Stevens & Bolton

 Stevens & Bolton is a Guildford based law firm which has a national and international practice.

What can we do for you?

We offer you and your charity consistent, top quality advice with service standards that match. We offer a credible, cost effective, alternative to London, or City law firms. We will take time to completely understand your vision and what you want to achieve. We are skilled in interpreting the law to provide good explanations and good operational solutions. Jargon free, open and honest we seek to become part of your team. Charities want first class service and down to earth, practical solutions which will work and last.

All our lawyers are of the best quality and have in depth sector experience you can trust. Our charities team is led by Alison Maclennan
 who has extensive knowledge of the law as it relates to charities and charity law. Alison is a leading barrister in charity law who is also a solicitor.

Click here for more information about the charities practice at Stevens and Bolton LLP. Our firm is independently recommended in 21 specialist practice areas, and with many other independent awards and quality marks. We have grown strongly in recent years through a mixture of organic growth and targeted senior hires of experienced legal talent. We enjoy long term relationships with our clients whose views help to shape our business.

Work we have done includes

• All charity litigation including representation in the High Court

• Injunctions, and other remedies

• High level individual donations, resulting trusts and commercial enterprises

• Working with schools

• Contentious probates actions, Claimant and Defendant

• Tax issues

• Advising on the duties, liabilities and responsibilities of charity trustees

• All forms of charity constitutions including unincorporated trusts, charitable companies, community interest companies, industrial and provident societies, Royal Charter corporations and organisations governed by statute

• The creation of charities and securing registration with the Charity Commission

• The acquisition and disposal of charity land, including mortgaging and the specific application of the Charities Acts to such transactions, relations with local authorities in land swaps

• Advising charity trustees on investments and primary purpose and ancillary trading

• Reviewing and advising on the permanent endowment status of charitable assets and their application

• Advising on mergers, federations and other collaborations between both charities and other bodies active within the third sector

• Liaising with the Charity Commission

• Applying for and advising on Charity Commission Schemes and s. 26 Orders and formal advice under s 29 Charities Act 1993

• The creation, funding and governance of trading subsidiaries

• Advising on ex-gratia payments and trustee benefits and advising charity trustees on the restitution of unauthorised benefits and

• Fundraising agreements, creating separate, subsidiary fundraising foundations

• Charities operating abroad, directly or through bodies established abroad, in particular in Israel and the US.

Contact details:

Alison Maclennan
Stevens & Bolton LLP
Wey House
Farnham Road
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 4YD
United Kingdom
DX 2423 Guildford 1
Phone: +44 (0)1483 302264
Fax: +44 (0)1483 302254
Email: alison.maclennan@stevens-bolton.com