Tim Rutherford

Practice Areas

Tim has a national reputation for advising charities and is a partner in the Charity & Social Enterprise Team at Stone King.

He specialises in advising on charity law, governance and related issues and is also experienced in advising charities and organisations in relation to insolvency and risk management issues.

He excels in advising charities related to faith organisations (in particular Roman Catholic religious orders and Dioceses and Anglican religious orders) and Almshouses, as well as acting for many other types of charity across the sector. He has a particular expertise in incorporations and restructures, having been responsible for the first incorporation of a Roman Catholic religious order charity as a CIO and has since established more than 80 similar CIOs in the past few years. He also worked with the Almshouse Association to rewrite its guidance ‘the Standards of Almshouse Management’.

Professional Memberships

Tim is a member of the Charity Law Association.

Personal

Tim is an active runner and has completed several half marathons to raise funds for local charities in Bath.

He is a trustee of the Miss Beryl Billings (known as Margot Boyd) Charitable Trust and a trustee of Restore Hope.