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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Law firm
Contact Details
Archie Sherbrooke
Partner and Head of Commercial Property
1 The Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3JT
T: 0207 222 5381 M: 07749 706 410
E: archie.sherbrooke@lbmw.com
W: www.lbmw.com
Regions Covered: England and Wales
About Lee Bolton Monier-Williams LLP
LBMW work with a variety of charities from small enterprises, religious and educational institutions through to national charities and large grant making organisations.
We have particular expertise in acting for charities with substantial property portfolios and advise on the implications of the Charities Act on property assets. We are regularly asked by our charity clients to provide strategic property advice and work closely with our Charity team to ensure that our clients understand and work within the confines of their trusts/governing documents.
Architects
Contact details
Kerry Ward
Office Manager
Danks Warehouse, 60 Diglis Road, Worcester, WR5 3BW
T: 01905 358626
E: info@kkearchitects.co.uk
www.kkearchitects.co.uk
Regions covered: UK wide
About KKE Architects
KKE Architects is an award winning practice, established in 2005. We specialise in healthcare design, especially the design of hospices and palliative care. The practice has a keen agenda to work on socially orientated projects, and as a result we have experience working with a range of charitable organisations. We are experienced in all aspects of almshouse development and have worked with a number of almshouse charities.
- We offer a full range of professional services which include:
- Feasibility studies
- RIBA professional services from inception through to completion
- Planning & listed building applications
- Project Management
- New almshouse designs
- Sustainable/green design
- Alterations and extensions
- Principal Designers under the CDM Regulations 2015
The work of the practice has received recognition through numerous awards including winner of the RIBA National Award 2018, numerous regional RIBA awards, Architect Journal Awards, RICS awards, Civic Trust awards, the Eisteddfod Gold Medal and the UK Passive House Award. The St Johns Almshouse was the AJ Winner of the Residential project of the year in 2018.
- Architects Journal awards 2018 – St Johns, Lichfield, Winner of Residential project of the year
- UK Passivhaus Awards 2018 – St Johns, Lichfield, Finalist
- The Almshouse Association Patron’s Award 2017 -St Johns, Lichfield