Ashfords Solicitors

Introduction

Ashfords' specialist Charities lawyers advise upon charity law and governance as well as employment law and taxation advice and handle property transactions and litigation for third sector clients. We advise charities, social enterprises and voluntary organisations upon all aspects of the law as it applies to the Third Sector.

Work handled includes:

Formation and registration of charities
Incorporation of existing charities
Advice upon governance and trustees' powers, duties and liabilities
Advice upon applications for Schemes and Orders
Mergers, amalgamations and collaborative working
Trading by charities, social enterprises and trading subsidiaries
Property transactions and mortgages by charities
Fundraising
Grants and grant conditions
Winding up and the application of charitable assets
Taxation

Regular seminars and up-dates are provided for clients together with a fixed cost employment law advice scheme.

Head of Department, Geoff Trobridge previously worked for the Charity Commission where he dealt with all aspects of charity law and, in particular, issues of charitable status, the drafting, interpretation and amendment of governing documents - trust deeds, memoranda and articles of association, Royal Charters and statutes - mergers, closures, powers of investment, total return, common investment funds, trading subsidiaries, charity proceedings, governance and VAT mitigation schemes.

Recent work undertaken includes:

Governance advice to a major regeneration organisation
The transfer of the management of St John's School Sidmouth to new charity trustees.
Advice upon objects and governance for EDP Drug and Alcohol Services
Advice upon the status and funding of voluntary aided schools
The formation of a charity and subsequent transfer to it of a health education project for a higher education institution
Advice upon governance and property transactions to a regeneration and conservation charity

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Introduction