England - London • Private client
Blake Morgan LLP
The impressive team at Blake Morgan LLP is led by legal director Ben Brice and acts for some of the largest, household name charities, not-for-profits and social enterprise organisations in the UK, alongside smaller charities. Through its various offices in London, Thames Valley, the South Coast and Wales, the group covers the full spread of issues from advising on collaborative working with charities and third parties to the registration of new charities. Brice is adept at covering various aspects of contentious and non-contentious charity law, and Gina Cheetham is another key member of the team.
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Testimonials
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‘Having a range of specialists in one firm means that we don't have to explain the situation more than once. Property, employment, health, regulation, charity law all in one place provide real synergies.’
‘They have access to a wide range of specialities and are able to respond quickly to our needs. We use them for a wide range of matters and they always seem to deliver.’
‘My main contact is very personable and is able to explain things clearly and concisely. He makes me feel as though he is part of our team, not just an external adviser, and wants the best for us as a charity'.
- 'Good advice, practical. Friendly and quick to respond'.
- 'Everyone we worked with was great, timely, professional and delivered what we needed'.
Key clients
- Church Mission Society
- CSW
- Search for Common Ground
- Pilgrims' Friend Society
- Linacre College, Oxford
- International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists
- St Barnabas Society
- Armenian General Benevolent Union London Trust
- Tricolor Associates
- Langley House Trust
- The Guildhall Trust
- Cranstoun
- Women's Prize Trust
- Global Witness
- UKNEST
- Cancer Research Wales
Work highlights
- Advised Search for Common Ground in connection with the options available for restructuring its group and international network of NGO organisations and branches to enable growth and more efficient access to funding.
- Advised Women's Prize Trust on the transfer of the trust fund established to generate income for the annual Women's Prize for Fiction.
- Advised Pilgrims' Friend Society in connection with the acquisition of two care homes, one requiring an approach to the Charity Commission to seek the introduction of a new scheme to appoint PFS as sole corporate trustee of the home and the other by way of a more conventional merger by way of transfer of the entire undertaking of the care home.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ben Brice