Catherine Gibbons
Senior Associate
Senior Associate in the Governance, funding & corporate team
Catherine is a senior associate supporting charities of all structures and sizes in their governance and compliance with charity law and regulation.
A specialist in charity governance with over 10 years’ post-qualification experience, Catherine regularly advises on a range of issues concerning charities. These include the interpretation and amendment of governing documents, trustee duties and responsibilities, trading subsidiaries, governance reviews, mergers, group restructures and engaging with the Charity Commission on regulatory matters. Catherine is on the Charity Commission’s list of approved practitioners to be Interim Managers of charities and has been appointed to act in that capacity on a number of occasions.
Catherine also brings first-hand experience to bear in the advice she provides as an experienced trustee of both large and small charities.
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Heart and soul – Celebrating charity trustees
Whilst I am sure I am not alone in thinking ‘how on earth is it November already?’ November arrives in style with a celebration of...
Charity mergers roundtable
On 23 October, we had the pleasure of hosting CEOs and senior managers from 17 prominent charities within the social care sector for a...
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...
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