Social Enterprise: choosing the right legal structure
CIC, CLG, CIO… WHAT IS THE RIGHT LEGAL STRUCTURE FOR YOUR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE?
CIC, company limited by guarantee, CIO, registered charity, company limited by shares, Cooperative Society and Community Benefit Society are just a few of the bewildering array of options available as legal structures for social enterprises.
What do these mean?
Which is the right one for your budding social enterprise?
Getting it right at the start is really important. It is usually difficult and expensive (or even impossible) to change structure later.
Social enterprise: choosing the right legal structure
In partnership with the British Library Business and IP Centre, our Director, Julian Lomas, is presenting a free webinar at 2.30pm on Thursday 21 May 2020 on the subject of choosing the right structure for a social enterprise. Julian is a qualified expert in the governance of not-for-profit organisations, including social enterprises, with over 15 years’ experience advising clients in this field.
This is expected to the first in a series of webinars on the governance of not-for-profit organisations.
What you will learn
In this one hour webinar, Julian will demystify the issue of choosing the right legal structure for a social enterprise, including:
- explaining the key features of the main options;
- exploring the pros and cons of each;
- explaining how structures can (or cannot) be changed; and
- providing ample time for participants to ask questions and share experience.
By the end of the session you will have a better understanding of the options available and which might be the best for your social enterprise.
