Bank account recommendations for an unincorporated association/charity
Layla Gemmell
Admin, Ops, IT & Finance
Looking for new premises in London
Charlotte Murphy Head of HR & Operations at Respond Posted 6 months ago
We are seeking new premises from November 2024. Respond is a national charity supporting autistic people, people with learning disabilities and their families. We provide psychotherapy and advocacy services, training and consultancy both in person and online.
Our head office has been based in central London for many years, previously in Euston and nearly three years ago moved to Kings Cross. Like many charities we are looking to try to reduce our core costs and are seeking to move to new premises by November 2024 at a reduced cost, still in London with good transport links for our staff and beneficiaries. Our budget is £70-80k pa and our ideal new head office will include the following –
- Shared venue with other charities which would be a welcoming space for our client group.
- Serviced office with front reception.
- Our own front door within the premises with all rooms within one space (as opposed to rooms on different levels within a building which we have currently)
- Approximately 120-150 square metres or 1300-1600 square foot in total, ideally divided to include –
- 4 meeting rooms – 2 for therapy spaces big enough to accommodate arts therapies and materials and 2 multi-purpose spaces big enough for group meetings of 15 people.
- Small waiting area
- Open plan office area for about 12 desks.
- Zone 1-2 in London to ensure that current staff, volunteers and beneficiaries are able to transfer to the new premises without too much difficulty.
As we will be moving out of serviced offices, we may also need to source new desks and office chairs. If anyone is aware of companies that will pass on their second-hand office furniture at low cost let us know! We’d be grateful if you could share this with your networks as we’re looking for properties over the coming months to try to secure well before we need to move. Thank you for your help 😊
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