Charities / Social Enterprises

We are "the go to" firm for charity advice according to Chambers UK, A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession and have been ranked top tier for the last three years. The 2009 edition notes that sources report that our lawyers are adept at offering "wonderfully positive working relationships with clients, putting them at ease in every eventuality".

Our clients include Age NI, Bryson Charitable Group, Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Action for Children, Disability Action, Volunteer Now, MindWise New Vision, Trinity Housing Limited and CO3 (Chief Officers Third Sector).

This key sector is a long established and important part of our core advisory services.  Our clients include local and national charities, social enterprises and not for profit organisations of all sizes and we advise on: 

  • Mergers and collaborations
  • Constitutions including Articles of Association`
  • Corporate governance
  • The Companies Act 2006
  • The new Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008
  • Duties, responsibilities and liabilities of charity trustees and company directors
  • Trading subsidiaries
  • Leasing, acquisition and disposal of charity property
  • Employment advice
  • Joint ventures
  • Public service delivery contracts
  • Cy-près schemes
  • Charitable objects

For a list of recent articles please click here.

To access the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland please click here.