Charities & not for profit sector

The Irish Charitable sector combines over 18,500 not-for-profit organisations and has undergone significant change in recent years, with an increased burden of regulation and reporting.

Charities & Not For Profit Group

We advise many charitable, voluntary and not-for-profit organisations on the wide range of issues affecting their work.  We are experienced in the full spectrum of the charitable sector, providing services to diverse organisations including educational, poverty relief agencies, health and grant-making charities and a number of disability organisations.

Our team provides practical and cost effective advice and our work touches on most aspects of life in the charities sector, from day-to-day legal problems to strategic and governance issues.  As a full service firm, we place particular emphasis on drawing in appropriate expertise from our various practice areas in order to provide a comprehensive service to our charitable clients dealing with all their legal requirements.

We work with a range of clients from the major charitable organisations operating in Ireland including:

  • Barnardos
  • Extern
  • Foróige - the National Youth Development Council
  • Katherine Howard Foundation
  • Our Lady's Hospice
  • Special Olympics Ireland
  • Smyly Trust Services
  • The Retirement Planning Council of Ireland
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Our services

Mark Pery-Knox-Gore has the ability to tease out all aspects in an easy-to-understand fashion, to identify the implications of various approaches and to conclude with an advised direction. His responses are detailed and very considered.
Legal 500 2020
Imelda Reynolds is very responsive, efficient and provides effective, solution-oriented advice.
Legal 500 2020
Imelda is very calm and commercially minded
Chambers & Partners 2018
Mark provides ‘sound and constructive advice
Legal 500 2018
Mark Pery-Knox-Gore comes highly recommended by his clients.
Chambers & Partners 2013