Charities and not-for-profit legal services from Muckle LLP

Charities & Not-for-Profits

Charities and not-for-profit organisations operate in a highly complex and regulated environment whilst also facing similar challenges and pressures to businesses in the private sector. That’s why it’s important to have trusted legal advisors who understand the sector inside out and who appreciate that even within the sector, there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ way to operating.

We’re one of the region’s leading legal services providers for charities and not-for-profit organisations and are ranked in Tier 1 for our specialist advice by Legal 500 UK.

We provide a full legal service to over 400 active charity clients nationwide across the breadth of the sector with particular specialisms in community sports, education and arts, culture and heritage.

Our expertise encompasses the entire spectrum of legal issues affecting charities and not-for-profit organisations.

See our charities and not-for-profit legal specialisms

Registration of new charities, community amateur sports clubs (CASCs) and community interest companies (CICs)
Charity Commission consents, schemes, orders and permissions
Conflicts of interest, trustee benefit and connected parties
Serious incident reporting
Establishing, releasing and spending permanent endowment
Trustee investment powers and the total return approach to investment
Social investments, social finance and blended finance
Safeguarding
Incorporation
Mergers, joint ventures and collaborative working
Group structures
Trading and trading subsidiaries
Constitutional and governance reviews
Governance, policies and procedures
Trustees’ duties and decision making
Trustee and charity executive training
Delegation
Grants and contracts
Commercial partnerships and sponsorship
Campaigning
Fundraising
Gift Aid and charitable giving
Legacies
Volunteers
Charity property and mortgaging
Winding up a charity

See our other areas of legal support for charities and not-for-profit organisations

Agriculture and rural property
Charity financing
Commercial contracts
Data protection and information law
Debt recovery
Digital and technology
Dispute resolution
Employment
Intellectual Property
Real estate
Real estate dispute resolution
Restructuring and insolvency

The team has a wealth of expertise in many areas of the law. This is very reassuring for clients to know that there will be a member of the team who can deal with the client’s legal issue swiftly and expertly. At my organisation this has been hugely helpful, rather than having to try different legal firms to get the level of expertise required.

Legal 500 UK, client quote

The team at Muckle truly understand the charity sector and this makes them stand out from other firms. Their knowledge of both the nuances in charity law and how it interacts with other governance related matters, enabled our leadership team to make informed decisions about our charity merger. The approach from Muckle was considerably more appropriate in the circumstances, which emphasised their expertise in the charity sector.

Legal 500 UK, client quote

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Samantha Pritchard

Partner

0191 211 7905

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