Our Charities team provides full corporate services

The areas that are covered are as follows:

• Charitable and not for profit entities, including social enterprise bodies, trusts and companies limited by guarantee
• the public and voluntary sectors.

Our experience with key clients in both Scotland and England includes advising on:

• Constitutional and governance issues
• choice of legal structure
• applications for charitable status or variations to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Charity Commission
• other regulatory issues
• officers' duties
• contractual arrangements with third parties
• funding, both as funder and as recipient
• tax.

We have formed close relationships with certain not for profit companies and participate in their meetings. Many of our clients operate UK-wide, requiring collaboration with both regulators.

Not for profit bodies and charities are increasingly being used in our market with the result that we can provide those clients with highly focused advice on charities law within a corporate environment.

View some of our Charities credentials.