Meet our team / Phil Watts
Phil Watts
Senior associate
Senior associate in the governance, funding and corporate team
My role
I advise charity and education clients on a wide range of governance and commercial matters.
My experience
I have over 25 years’ experience advising charity clients of all shapes and sizes on matters such as establishment, governance, funding, reorganisation, group structures, mergers, acquisitions, trading and dealing with the Charity Commission. In the last fifteen years, I have also specialised in governance arrangements for trust schools and academies and have been involved in establishing and providing ongoing advice to well over 250 academies and multi-academy trusts.
My specialisms
- Charity law and governance
- Academies – establishment and governance
Blog
My latest articles
Charities monthly round-up January 2023
Welcome to our charities monthly round-up for January 2023. This month we share with you key ‘finance-focused’ updates.
Academy Trust Handbook 2022
It will be no surprise that the changes in this year’s edition of the Academy Trust Handbook are minimal and far fewer than has been the case in recent years.
Charities monthly round-up May 2022
In this month’s newsletter, we are considering some new funding available for charities and some recent changes made to rules around Gift Aid and the investment portfolios of charities.