Constitutions Corner Articles

Welcome to Constitutions Corners - these articles are a series of updates and informative legal advice published in Thrive Magazine as regular feature for our readers and republished here as a resource for our website users.

Do you have enough Board Members?

Surprisingly, many voluntary organisations seem unaware of the importance of ensuring that they have enough people on their Board or management committee to be able to operate legally.

Charitable Companies - keeping up to date with the Law

Many voluntary organisations, particularly those that employ staff, hold contracts or own buildings or leases, are incorporated bodies.  Usually this takes the form of organisations being a Company Limited by Guarantee, or a ‘CIC’ if you are a social enterprise, so company law applies.

The Companies Act 2006 is the largest piece of UK legislation ever!

Identifiable Benefit

Until recently many established charities were presumed in law to operate for the public benefit.

Legal Structures

What is the legal meaning of a structure for a community group, voluntary organisation or similar “Third Sector” body?

Constitutions Corner

First in a series of articles published in Thrive magazine from Graham Partridge (Community Groups Legal Advice Worker at ABLC )