Event Information

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Kim Shutler MBE, Chief Executive of The Cellar Trust

Kim has been the CEO of The Cellar Trust since November 2014. Before moving into the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector (VCSE), she worked in organisational development, employee wellbeing and communications roles within the public sector. Kim has an MSc in Leadership and is an Institute of Leadership and Management qualified coach.

She is passionate about the role of charities and in September 2022 was appointed as the VCSE representative on the West Yorkshire Partnership Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Senior Responsible Officer for the Power of Communities programme. She is also a member of the NHS England Adult Mental Health Steering Group.

Until March 2022 she was the Chair of the Bradford District VCS Assembly, and member of the Bradford District Wellbeing Board, Wellbeing Executive and Integrated Care Board.

Kim was awarded an MBE for Services to Mental Health in 2022.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Sue Tibballs OBE, Chief Executive of the Sheila McKechnie Foundation

Sue is a charity leader, campaigner and commentator. Previously, she was CEO of Women in Sport, where she oversaw a spectrum of campaigns aimed at unlocking the potential of women’s sport. She co-founded the Women’s Communication Centre, which hosted the high profile What Women Want campaign, and worked for the British Government supporting their role in the Fourth UN World Conference on Women. She has an Honorary Degree from Liverpool John Moore’s University for her work in women’s health and was awarded an OBE for “services to sport” in 2013.

Malcolm Lynch is a partner in our charity and social economy team at Wrigleys Solicitors LLP.

Malcolm is a partner at Wrigleys and head of the Charity and Social Economy Team.  He is a charity commercial lawyer and was an executive committee member of the Charity Law Association until June 2013.  He qualified in 1983.

Malcolm advises a wide range of local, national and international charities on charity law and relations with the Charity Commission, charity trading, fundraising, legal structures, social investment, social enterprise, mergers and governance. He is known for his lateral thinking and innovative approach to clients' problems. 

He is recognised by the National Legal Directories, Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, as an expert in Charity Law.  He is a trustee of Leeds Youth Opera. 

Clare Lawrence is a partner in the charities and social economy team at Wrigleys Solicitors LLP.

Clare has a background in trust law and advises on a wide range of charity law matters, including: the establishment of charities; trustees' duties and governance; serious incidents; charity mergers; trading; fundraising; and cause related marketing. She has particular expertise in establishing and advising corporate foundations and in advising charities on their interactions with the Charity Commission.

Clare is a member of the Charity Law Association and Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and is also a Dementia Friend.

Hayley is an associate within our charities and social economy team at Wrigleys Solicitors LLP.

Hayley qualified into the team in September 2017, having trained at Wrigleys. Hayley has experience working with a range of organisations across the voluntary sector. In particular, she advises on legal structures for charities, social enterprises and not for profit organisations; incorporations, mergers and assets transfers; and intragroup relations between different organisations in the same structure. She also advises on general governance, including trustee and director duties, and regularly provides trustee training sessions.

Hayley is a member of the Charity Law Association and a trustee of a local dance charity.

Guest speaker

Chris Hannett is a director of the 'active cyber risk management' company Cymplify

Chris is a 13 year veteran of the Cyber Security industry, he works with Business Leaders to help them better understand their Cyber Risk, to actually see where and how they are exposed, and to help them better secure their businesses against the increasing threat of Cyber-attack.

Ian Potter is a partner in the charities and social economy team at Wrigleys Solicitors LLP.

Ian heads up our Sheffield Charites and Social Economy team. He qualified as a solicitor in 2001 and joined Wrigleys in 2012.

He is appointed as the Law Clerk/ Secretary to a number of permanently endowed grant making charities, assisting them with all aspects of their asset management, grant making process, governance and administration.

In particular, he is the Law Clerk to the Sheffield Church Burgesses Trust, a permanently endowed grant making charity that was created by Royal Charter by Queen Mary Tudor in 1554. The Trust is a major funder of Church of England churches within Sheffield and a principal funder of Sheffield Cathedral.

The Trust is patron to 13 local churches and alternate patron of Sheffield Cathedral.

Ian has taken a keen interest in the report of the Cathedrals Working Group in 2018 and the Cathedrals Measure as it passed through General Synod and Parliament. Last year he arranged for Dr Eve Poole, the Third Church Estates Commissioner, to give a webinar to the Ecclesiastical Law Society on the Measure and its consequences for English cathedrals.

He is also the Law Clerk to the Church Burgesses Educational Foundation, which provides educational grants to young people under the age of 25.

Ian also advises clients who are vulnerable and require assistance managing their financial affairs due to disability. He is a Court of Protection appointed deputy and the main point of contact for enquiries relating to the firm’s inclusion on the Office of the Public Guardian’s panel deputy list.

Outside of work Ian is the chair of trustees for his local Scout Group.

GUEST SPEAKER

Michael is a Audit Director - Not for Profit

Michael trained with a mid-tier firm and joined Mazars upon qualification in 2006. He has worked with charities throughout his career and leads our Not For Profit offering in our Northern region.

Michael works across our Leeds and Manchester offices. He  has a portfolio consisting mainly of charity sector clients and education sector clients with the remainder being other Not For Profit organisations. Michael is a designated charity  specialist within Mazars and has national responsibilities for charity training.

Michael is an associate within our charities and social economy team at Wrigleys Solicitors LLP.

Michael has experience working with employer clients across the charity, third, education and private sectors on a variety of employment matters from boardroom disputes and senior terminations to advising on the employment aspects of mergers and restructures and helping clients navigate employment tribunal claims and internal investigations.

Michael has experience helping organisations to grow by advising on draft contracts as well as assisting with the development of robust internal policies and procedures and also has experience advising clients on how to deal with Data Subject Access Requests.

A regular speaker at Wrigleys’ Employment Law Brunch Briefings, Michael aims to orientate listeners so that they can navigate complex topics, with a focus on helping to identify problem areas and the key issues so that appropriate advice can be taken at the right time.

Sophie is an associate within our charities and social economy team.

Sophie joined Wrigleys as a trainee solicitor in September 2015 and qualified into the Charities and Social Economy team in June 2017. She advises charities and other social enterprises on a wide range of matters, including formation, legal structures, contracts, trustee duties and governance.

Sophie has a keen interest in ESG both professionally and personally and is a member of her local climate action group.

GUEST SPEAKER

Jody Harris is a freelance consultant specialising in ESG management

Jody is a Chartered Environmentalist with two decades experience in the sustainability profession as an advisor, facilitator, and educator. Jody helps organisations to understand what sustainability and ESG mean for them and chart a pragmatic way forward to achieve positive change. Her specialisms include sustainability and ESG strategy development, environmental and carbon assessment, and sustainability training. She also volunteers as a school governor with a focus on the Eco-Schools programme and supports her local town council with their climate action plan.

Fiona is a partner in our charities and social economy team at Wrigleys Solicitors LLP.

Fiona advises charities and social enterprises on all aspects of charity and company law and governance, commercial arrangements, trading and fundraising, mergers and collaborative working.

Fiona has previously been a trustee on several charity boards as well as being the in house lawyer for a national charity.

Daniel is a solicitor in our charities and social economy team.

Daniel qualified into the Charities and Social Economy team in September 2020, having trained at Wrigleys.

Daniel has experience working with a range of charitable organisations and social enterprises, including community benefit societies and community interest companies, advising on formation, structures, governance and trustee duties. Daniel is a member of the firm’s community-led housing, students’ unions and societies teams.

Daniel is a member of the Charity Law Association and co-chairs the Wrigleys fundraising committee.

Nat is a partner in our charities and social economy team.

Nat has been at Wrigleys for 15 years, and specialises in charity law, including governance, Charity Commission consents, serious incident reporting, setting up charities and registering them with the Charity Commission, charity mergers and de-mergers, and trustee duties amongst other areas.  She works with all sorts of charities, and has a particular interest in faith-based charities and students’ unions.

Laurel is a solicitor in our charities and social economy team at Wrigleys Solicitors LLP.

Laurel joined Wrigleys in 2017 and qualified into Wrigleys’ charities and social economy team as a solicitor in June 2020.

Laurel has experience working with a range of charitable organisations and social enterprises, advising on legal structures, governance, and winding up. In particular, Laurel advises on incorporations and charity registrations, mergers and corporate foundations.

Caroline is an associate within our property team at Wrigleys Solicitors LLP.

Caroline qualified as a solicitor in 2014 and deals with commercial and charity property matters, including leases, sales and purchases. Much of this is advising on transactions for charities and community groups, which often includes dealing with local authorities in respect of new long leases or transfers, as well as variations and licences in respect of existing local authority leases.

Outside work, Caroline is also a trustee of York Neighbours, a local charity supporting older people in the York area.

Joanna Blackman is an associate in the charities and social economy team at Wrigleys

Formerly a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments, Joanna started her career as a fund manager, working for a number of years for fund management firms in London and nationally before re-training as a solicitor.

Joanna advises charities, their trading subsidiaries, and social enterprises on a wide range of charity law and other legal matters, including providing governance support and trustee training, advising on registrations and constitutional amendments, and structural transactions such as incorporations, mergers, and asset transfers. She has a particular interest in the health and social care sector, and specialises in advising almshouse charities and other charitable organisations with permanent endowment and complex or special trusts.

Joanna is a member of the Charity Law Association and is recognised as a Recommended Lawyer by the Legal 500 directory. She is also a trustee of a Leeds based charity which assists young people who are experiencing financial hardship by providing grants to support education and training.