Rebuild Cost providers
Main Contact John Pirone Business Development Manager Mey House, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3QYT: 01305 215535M: 07729 099 211 (John Pirone)E: info@rebuildcostassessment.com john.pirone@riskstopgroup.co.uk W: https://www.rebuildcostassessment.com
Regions Covered : UK (inc NI)About Rebuild Cost Assessment Ltd
Established in 2016, RebuildCostassessment.com is a leading specialist in rebuild cost consultancy, dedicated exclusively to providing accurate and reliable rebuild cost assessments. As part of the Riskstop Group, which has been operating since 2001, we focus solely on our expertise, without diversions into loss adjusting or market valuation services.Our credentials include: Regulated by RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) ISO 27001 certification, ensuring robust information security management FSQS certification, reflecting our commitment to compliance and quality With an impressive operational scale, we produce approximately 5,000 reports each month, totalling over 175,000 reports completed to date. Our trusted services are utilised by a diverse client base, including over 1,400 brokers, insurers, managing agents, and property owners.
Solicitors
Main Contact Louisa Saunders Legal Director, Head of Charity Property
Providence House, 141-145 Princes Street, Ipswich IP1 1QJT: 01473 406331/232300E: charitiesteam@birketts.co.uk W : www.Birketts.co.uk
Regions covered : East Anglia, London, South East, South West
About Birketts LLP
Architects
Contact details Indeep ChanaArchitectural Technician Arch BSc (Hons), MArch
6 Progress Business Centre, Whittle Parkway, Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 6DQ
T: 01628 665 131E: 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
Construction & Property Services
Contact Details Mahmoud AbouelhassanDirector A 80-82 Loveridge Road London NW6 2DT
T: 020 8092 0617M: 07846536353E: info@hampsteadbuildingservicelimited.com W: https://hampsteadbuildingserviceltd.com
Regions covered : London & surrounding areas
About Hampstead Building Service Limited
With over 15 years of experience, we specialise in refurbishment, restoration, repairs, and a full range of property services. We are based in London and are known for reliable, high-quality work and a commitment to making every project smooth and stress free. We are fully insured and regularly complete void refurbishments, kitchen & accessible bathroom fittings, and a range of other maintenance services. We offer a 24/7 emergency repair line, complete electrical safety checks and issue EICR Certificates.
ARCHITECTS
Contact details Claudia Costa Design Development Lead
5A The Avenue, Starbeck, Harrogate HG1 4QB
T: 01423 856 999M: 07734 664 343E: claudiacosta@ssa-architects.co.uk W: www.ssa-architects.co.uk
Region/s covered : UKAbout 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.
Solicitors
Contact Details James Evans Partner & Solicitors, Head of Charities
Broadwalk House Southernhay West Exeter EX1 1UAT: 011392 207896M: 07974215018E: 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.
Chartered Building Surveyors
Contact details Ed Layton Director
First Floor, Building LO14, London Road Campus, London Road, Reading, Berkshire RG1 5AQT: 01189 869 531M: 07795 120 863E: ed@thamesvalleysurveying.co.uk W: www.thamesvalleysurveying.co.uk
Regions covered: South East
Profile summary We are a professional firm of Chartered Building Surveyors offering a range of property and construction services. We also employ an Architect and can carry out design and specification services.
We are regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. We have carried out a number of projects for Almshouses, including the design and management of window renewals to a Listed Almshouse.
Our core services include: –
Defect inspections.
Preparation of planned maintenance programmes.
Design and management of building works, alterations and refurbishments.
Project management.
Reinstatement cost assessments for insurance purposes.
Development monitoring and Employer Agent services for new builds and extensions.
Our experience includes work on historic Listed buildings as well as modern buildings. One of our Directors is a Trustee of a small Almshouse Charity in Newbury.
Chartered Building Surveyors & Built Heritage Consultants
Contact Details Richard Gilmore MRICS Director
Suite 6, 37a Market Place, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 2NXT: 01285840743M: 07930527007E: richard@terracesurveyors.co.uk W: www.terracesurveyors.co.uk
Regions covered: Gloucestershire, Cotswolds, Wiltshire, Oxfordshire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Berkshire, London
About Terrace Surveyors Ltd
Terrace is a Gloucestershire-based Surveying and Built Heritage Consultancy offering residential and commercial building surveying and project management services across the Cotswolds, neighbouring counties and southern England.
Specialising in listed and traditional buildings, we routinely work with almshouse charities and trusts, providing expert advice on:
statutory consents
planning
maintenance
defect diagnosis, including damp surveys, quinquennial inspections
advise on matters of energy upgrades and retro-fit.
Our team is regulated by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and we have collaborated with Historic England and other heritage organisations on conservation and refurbishment projects, including highly designated assets and scheduled monuments. Past and current projects include:
structural repairs and implementing a Conservation Management Plan for the St John’s Chantry medieval hall-hospital, Cirencester.
advising the Bowly Almshouse Trust in relation to individual property refurbishments and gaining statutory approvals for works
undertaking a Quinquennial inspection of the St Lawrence Almshouse Charity’s stock within Cirencester.
Legal Services
Main Contact Nathalie Jacoby-Danesh Partner
Mowbray House, Castle Meadow Road, Nottingham NG2 1BJT: 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.
Law Firm
Contact Details
125 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7AW
T: +44 (0)20 7457 3000E: Virginia Henley Virginia.Henley@penningtonslaw.com E: Saffa Mir Saffa.Mir@penningtonslaw.com W: www.penningtonslaw.com
Regions covered: Basingstoke, Birmingham, Cambridge, Guildford, London, Reading
About Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Penningtons Manches Cooper is a full-service law firm which operates across an extremely wide range of sectors enabling us to meet all the legal needs of almshouse charities. Our newly established charities team brings together experts in the charity field who have each long experience of working with countless almshouse charities. Our team’s previous almshouse client experience includes:-
Conversions to become a CIO
Mergers
Governance support and advice
Reviews and drafting of policies and procedures
Cy pres schemes and applications to the Charity Commission to enable changes to objects
Identifying and advising on the use of permanent endowment
Disputes and anti-social behaviour
Disposals and other use of almshouse property
Correspondence with the Charity Commission and serious incident reporting
Our Charities team works closely with colleagues across the firm to enable us to provide Almshouse charities with the full support they need.