Carless + Adams

Architects

Contact details
Indeep Chana
Architectural Technician Arch BSc (Hons), MArch

6 Progress Business Centre, Whittle Parkway, Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 6DQ

T: 01628 665 131
E: ichana@carless-adams.co.uk
W: www.carless-adams.co.uk

Area covered: UK

About Carless + Adams
Carless + Adams is an award-winning, independent Architectural Practice, providing professional advice and services in architecture. The business began in 1972 and became a limited company in 2019.

Our team has successfully delivered a wide spectrum of projects within the sector, including care homes (residential and nursing), dementia care homes, integrated retirement communities, extra care apartments, cottages and retirement villages, extra care apartments, healthcare centre, specialist care, refurbishment and extensions, green belt, heritage assets and conservation areas.

It is a privilege to be part of something influential in the care industry and we are proud to have received the following recent awards:

Wins: The Business Magazine – Architectural Practice of the Year 2023

Accreditation: Thames Valley SME Growth 100

Finalist: Health Investor Senior Awards 2024 – Architect + Design of the Year; The Business Magazine – Architectural Practice of the Year 2024; Leaders in Care 2024 – Business Services

S+SA Architects

ARCHITECTS

Contact details
Claudia Costa
Design Development Lead

Former Library The Avenue Harrogate HG1 4QB

T: 01423 856 999
M: 07734 664 343
E: claudiacosta@ssa-architects.co.uk
W: www.ssa-architects.co.uk

Region/s covered: UK

About S+SA
S+SA is a dynamic practice with an excellent reputation and a wide-ranging client portfolio spanning the UK. Specialising in residential, retail & logistics, healthcare and sport & leisure, excellence of service and professionalism are at the core of all our commissions.

We work with clients on projects from £250,000 to £50 million value, in both private and public sectors and we pride ourselves in our creativity and design ability.  As a recently certified B Corp, S+SA Architects is committed to supporting charities and making a positive impact on the communities we serve. This certification underscores our dedication to sustainability, social responsibility, and adding value to the environments in which we work.

Tozers LLP

Solicitors

Contact Details
James Evans
Partner & Solicitors, Head of Charities


Broadwalk House
Southernhay West
Exeter EX1 1UA
T: 011392 207896
M: 07974215018
E: j.evans@tozers.co.uk
W: www.tozers.co.uk

Region/s Covered:
Primarily South-West England, England & Wales

About Tozers LLP
Tozers LLP is a full-service law firm with offices in Exeter and south Devon, serving clients across the South West and throughout the UK.
Our charities team headed by James Evans (ranked as a leader in his field in both the Legal 500 and Chambers legal directories) has significant specialist expertise in providing legal support over many years to a wide range of charitable organisations including many almshouse charities.
We can provide almshouses with legal support on:
Start-ups and charity registration
Incorporations, including transitioning to CIO status
Governance and constitutional issues
Charity law and other regulatory compliance
Dealings with the Charity Commission
Property transactions and developments
Housing management issues
Employment/HR matters
Litigation and dispute resolution
Legacy administration and contested probate
Commercial contracts
Intellectual property
Data protection
Fundraising, trading and finance
Mergers, collaborations and closures
Tozers is highly ranked in the Legal 500 and Chambers legal directories and is the only south west law firm ranked for charities work which has received the Legal 500 Client Satisfaction accolade. Our other accreditations include the LawNet ISO9001:2015 quality assurance standard, and the Law Society’s Lexcel legal practice quality mark.

Boyes Turner LLP

Solicitors

Main Contact

Ruth Meyer

Partner

Abbots House

Abbey Street Reading RG1 3BD

T: 0800 124 4845

E: rmeyer@boyesturner.com

W: www.boyesturner.com

Regions covered: England and Wales

About Boyes Turner LLP

I am an experienced solicitor of over 35 years with a specialism in mental capacity and in particular deputyship through the Court of Protection for those unable to manage their financial affairs. This area also includes a knowledge of conveyancing, wills and probate as well as employment law.

I hold additional qualifications through STEP (Society of Estate and Trust Practitioners) as well as a full member of Lifetime Lawyers which is a is a community of specialist legal professionals that supports vulnerable and older people.

I am a panel member of Mencap, helping those with learning disabilities and in particular signposting them and their families in respect to the right type of Will or lifetime planning.

In the past I have also worked for a period of time in a pro bono clinic in the USA where I also became a dual qualified attorney with the New York Bar.

I’m approachable, down-to-earth and enjoy helping people find solutions to their legal issues.

Browne Jacobson LLP

Legal Services

Main Contact
Nathalie Jacoby-Danesh
Partner

Mowbray House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham NG2 1BJ
T: 03300452833 
E: nathalie.jacoby-danesh@brownejacobson.com
W: www.brownejacobson.com

Regions covered: Nationwide

About Browne Jacobson LLP

Almshouses are complex charities, often combining ancient governing documents with permanent endowments and restricted funds, real estate portfolios and other investments and operating in a regulated field with responsibilities towards often vulnerable residents.

The Browne Jacobson charities team offers a full range of legal services to its clients. Guided by our core values, we try to keep the complex simple and provide strategic as well as pragmatic advice, on time and on budget. We advise on small and large matters of charity law, compliance with Charity Commission guidance, serious incidents, inquiries, governance audits, policy reviews, trustee training, amendments to governing documents, incorporations, conflicts of interests, health and safety, commercial contracts for the provision of goods and services, sale and purchase of real estate, commercial and agricultural properties, defamation, data protection, banking arrangements, tax matters and claims.

Corporate Architecture Limited

Architectural Service

Main Contact

Malcolm Foulkes-Arnold
Managing Director

Venari House, 1 Trimbush Way, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7XY, United Kingdom

T: 01858 467476
E: mvfa@cal.design

www.corporatearchitecture.co.uk

Regions covered: National, East Midlands Based

About Corporate Architecture Limited

Corporate Architecture Limited is an award-winning architectural practice offering bespoke design solutions across residential, commercial, retail, and industrial sectors. With over 30 years of experience, we provide a full range of services, from concept design and planning applications to project management, interior design, and historic building restoration, ensuring high-quality, sustainable architecture that balances functionality with aesthetic appeal.

Our diverse portfolio includes prestigious projects like the award-winning Wyggestons Hospital, which received the Almshouse Association Inspirational Homes Award 2021. 

Additionally, we are honoured to support meaningful initiatives, partnering with the Diocese of Leicester on community-based projects and collaborating with charities focused on homelessness, including One Roof Leicester with their new head office and accommodation in Leicester and working alongside Allia Future Homes, Jimmy’s and New Meaning on the modular pod’s in Cambridge. Through these projects, we are committed to delivering tailored solutions that reflect each client’s unique needs and vision.

We are accredited by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and ARB, upholding the highest standards of professional excellence, and hold ISO certifications in quality, safety, environmental management, and information security (ISO 9001, 45001, 14001 & 27001).

AEW Architects

Architecture Practice

Main Contact
Colin Savage
Commercial Director

Trinity Court, 16 John Dalton Street, Manchester, M2 6HY
T: 0161 214 4370
M: 07388 948438
E: main@aewarchitects.com
www.aewarchitects.com

Regions covered: Nationwide

About AEW Architects
AEW Architects is a multi-award winning, RIBA Chartered Practice, founded in 1992. For the past 30 years we have provided architectural, conservation, interior design, masterplanning, sustainability and retrofit services across our specialist sectors.

Our older living residential sector experience spans from the refurbishment of listed buildings to bespoke rural homes to award-winning residential masterplans and the design of contemporary apartment complexes.

Regardless of the typology or service offered, our approach as residential architects is always underpinned by a commitment to placemaking and sustainability. This ensures high-quality, sustainable homes for residents, now and long into the future.

In undertaking our work, we understand the importance of conserving historical and listed buildings and the sensitivities of working in conservation areas. Our dedicated AABC architectural heritage and sustainability teams allow us to offer expert opinion on projects that include or affect heritage assets and historical buildings.

Winckworth Sherwood LLP

Law Firm

Contact Details
Charlotte Cook
Partner

Arbor, 255 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 9AX
T: 020 7593 5107
M: 07949 841 414
E: ccook@wslaw.co.uk
W: www.wslaw.co.uk

Region/s covered: UK wide

About Winckworth Sherwood LLP
We work extensively on the provision of care and supported housing, from both the development and provider perspectives as well as on the management and support of those schemes. We work for many clients including RPs, almshouses, local authorities, charities, lenders, private providers and agencies and management bodies.

We offer the advantage of a full service law firm with a deep knowledge of the care sector, with expertise in care and support, commercial, constitutional and governance matters, asset management, property dispute resolution and litigation, employment and HR, construction, energy and property finance.

Our clients span the public and private sectors including key partners for you such as developers, local authorities and landowners. This means we understand the cultural and legal drivers for these organisations, allowing us to help you develop constructive relationships in negotiations, whilst remaining focussed on your objectives and protecting your interests.

Solo Timber Frame

Timber Frame Supplier & Project Manager

Contact Details
Chris Davenport
Managing Director

409 – 411, Croydon Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3PP
T: 01892 771354
M: 07801 427943
E: chris@solotimberframe.co.uk or nicola@solotimberframe.co.uk
W: www.solotimberframe.co.uk

Regions Covered: UK wide

About Solo Timber Frame

  • We design, engineer and build new homes for the self-build and commercial sector.
  • We can supply the structural Timber Frame only, or offer a total project management service including provision of warranty for financing purposes.
  • We can also undertake conversion and refurb works.
  • We are members of the Trading Standards Buy With Confidence Scheme and are Which? Trusted Traders.

The WayFinders Group

Multi-Disciplinary Organisation Change Consultancy

Contact Details
Leah Brown
Founder and CEO

128 City Road, London, EX1V 2NX

T: 0208 058 3920
E: contact@charttheuncharted.com
W: www.charttheuncharted.com

Regions Covered: UK wide

About WayFinders Group
We are The WayFinders Group, a multi-disciplinary organisational change consultancy advising clients in the UK and further afield.

We empower and energise you to unearth and chart a different way forward, together – through valuesdriven, powerful problem-solving.

Through our three sub-brands comprising advisory, consultative, facilitative, educational, design-oriented methods and services, we help leaders and organisations navigate complexity, conflict and chaos.

Our aim is to help leaders pivot so they can step into a future filled with transformed and reconciled people, organisations and communities that are making a positive difference in our world.