Charities and social enterprise

Over 120 of our lawyers work for our charity and social enterprise clients, including specialist teams in charity law, philanthropy, employment, contested legacies, and alternative financing.  

We support charities through every stage of their journey and have worked in each of these areas with charities and social enterprise: 

Establishment - We can help with registration, governance and finding the right structure when you first set up.
People - We will support you with developing your HR policies, recruitment, pensions, conduct and disciplinary issues.
Estates - Leases, purchases and development work are all areas where we have helped charities that are growing or starting out.  
Intellectual property and data - Our work in this area includes compliance, disputes and commercialising your assets.
Regulation - As your operations grow, we will help you manage relationships with the many regulators.
Growth - When you are trading, merging, looking for alternative fundraising, developing philanthropy efforts and setting up international ventures, we can support you with your ambitious plans. 

We act for a wide range of charities including education & research organisations; health, medical research charities and hospices; philanthropy, legacies and charitable foundations;  museums, heritage and art organisations, as well as local regional and community not-for-profit charities and social enterprises.

Our clients include:

• Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Wellcome Trust
• British Council
• Institute of Mechanical Engineers
• Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness and Innovation (CEPI)
• Childrens Investment Fund Foundation
• The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
• Livability
• Stratford upon Avon Town Trust
• Livery companies
• Religious charities
• Sports

Our charity blog keeps the industry up to date on the latest developments.