Meet our team / Catherine Gibbons
Catherine Gibbons
Associate
Associate in the governance, funding and corporate team
My role
I am an associate in the governance and commercial department. I act for a diverse range of clients including charities, social businesses and registered providers of social housing. I can advise on a range of issues including the formation of a not-for-profit organisation, incorporations, mergers and restructures, governance and constitutional issues, interactions with regulators in England and Wales, director/trustee duties and responsibilities. I have a particular specialism in faith-based charity governance and charity property trusts.
My experience
Prior to joining Anthony Collins Solicitors, I trained at a firm in the North West and spent a number of years post-qualification developing a specialism in charity law. I have experience in working with a range of not-for-profit organisations and have been an advisory committee member of a church property trust corporation. In my spare time, I am on the board of a large voluntary adoption charity which operates across the North of England. I also champion the careers of future lawyers as a mentor for law students studying at the University of Law.
My specialisms
- Charity law
- Governance
- Churches and faith-based charities
- Incorporations and mergers
- Charitable property trusts
My latest insights
Charity Fraud Awareness Week
17-22 October this year marks Charity Fraud Awareness Week. Whilst we do not need a specific week of the year to spotlight this important...
Charity Commission issues statement on Ukraine crisis
The Charity Commission has issued a public statement on the invasion of Ukraine and its implications for the charities it regulates. The...
Charities raise concerns about "damaging" proposals to replace the Human Rights Act 1998
The Human Rights Act 1998 is the law that exists to ensure that every person's fundamental human rights are respected and protected here...
A welcome clarification on charitable rates relief and trading
When I first started to specialise in charity law I did not imagine that I would find the law on business rates enthralling. It will seem...
Lessons for trustees from the Royal charities
I was interested to read the Charity Commission's conclusions following their investigations into two royal charities: MWX Foundation...
Why are charity laws just like buses...?
In the Queen's Speech yesterday the Government announced, not one, but two bills that will bring long-awaited and very welcome reforms to...
My latest articles
Charities monthly round-up September 2023
With the promise of autumn in the air, don’t ‘fall’...
Charities monthly round-up November 2022
Welcome to our charities monthly round-up for November...
Charities monthly round-up February 2022
This month we consider the Charities Act 2022, Charity...