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A guide to choosing a legal structure for your organisation, produced by NICVA Member Services.
When people get together to carry out a particular activity, they do not immediately think about the legal nature of the group they are forming. They act together to carry out a task without realising that they may have obligations and responsibilities in law to each other.
The legal nature of a group becomes an issue when it decides to write down some form of rules for the group (usually in response to a request from a grant-making body) or in the course of seeking charitable status.
This guide identifies the different kinds of legal structures that exist and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Legal Structures (135Kb)
For further Information contact:
NICVA Member Services
028 9087 7777 
charityadviceofficer@nicva.org
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