Charity solicitors
We exist to improve lives, communities and society. Our understanding of, and commitment to, the voluntary sector underpins the ethos of the whole firm, not just a department or team. This depth of understanding helps us find the most effective way to help charities achieve their aims.
We have worked with charities and other not-for-profit bodies since 1973, and we are independently ranked in the top five national law firms for such work. We are particularly well known for our longstanding support to faith-based charities; indeed the firm was founded because of the Christian commitment of the original partners. We work with churches and faith-based groups of all kinds and sizes to help them achieve their mission–whether that is to share their faith or transform society.
Our long-term commitment to our other chosen sectors, including health and social care, social housing and social business, means we are regularly involved in large and critically important projects involving charities in those sectors and the wider third sector. At the same time, we provide reliable, cost-effective support to many smaller charities. Working in this way can be challenging but it is a privilege to work alongside charities and people who share our purpose and values – and help them to improve lives.
We help charities, and those who support them, overcome the obstacles to achieving their aims, whether that involves providing a cost-effective response to day-to-day legal issues or helping to manage a complex project that is critical to the future of the charity. We can help with most of the issues that a charity is likely to encounter and where we cannot help ourselves we usually know someone who can.
We have received advice from Anthony Collins for many years, covering constitutional, management and numerous other aspects of running a charity, including staff employment. In consideration of the expertise, professionalism, support and attention to detail from the staff we have engaged with, in particular Phil Watts and Doug Mullen, I am very happy to recommend their services to any other organisation.
Iain Mair, Executive Director, GideonsUK
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Procurement UnpACked: Using KPIs to drive accountability and performance
Contracting authorities will have seen that there is a range of obligations relating to key performance indicators (KPIs) under the…
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Taking all reasonable steps; more guidance for discrimination cases
Lawyers love this word ‘reasonable’ – I would go as far as to say that we spend an unreasonable amount of time debating what reasonable…
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£20m coming to a community near you? How are we going to learn from previous programmes?
The Government announced the new Plan for Neighbourhoods £1.5bn funding pot, last month, which I’m sure will be very welcome news for the…
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Local Government Pension Scheme: changes for a new year
For the Local Government Pension Scheme, the new year starts not on 1 January but on 1 April and with the start of a new scheme year,…
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Duty to prevent sexual harassment; equalities watchdog is taking it seriously
McDonalds is back in our headlines. The BBC has recently reported on the alarming rates of sexual harassment of its staff rising to such…
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Leasehold Reform – small steps now, huge steps in the future
On 3 March 2025, changes in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (LFRA 2024) intended to enable leaseholders to more easily…
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Higgs v Farmor’s School – proportionate responses and protected beliefs
The case of Kirstie Higgs and her previous employer, Farmor’s School, has finally been decided by the Court of Appeal. Her dismissal was…
We have been recognised for the work we do
Charity receives payment of £250,000 exit credit from LGPS
ER was a charity participating in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) because it was delivering services for a local authority and employed staff who had previously been employed by the local authority.
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