Charities and social enterprises

Consultancy

Governance

Getting your governance structures right is a critical part of developing a successful social enterprise venture, particularly if your new venture is part of an existing charity. For individual social entrepreneurs it is essential to design a structure that will enable you to be flexible and make decisions quickly in the early stages of the project, yet also be eligible for grant funding if you want it. For existing charities, it may be necessary to create a separate subsidiary trading company unless the new social enterprise activities fall within your charity’s primary purpose.

These are some of the important issues that need to be carefully considered when thinking through governance structures. We run away days for trustees and senior staff, and provide a wide range of consultancy to ensure you get your governance right from the outset.