‘Outstanding performance at all levels’ fuelled a bumper trading surplus at commercial firm Hill Dickinson last year, according to accounts newly filed at Companies House.

The Liverpool-headquartered practice recorded profit before member remuneration of £58.6m in the year to 30 April 2024, a 29% rise on the previous 12 months (£45.7m). Income climbed 12% to £145.3m, a seventh consecutive year of growth.

Hill Dickinson, which employs about 950 including over 100 equity partners, has seven UK offices. These include an office in Birmingham established in February 2024 which is described as a ‘key strategic bridge’ between its London and northern locations.

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Hill Dickinson’s Liverpool office

The firm has five overseas offices; in Singapore, Monaco, Hong Kong, Piraeus and Limassol. The Limassol office opened in January 2024 in association with established Cypriot firm, G Zambartas LLC.

In its strategic report for the year, Hill Dickinson said its expansion plans had encompassed promoting 22 to partner and making 20 partner lateral hires during the year. ‘As we grow domestically and internationally, we continue to expand key service lines, strengthening our offering to clients,’ the firm said. ‘The firm’ expansion has seen all three of our core business groups [business services, marine & trade, and health] once again outperform the previous year.’

 The highest-paid of Hill Dickinson LLP’s 150 members drew £1,161,000, a 19% rise on 2023.