Social Enterprises

We act for a wide variety of social enterprises in a variety of sectors, including:

• Healthcare
• Transport
• Arts & culture
• Sports
• Business incubation and support
• Credit unions

Health Sector

Social enterprises in the health sector we advise and act for

• Social enterprises formed to take over NHS services previously provided by PCTs under the Right to Request Programme.
• GP consortia developing service delivery in their areas.
• Companies that provide medical services contracted by the NHS, including general practice and out of hours services.

Fully integrated service offering

Assistance during the planning and establishment stage of a new entity:

• clarification of the legal structure which is appropriate
• assistance with business plans, budgets and cash flow projections
• development of accounting systems and internal control procedures

Managing and mitigating the impact of tax:

• VAT
• Corporation Tax.

Annual accounts and audit:

• preparation of annual accounts in statutory form
• annual audit of these accounts
• additional audit reports required by funders.

For further details of the services we can provide to social enterprises in the health sector please contact:

Philip Allsop – Partner at philip.allsop@bhp.co.uk or call on 0114 2667 171

Dominic Staniforth – Partner at dominic.staniforth@bhp.co.uk or call on 01246 232 121.