Spearheaded by Dominic Curran, the charities team at Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP is known for its work with faith-based charities. It is also highly regarded for its national and international charity work with health and social care charities. In addition, it receives a steady flow of instructions to act as interim manager from the Charity Commission for England and Wales, and is adept at advising on financing issues for charities through grant work, social investment and secured lending. Another core focus is advising on fundraising issues. Matthew Wort frequently oversees employment matters for health and social care providers, while Edwina Turner leads the charities governance team.
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‘Very customer focused. Timely and efficient communications and flexibility to meet our needs at short notice. Always willing to provide a fixed-price or low-cost retainer fee for services and are very transparent about any additional costs – great for SMEs.’
‘Team has relevant expertise and delivers it in a context-specific way, with good levels of empathy. We have a strong working relationship with Dominic Curran.’
‘Excellent service dealing with an extremely complex matter. Kept us fully informed as to what was happening, any issues that arose were swiftly resolved.’
‘Dominic Curran and his team were extremely helpful, and very quick with responses to any questions we raised (usually responded by return). Dominic was very reassuring particularly when things became difficult with timescales towards the completion date.'
'Excellent communication by phone/teams and email. Without Dominic's expertise in charity law – I'm sure that our project would have fallen through.’
‘We've worked with a number of the teams and they all seem to interconnect well as a team rather than a series of individuals.’
‘A competent team with unquestionable expertise in this sector.’
‘The firm specialises in supporting social enterprises and charities. This makes it an obvious choice for social enterprise groups seeking support with setup, compliance, and representation.’
Key clients
- Dimensions
- Albany BC
- ADA – National College for Digital Skills
- Reliance Bank
- Charity Bank
- Heart Research UK
- Fuel Bank Foundation
- St George’s Guildhall and Creative Hub
Work highlights
Advised the Baptist Church on the key issue of affordable housing and the opportunities for churches in this space through a ground-breaking transformation of a church and community building into a brand new mixed-use development featuring community space and affordable homes.
Advised ADA – National College for Digital Skills (the social mobility educational charity) on its game-changing expansion into central London and Manchester to build on the work it does with those from low-income backgrounds and other disadvantaged circumstances to use tech as a tool which enables social mobility.
Selected to be the sole adviser to the Fuel Bank Foundation, the only UK charity to focus on the challenges of people living in “fuel crisis”, and provided governance, commercial, data protection and employment advice.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Dominic Curran
Other key lawyers
Matthew Wort; Edwina Turner