Charity law

Need assistance understanding charity law? Our team of expert charity lawyers help to navigate the unique legal and regulatory requirements of the sector, and balance these with commercial objectives.

Charities today face a unique range of legal, regulatory and commercial challenges. We have helped a wide range of charities deal with these issues and realise significant opportunities in the sector. Our approach to navigating charity law and governance includes:

Finding the best legal structure.
Setting up governance and relationships between trustees/management/funders/donors/stakeholders.
Balancing the need to operate a sustainable charity with working towards achieving your charity’s objectives.
Managing relationships with the Charity Commission, Companies House and other key regulators for the sector.
Using our charity, private client and tax expertise to advise on philanthropy and venture philanthropy.

Our charity lawyers

We have a team of specialist lawyers for charities, who work closely with experts in our other charity sector disciplines – ranging from regulation and HR to innovative fundraising.

Our experience providing legal advice for charities

We support charities through every stage of their journey:

Establishment - Registration, governance, and finding the right structure.
People - HR policies, recruitment, pensions, conduct and disciplinary issues.
Estates - Leases, purchases and development work.
Intellectual property and data - Including compliance, disputes and commercialising your assets.
Regulation - Managing regulator relationships.
Growth - Trading, alternative fundraising, philanthropy and international ventures.

Our clients

Education/research - Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Wellcome Trust
Community/regional charities - Hundreds of smaller charities and non-profits
Health - BMA, St Andrew’s Healthcare
Livery companies - Including several of the Great Twelve
Religious charities - Church Commissioners, Diocese of Ely, the Methodist Church
Sport - the FA, League Football Education, Mountain Training Trust

Charity law resources you may find useful

Our blog, Charity Legal Update, keeps the industry up to date on the latest developments in charity law.

Your main contact

Neil Burton

Partner
Neil Burton

Partner
- +(44)(0)1223 222455
- +(44)(0)7918 724046
- Contact Neil
  
  Contact Neil Burton
  
  * = required
  
  First name *
  
  Last name *
  
  Organisation
  
  Email address *
  
  Phone number
  
  Your message *
  
  Send enquiry
  
  Mills & Reeve will use the information you provide in this form in accordance with our privacy policy. We may from time to time send you general updates by email or post that we think you will find of interest. This includes notification of upcoming event and updates or alerts containing relevant legal news. You can update your preferences at any time and will be able to easily unsubscribe from anything that you do not wish to receive.
  
  Thank you
  
  Thank you for your enquiry. We will be in touch shortly.
  
  Close
  
  Reset form
  
  Close overlay
- Cambridge
- Meet the team