Company Secretarial and Corporate Governance

We assist individuals with the formation of not-for-profit organisations, including charities and foundations, and help with the registration process for other incorporated bodies, ongoing governance, and advising on general legal issues. Our goal is to imbue our clients’ first steps into the not-for-profit sector with a sense of security and readiness. We cover the updating of constitutional documentation and the closing down of entities that are no longer required.

Our Charities and Not-for-Profit Team can guide you through the process of setting up and managing a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (“CIO”).

Our expertise extends to:

• Formulating your mission statement.
• Defining your charitable objects.
• Drafting the constitution.
• Ongoing governance assistance.

Corporate Governance refers to the way a business is managed, controlled and how decisions are made. Its purpose is to facilitate effective, entrepreneurial and prudent management to deliver long-term success of the company.

Having an effective Corporate Governance strategy in place ensures that responsibilities are clearly defined, that decision-makers are well informed to make proper decisions, that a company’s objectives and how it intends to achieve them are transparent and that all stakeholders’ interests are borne in mind. Such clear structures preserve and enhance the value of the business and its attractiveness to investors.

Missing Corporate Governance, on the other hand, can be or often has been the root cause for corporate failure and endangers the trust in the organisation both inside and outside.

Our full-service Company Secretarial team delivers clear and reliable support across the full corporate lifecycle. Handling statutory compliance and governance so you can focus on running your business with confidence.

Led by a qualified Co Sec and Corporate Governance professional and supported by a team with both Legal and Chartered Governance Institute qualifications, we are well equipped to guide companies through complex regulatory and governance requirements.

It’s like building a house. You have an idea of what you want, but you need advisors to assess the structure, comply with buildings regulations and ensure the property doesn’t collapse. Our CoSec Team are your advisors, and we establish the bureaucratic scaffolding necessary for decisions to function legally and complicitly and recommend courses of proceedings to meet specified goals.