Stone King LLP

	16 St John's Lane London EC1M 4BS Tel: 020 7796 1007 Fax: 020 7796 1017	Stone King13 Queen Square Bath BA1 2HJ Tel: 01225 337599 Fax: 01225 335437	Wellington House, East Road Cambridge CB1 1BH Tel: 01223 451070 Fax: 01223 451100
	Email: mk@stoneking.co.uk	Website: www.stoneking.co.uk

The Firm

Stone King is independently recognised as being in the top tier of legal advisors to charities, educational and not-for-profit organisations within the UK.

Established in 1785 the firm now has offices in Bath, London, Cambridge and Melksham and serves clients throughout the UK and overseas.

Charity & Education Team

The Charity & Education team is led by Michael King and comprises 6 Partners and 14 assistants all of whom focus solely on charity and education clients.

We act for over 170 of the country's leading charity and not-for-profit organisations on a wide range of activities and across a broad spectrum of interests. We also act for over 400 maintained and independent schools and have been instructed on some 20% of the national total of academy conversions to date.

The team includes individual partners and consultants all of whom are independently recognised for their charity and educational expertise, including Jonathan Burchfield, Ann Philips, Robert Meakin, Stephen Ravenscroft, Richard Gold and Roger Inman.

This team is complemented by individual specialists from within the firm providing bespoke advice on property, employment law, dispute resolution and corporate & commercial issues.

Our Services

We provide advice on a broad range of legal and practical issues affecting charities and other not-for-profit organisations, including:

• Formation and registration of new charities
• Charity Commission investigations and review visits
• Charity mergers
• Establishing trading subsidiaries
• Duties and liabilities of trustees
• Modernising and restructuring charity constitutions
• Governance and compliance issues
• Legacy disputes
• Corporate sponsorship and fundraising
• Employment matters including TUPE, policies and HR procedures
• Acquisition, lease and disposal of functional and investment property
• Intellectual property and data protection
• Dual registration and overseas activities

Contacts

Head of Charity & Education Team - Michael King (mk@stoneking.co.uk)
Head of Charity - Jonathan Burchfield (jrb@stoneking.co.uk)
Head of Education - Roger Inman (ri@stoneking.co.uk)