Charities
Charities and social enterprises operate in a unique market which embraces the public sector ethos within a commercial environment. LG has a dedicated charities and social enterprises comprising individuals with specialist knowledge of the public and private sectors who understand the statutory, regulatory and commercial framework within which charities and social enterprises operate.
We act for a wide range of charity clients from large household name charities to new charity establishments. Our charity clients work in all fields of public benefit including, education, leisure, housing, health, regeneration and conservation.
We understand the framework within which our charity clients operate and, with the benefit of the expertise throughout the firm, we are able to provide our charity clients with a broad range of legal advice.
We can advise you on...
- Establishment of new charities
- Advice on appropriate legal entities
- Constitutional advice and amending governing documents
- Corporate governance and trustee training
- Company law / charity law compliance
- Board meetings and AGMs
- Trustee benefits and conflicts of interest
- Re-structuring options
- Trading
- Commercial contracts
- Intellectual property
- Employment
- VAT and tax
- Property acquisitions and disposals
- Funding arrangements
- Winding up
We also offer company secretarial services to many of our charity clients and we hold an annual corporate governance seminar specifically aimed at our charity and social enterprise clients.
Don't just take our word for it…
'…[the Charity team] "are extremely helpful and positive, with invaluable expertise in both corporate and charities law."' Chambers UK 2010
"The team is ‘excellent, knowledgeable, helpful and responsive’." The Legal 500 UK Edition 2009
"Composed of 'lawyers who clearly know what they are doing,' [LG's Charities team is] large enough to house expertise in key areas, with clients noting that they are “impressed by how quickly they can act on anything,” Clients also pinpointed a special expertise in establishing public sector bodies as charities." Chambers UK 2008