Ballara Governance & Legal Advisory is a boutique advisory designed to specifically support Not For Profits, For Purpose organisations and Charities. Company Secretarial and Governance Advisory. We offer Governance & Business Consultancy Services in Goulburn, Canberra, NSW including south and central coast.
The Ballara Governance & Legal Advisory mission is to work collaboratively with clients to develop simple, cost effective and meaningful solutions that enable achievement of your purpose. It does not matter where your organisation is located; Ballara Governance & Legal Advisory can and will assist.
Heavily discounted hourly rates.
Ballara Governance & Legal Advisory is a boutique advisory designed to specifically support Not For Profits (i.e. Membership Associations), For Purpose organisations and Charities. This structure and approach limits business overheads and therefore creates the opportunity to save clients precious funding.
Ballara Governance & Legal Advisory is a boutique family practice focused on a personalised level of service. Our objectives include transacting online as much as possible; this ensures flexibility to the client and also assists in containment of costs.
Get in touch with Ballara Governance & Legal Advisory to find out more about our customised solutions.
Bradley is an experienced Company Secretary and Governance Advisor, with legal qualifications. In an effort to better support the NFP, For Purpose and Charity sectors, Bradley established Ballara Business Consultancy Pty Ltd, operating under the business name Ballara Governance & Legal Advisory.
In addition to his law degree, Bradley has tertiary and professional qualifications ensuring a genuine depth and knowledge to assist and support clients.
Ballara Governance & Legal Advisory strives to support your organisation.
Provision of a fully suite of services in support of the Board and its Committee, including per meeting (i.e. agenda and papers), the meeting, and post meeting (i.e. minutes and actions).
Most not for profit, for purpose and charities operate under a formal Constitution. As the organisation matures, there is often a need to amend or refresh the Constitution. This can be a relatively simple process.
Volunteers and office bearers are often the backbone of the association. Nomination and election processes vary widely, including often having legacy rules that make the process unnecessarily cumbersome. Ballara Governance & Legal Advisory can support your organisation through: reviewing the rules and suggesting modernisation; sourcing dedicated external nomination and election providers where required; and providing returning officer services.
Many associations are moving to more contemporary ‘limited’ company structures. This is not a complicated process and can offer many benefits.
Governance can be an all-encompassing term. Essentially governance relates to systems and processes which are used to control and operate the organisation. It will suffice to say in this summary that Ballara Governance & Legal Advisory specialises in reviewing and refreshing existing governance frameworks or starting afresh.
Most associations do not encounter significant copyright and/or intellectual property issues. These aspects should however be considered in the organisational risk management framework. If there is a complex issue(s), Ballara Governance & Legal Advisory has the ability to quickly engagement with field specialists who can mitigate the risk quickly.
Economies of scale can sometimes mean that associations consider merging or commencing more complete acquisitions. It will suffice to say that this process, whilst complex at times, can be completed in an orderly manner. Ballara Governance & Legal Advisory can progress the arrangement or in more complex cases engage with field specialists who can mitigate the risk quickly.
Charities are subject to both Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation. The primary legislation is the Australian Charities and Not for Profits Commission Act (ACNC) 2012. Compliance issues can occur, and Ballara Governance & Legal Advisory is well placed to respond on your behalf.
Principal Bradley Shallies has many years of experience in working with regulators such as the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Charities and Not for Profits Commission (ACNC). This experience can and will benefit your association.
Disputes in the for-purpose sector can take many shapes and forms. This can include among volunteers, volunteers vs. staff, and members vs. the association. The critical issue is that the organisation has a formal dispute resolution process embedded in policy (there is often reference to such a process in the Constitution). Ballara Governance & Legal Advisory has significant experience in both actual resolution processes (including investigation) and the contract of policy.
Learning, development and training are often the primary of an association. This can include training for directors and committee members (i.e. legal accountabilities and responsibilities), and the members more widely. Ballara Governance & Legal Advisory can advise on structure, content, compliance (i.e. accreditation) and delivery. This includes processes such as Board and Committee skills assessment/matrix that informs the focus of training investment.