Penelope is a Solicitor in the Charities Team at VWV, specialising in charity, company and trust law advice, constitutional review, governance advice and trustee duties, setting up and registering charities, advising on regulatory involvement, assisting with strategic decision making, and academy conversions and transfers.
She can advise on all areas of charity law, from setting up new charities, to assisting with strategic decision making by trustees of all types of charitable organisations and educational institutions.
Penelope trained at VWV and qualified as a solicitor in 2023. Before becoming a solicitor, she worked in healthcare governance and patient safety for the NHS for ten years.
She leads the day to day running of VWV's charity company secretarial service, offering company secretarial services for charities and social enterprises.
Penelope enjoys the range of clients that she works with and learning about what they do for the public good.
Penelope is based in our Bristol office but can support you nationally.
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Outside of work, Penelope enjoys spending time with her family.
Other Teams Penelope Works With
Property, commercial team.
In addition to the Charities team, Penelope works alongside our Property team and Commercial team.
