Dr. Andrew Jenkin
I help sports clubs, charities and businesses choose the right legal structure and claim the tax reliefs they're missing
I help sports clubs, charities, social enterprises and businesses choose the right legal structure and build sound finances and governance. Through Club Development Solutions, I advise on incorporation, charitable status, Gift Aid and tax reliefs, grant funding and compliance across England and Scotland.
For sports clubs, I help committees move to the right structure, protect volunteers from personal liability and claim the Gift Aid and rates relief they're missing. For charities and social enterprises, I compare SCIO, CIO, CIC, company limited by guarantee and community benefit society options, and guide you through registration. For businesses, I help you set up a charitable or community arm, or invest in a sports club with the right ownership and governance in place.
I lecture in sport management at the University of Stirling. Book a call and you'll leave with a clear answer and practical next steps. If you go on to a full project with me, I'll credit your call fee against it.
Services
For businesses that want to fund community work, launch a foundation, spin out a social enterprise, or invest in or take over a sports club. We look at which structure fits: a charity, a CIC, a subsidiary, or a partnership with an existing club or charity. You find out how control, governance, tax relief and reporting work under each option. Book this if you want your community investment set up properly from the start.
For founders and boards of charities, community groups and social enterprises. We compare the options that fit your aims: SCIO or CIO, CIC, company limited by guarantee, or community benefit society. You find out which suits your funding plans, how much trading you can do, whether you need an asset lock, and what registration with OSCR, the Charity Commission or Companies House involves. Book this before you register, or if your current structure is blocking grants.
For club committees and trustees. We review your current setup, whether that's an unincorporated association, CASC, CIC or company. You find out whether a SCIO, CIO or other structure suits you, what it means for committee liability, and roughly how much you could gain in Gift Aid and rates relief. You leave with clear next steps. Book this if your committee keeps asking "should we incorporate?" and nobody knows the answer.
