Help with Legal Compliance

Running a charity or not for profit increasingly means dealing with an ever-increasing burden of red tape and compliance issues.

Our aim is to be your trusted advisor and help with legal compliance issues quickly and efficiently to remove worry and hassle for you. Elderflower Legal is unique in bringing together a blend of skills, knowledge and expertise to help organisations with compliance and legislation. Our principal Mark Johnson is an experienced commercial solicitor and company secretary with over 21 years’ experience in legal practice and running his own business. He has acted as company secretary to a wide range of companies, social enterprises, charities and associations.

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We can help you with…

  • Employment – achieving a good relationship with your employees is crucial, particularly in a smaller organisations where employees can be the life blood of the services you provide to customers and beneficiaries. Much of the employment relationship is governed by legislation and is subject to frequent change due to European and political influences. We can help you with employment contracts, staff handbooks, policies and procedures, resolving disputes and problems, handling TUPE transfers, restructuring and redundancies.
  • Health and Safety – it is important to comply with your responsibilities to employees, volunteers and service users by putting in place the necessary policies and risk assessments. We can help you get your documentation in order to ensure compliance.
  • Data Protection – the penalties for improper handling of other people’s personal data have become more draconian recently as the Information Commissioner seeks to crack down on data breaches. We can help you assess the risks and put in place the required policies and procedures to protect your organisation.
  • Company law – the privilege of limited liability and charitable status comes with a corresponding obligation to file information, annual returns and accounts by specified deadlines with the regulator. Fines for non-compliance are usually automatic. We can help you ensure compliance.
  • Consumer protection rules – if you are selling goods and services, there is an increasing volume of legislation covering terms and conditions, rights of consumers to cancel and the standards expected of goods and services. We can help you navigate the rules and put in place compliant processes.
  • Licences and permits – many organisations need licences and permits to cover different aspects of their operations, ranging from music, entertainment and alcohol licences, food safety to planning and environmental consents. We can help you navigate the application process and deal with any problems you may encounter.

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What our clients say

Mark provides clear and responsive commercial advice. He identifies the key areas of risk for our business and provides practical solutions.
Elderflower Legal has helped us to manage commercial risks and resolve problems quickly and effectively. Mark’s approach is to ‘roll up his sleeves’ and provide practical support, rather than legal theory.
Jason Pickford, Owner, Digital Transcendent Limited
Elderflower Legal has helped us to manage commercial risks and resolve problems quickly and effectively. Mark’s approach is to ‘roll up his sleeves’ and provide practical support, rather than legal theory.
Mark provides clear and responsive commercial advice. He identifies the key areas of risk for our business and provides practical solutions.