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Meet our team / David Alcock

David Alcock

Partner

Partner in the governance, funding and corporate team

My role

I lead our work for social businesses, including for co-operatives, community organisations (including leading umbrella body locality) and social enterprises. I also specialise in community asset transfer and community-led housing, and social business involvement in delivering public services. I deliver high-level governance support to a range of organisations, including dealing with board disputes and constitutional issues.

My experience

My work began with governance for community regeneration projects, and has developed into supporting all kinds of organisations using enterprise to achieve a social purpose. I write constitutions and advise on corporate design, as well as advising on contracts, grant funding and social investment. I have lots of experience in establishing community ownership and promoting the co-operative principles through legal structures.

I was involved in reviewing the Code of Governance for community-led housing organisations 2021.

My specialisms

  • Governance for social businesses
  • Neighbourhood based regeneration
  • Delivery of public services through social enterprise
  • Co-operatives and mutuals
  • Community ownership and asset transfer

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My latest articles

CCH Code of Governance for community led housing organisations 2021
CCH Code of Governance for community led housing organisations 2021

Partners, David Alcock and Sarah Patrice, have been involved in reviewing the new Code of Governance for community-led housing, published on 21 May 2021 by the Confederation for Coop Housing.

Employee ownership trusts: has their time come?
Employee ownership trusts: has their time come?

EOTs have been aggressively marketed as a tax-free share sale, but that should not deter practitioners from raising EOTs.

Risk to reputation pressuring nine in ten UK businesses to become more ethical
Risk to reputation pressuring nine in ten UK businesses to become more ethical

Nine in ten UK businesses are on the journey to becoming more ethical as a result of growing pressure to operate in a way that benefits society, according to a new poll released today.

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