Charities

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Provided by Edwards & Co

What people say about us:

Edwards & Co. Solicitors is the leading practice for charities and associated bodies in Northern Ireland ranked No 1 by Chambers UK for over 10 years with the the only leading band 1 solicitor, Sarah Burrows.

We represent many charities in Northern Ireland and further afield covering issues such as annual reporting, authorising transactions, changing a charity’s governing document, consents for charitable companies, general governance, making payments to trustees, mergers and closures, new powers for unincorporated charities, requesting a scheme, registration, religious designation, schools and charity registration, inquiries and charity tribunal proceedings. The team deals with daily queries relating to public benefit, private benefit, submitting annual monitoring returns, applications for consents and trustee personal liability. We also advise in relation to specialised services such as trustee & board training, group restructures, trading subsidiaries, joint ventures, mergers, serious incident reporting, charity fraud matters, safeguarding and charity property.

"Edwards & Co is the foremost firm in Northern Ireland for charity law. The firm is very commercially aware, providing clients with updates on changing aspects of the law."

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