Our core team, working exclusively for Charities and Independent Schools, is highly experienced. The team has a national reputation and deals with some of the largest, most high profile charities in the UK, as well as acting for independent schools all over the country.
Our Charities team can act for you on all aspects of charity law, including:
• Constitutional/governance
• Legacy management
• Education
• Employment
• Property
• Planning
• Intellectual property
• Trust accounting services
• Investment
• VAT and other taxation
This holistic approach ensures that every aspect of your activities is considered. Having access to such a breadth of knowledge and experience in one place also enables you to operate in the most cost-effective way possible.
We understand that whilst you are part of a highly regulated environment and are essentially running a business, you are not motivated exclusively by business considerations.
Your passion for what you do is matched by our responsiveness to your needs and our appreciation of the charitable ethos. Whilst many of our clients are well-established, others come to us for advice on starting a charity, perhaps as part of long-term tax planning. We have a successful track record for working with private individuals and high profile celebrities in this area.
Other areas we can help you with include restructuring, incorporation of unincorporated charities, mergers and hive-offs and trading and fundraising issues. We can also offer tailor-made Trustee and Governor training on legal duties and responsibilities and run seminars and workshops on issues faced by our clients.
We have an exceptional working relationship with the Charity Commission which enables us to negotiate productively on your behalf on a range of issues. If you have operations overseas, we are experienced in liaising with lawyers in other countries.
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