Not-for-profit organisations
We believe not-for-profit sports clubs, community groups and charities are the beating heart of our communities, and provide real benefits. Managing a not-for-profit organisation has its own unique challenges, and we are committed to using our skills to help volunteers and administrators focus on their goals, not their paperwork.
Our team has the legal skills and real world experience to give you expert advice and training about:
- The advantages and disadvantages of the available operating structures (charitable trusts/companies/incorporated societies)
- Administration and governance obligations
- Drafting and amending constitutional documents
- Winding up not-for-profit organisations
- Funding applications and options
- Disciplinary matters
- Employment and contracting issues for volunteers, coaches and officials
- Commercial issues for not-for-profit organisations, including sponsorship agreements, restraints of trade and event/risk management
- Athlete agreements, including grants/funding, sponsorship and image rights
- Establishing charitable trusts, incorporated societies and charitable companies
- Registering charitable organisations with Charities Services
- Presenting seminars to trustees and officers about their obligations and liabilities
Read our articles on not-for-profit organisations
Navigating the New Norms: Key Changes to Incorporated Society Rules
25 June 2024
If you are involved with running an incorporated society, you need to be aware of the new Incorporated Societies Act 2022 (the New Act) and the obligations this New Act creates for you.
Charitable Trusts “General Need To Knows” from the perspective of a new Trustee joining a Charitable Trust
9 August 2023
Our Partner, Chad Danswan, was excited to be invited recently to join as a trustee of the Cambridge Community House Charitable Trust. He reflects on his recent appointment particularly with respect to the importance of understanding the purpose and applicable legislation which come with being a trustee and shares his thoughts to assist others who are not lawyers who may be on, or considering joining, a Charitable Trust.
