2
Filings: annual returns2

The most recent filings

Director resigned 11/08/2026
Group accounts 16/07/2026
Confirmation statement 09/06/2026
Director resigned 29/05/2026
Group accounts 08/07/2025
Confirmation statement 09/06/2025
Group accounts 09/07/2024
Confirmation statement 20/06/2024
Secretary resigned 17/08/2023
Secretary appointed 16/08/2023

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 3 current officers and 10 who have resigned.

HIGHVERN FUND SERVICES LIMITED Corporate secretaryappointed 03/08/2023
Philip Braverman Directorappointed 22/11/2017
Leslie Paster Directorappointed 14/10/2015

Who controls it

Companies must record the people or entities with significant control. The register shows 1 current entry.

Burford Capital (Uk) Limited
Owns 75% to 100% of the shares
since 19/01/2018

Charges

No charges are registered against this company.

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

On the register

  • 2,911th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 2010s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)