Charities
UK Guide 2025 : UK-wide
Band 4
Email address
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(020) 7423 8000About
Provided by Trowers & Hamlins LLP
Our charity clients work for their money and many are complex commercial businesses operating in a highly regulated and closely scrutinized environment. We also work with local authorities, helping them to identify the vital services that charities can provide, negotiate contracts and manage successful relationships.
Our role is to help charities promote their charitable purposes, be more commercial and fulfill their promises and obligations. Providing governance advice and helping to ensure compliance with charity law and regulatory requirements is the cornerstone of our work. We advise on a full range of governance issues as well as provide broader support such as through trustee training. We often advise boards at a strategic level on wider issues like group structuring, asset optimisation and staffing strategy, and bring wider skills to projects such as act as the ability to act project manager on restructuring projects.
We also offer much more to our clients by providing expert skills in other specialist areas. We are a full service law firm and charities can benefit from specialist skills in areas including, for example, pensions, land acquisitions and financing.
Chambers Review
Trowers & Hamlins has a strong focus on housing associations and charities that primarily raise funds through contracts or charging beneficiaries. The team advises on employment, contract and tax issues as well as transactional and structuring mandates. The firm also offers property, regulatory and governance support and regularly carries out internal investigations for charities clients in relation to misconduct and accounting issues.
Work Highlights
- Trowers & Hamlins advised Plymouth Diocesan Trust on the restructuring of its governance, including the establishment of Plymouth Diocesan Trustee Company.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Trowers & Hamlins brings a broad overview of trends within the sector and is able to offer diverse perspectives based on experience."
"Trowers & Hamlins has a strong knowledge of the area. The team provides adaptable advice and is very responsive to our needs."
"Trowers & Hamlins provided thoughtful, considered advice, with options set out clearly and with pros and cons for each."
"Trowers & Hamlins brings a broad overview of trends within the sector and is able to offer diverse perspectives based on experience."
"Trowers & Hamlins has a strong knowledge of the area. The team provides adaptable advice and is very responsive to our needs."
"Trowers & Hamlins provided thoughtful, considered advice, with options set out clearly and with pros and cons for each."