roythornes charity services
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Working togetherwith Charities
ROYTHORNESCHARITY
SERVICES
Business advice to the
Charity sectorRoythornes have many years of experience working with Charities.We act for a wide range of charities and other organisations in thevoluntary sector at both national and local level giving us an insightand experience we can use to the benefit of our clients.
Some of our clients include:• royal institutions and other bodies incorporated by Charter• national childcare and educational charities• religious institutions• conservation bodies and the environmental sector• local charities and sole endowments
We strongly believe that our advice should add value to charitiesof any size and at any stage in their development. With ourknowledge and experience we can provide you with practicalsolutions to problems and ultimately working to solve them.
As a broad based firm we have the ability to bring togetherfocused teams to meet a charities needs:-
• With dedicated commercial lawyers we can advise on mergersand collaborative working, arrange and draft distribution andmanufacturing agreements (across international borders whereappropriate) - always ensuring that commercial partnershipsbenefit the charity in a commercial as well as ethical manner.
• Our property team manage the property portfolios of manycharities, from shop and office leases, to multi-million poundproperty sales, purchases and transfers (such as buying, sellingor leasing property).
• As employers with staff on a number of different contractarrangements from full time directors to part time volunteers,charities need specialist HR planning and employment advice.Our employment law team ensures that all contracts comply withthe fast changing legislation (complex contracts, disputes andemployment law issues, constitutional amendments and advicefor trustees and directors) whilst our regular e-mail updates keepHR managers of charities informed of the very latest changesand what they need to be doing about them.
• We are involved in local and national Pro-Bono services.The local Pro-Help Group (part of Business in the Community)aims to support voluntary organisations with free professionaladvice and guidance. The group is made up of professional firmsfrom the Peterborough area to provide their professionalservices to local community projects in the region free of charge.
• We have particular expertise of Social Media and the legalities ofsocial media in the workplace. Social media can open upbusinesses to risk, we can help organisations manage andcontrol their on-line risks by giving guidance and advice onsocial media policies and why a social media policy shouldbe one of the bedrocks of your organisation.We can also give guidelinesto protecting yourreputation and alsohow to maintain a balancebetween your corporateimage andthe more personalstyle that socialmedia demands.
We can give you theadvice and assistance youneed in relation to thesematters, taking account ofthe specific charity law implicationswhich may arise.
The work we undertake is as varied as the charities for whomwe act. From formation through to growth, expansion andmergers we have the skills to help.
We can help and advise on all issues relating to a charity andits business and property operations, including:
• Setting up of a charity and general charity formationand governance
• Charity Commission registration
• Incorporation of charities and trustee bodies
• Creation, administration and variation of charitable trusts
• Charity commission compliance
• Companies House compliance
• Trustee advice, remuneration and insurance, trustee issues
• Mergers and collaborative working, distribution agreementsand manufacturing agreements
• Employment matters
• Funding issues and commercial arrangements
• Acquisition disposal letting and development of property(buying, selling or leasing property)
• Commercial contracts and procurement
• Community engagement and development
• Administration of estates (including buying and sellingcharitable land)
• Charity Commission schemes, investigations and reviews
• Contentious trust and probate issues including legacy andInheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act work
• Winding up dissolving charities
• The Compact
Working with
CharitiesOur approach is to create focusedproject groups to support eachclient providing them with accessto cross disciplinary expertise.
Examples of our work• A large national children's charity has a portfolio of shopsand offices which need active management to maximisetheir use and minimise their overheads. Working closelywith their head office property team, we act rapidly andefficiently to ensure that the portfolio is working for thecharity at maximum efficiency.
• A national environmental charity is busy expanding it'slandholding by purchasing a number of parcels of land.We have worked with the charity to develop a streamlinedsystem of working and reporting which ensures that theyalways know where they stand in terms of progress, feesand timescales.
• We provide a dedicated helpline to give assistance to themembers of a professional Royal Institution. Our teamhave access to a full range of industry specific adviceand provide specialist sector support to members on anongoing basis.
• We provide our Wills service to a national charity, where weoffer standard Wills to all clients introduced by them, withthe client being asked to make a donation to the charity.
• We worked with one of the UKs biggest conservationcharities on a £5 million project to purchase and restore825 acres of ancient woodland in Devon.
Roythornes is a top 200 law firm(The Lawyer survey 2012) with astrong reputation. From four officeswe act for a wide range of businessesand individuals, taking a pragmaticand business focused approach tothe challenges they face.
Services for Businesses• Agricultural property• Business rescue and insolvency• Commercial property• Company and commercial• Debt recovery• Dispute resolution and litigation• Social media policies• Employment for businesses• Environment• Social housing• Planning for business• Property development.
Services for individuals• Family• Moving home• Personal injury• Employment• Disputes• Planning for individuals• Wealth management• Wills and probate.
Offices:Peterborough 01733 558585Spalding 01775 842500Nottingham 01159 484555Newmarket 01638 561320
www.roythornes.co.uk
@Roythornes
This publication is for guidance only and doesnot constitute legal advice. You should alwaysseek professional advice before makingdecision of a legal nature. Roythornes LLP isa limited liability partnership registered inEngland and Wales under numberOC343074. We are regulated by theSolicitors Regulation Authority. Registeredoffice Enterprise Way, Pinchbeck, SpaldingPE11 3YR. We use the word ‘Partner’ to referto a member of the LLP or an employee orconsultant with equivalent standing andqualifications. Refer to www.roythornes.co.ukOctober 2013.
We are committed to the Charity sector and often get involved
with our clients’ activities. Our staff are encouraged to take
an active part in charitable schemes, supporting local and
national projects.
Meet theTeam
Jonathan WilliamsPartnert: 01733 898972
Catherine ThompsonPartnert: 01733 898960
Julie RobinsonPartnert: 01775 842618
Vember MortlockPartnert: 01775 842525
Maz DannourahSolicitort: 01733 898967
Claire TroloveSolicitort: 01733 898959
Elizabeth YoungPartnert: 01775 842546
Nadine WealandsPrivate Client Advisert: 01775 842510
Satinder ManderTrainee Solicitort: 01775 842605