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I have over 30 years experience of solving problems and developing opportunities for organisations with a social purpose.

My specialist areas are legal structures and governance, subjects that are discussed in more detail elsewhere on this site. I have a great deal of experience of mergers, consortia and collaborative ventures and offer support with due diligence exercises.

I combine in-depth knowledge of relevant legal subjects – such as company, charity and trust law – with a lifelong immersion in the values and principles that drive the social economy and the voluntary sector.

Having worked on many feasibility studies, business plans and funding applications, I can also offer considerable expertise in financial modelling and developing meaningful projections.

I have worked as a freelance consultant since 1996, with access to a small and trusted team of other specialists who work with me when required.

I also offer structured training, particularly for advisers and development workers who want an in-depth grasp of more technical subjects. An intense 2-day course on legal structures is my most popular training “product”. I can also do shorter sessions on anything to do with legal structures, or being a company director or a charity trustee, or social enterprise development, or other topics within my areas of expertise.

I have clients of all types and sizes and all over England, Wales and Scotland.

Charlie Cattell

 

REVENUE GENERATING OPPORTUNITY

Would your agency be interested in offering a specialist Legal Structures Consultancy service locally?

I have an arrangement with a number of agencies where they advertise a comprehensive service to their client groups. Agency staff (or volunteers) deal with initial enquiries, face-to-face meetings and passing on draft documents, while I actually handle all the technical work in the background, supervising and mentoring the agency staff who are the public face of the service, and managing all negotiations with Companies House and the Charity Commission. We agree set charges for standard bits of work (incorporating an existing charity, for example) and the agency adds whatever it thinks appropriate to cover its time.

Such a facility requires almost almost nothing to set up or to run. It adds to the agency's portfolio of resources and provides a genuinely useful local service, while also providing an unrestricted income stream.

Email or phone me if you are interested in discussing such an arrangement.
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