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Filanthropia Consulting was established by Sarah
Chiappini in 2015. Sarah has a wealth of
knowledge and experience in assisting charities
and not for profit organisations of various types
and sizes, from large household named charities
to small grass roots organisations.
All services, as outlined on the home page, are
provided by Sarah, via Filanthropia Consulting, in
her capacity as a non-practising solicitor: please
see the section headed “Regulatory” for further
details in this regard.
MORE ABOUT SARAH CHIAPPINI
Current position:
Sarah practised as a solicitor for almost 19 years (until
July 2013), specialising in charity law, trust law and
certain aspects of company law and commercial law.
Since leaving private practice, Sarah has been
advising various charities and not for profit
organisations as a non-practising solicitor on a
consultancy basis.
Sarah is a non-executive director of Taunina Limited
(company number 8812064): the UK parent company
of a South African based social enterprise and she
was, until recently, a Trustee and the Honorary
Secretary of the Friends of Pennthorpe (registered
charity number 1069070).
Sarah is a member of the Charity Law Association.
Career history:
Sarah qualified as a solicitor in 1994, after having completed
her training contract at specialist Catholic charity law firm
Witham Weld, now Pothecary Witham Weld.
In 1997 Sarah joined the charities team at Paisner & Co
(headed by Anne-Marie Piper, founder and former chair and
secretary of the Charity Law Association). Upon Paisner's
merger with Berwin Leighton in 2001, Sarah followed Anne-
Marie to join the charities team as a senior solicitor at Farrer
& Co. In 2006, after a short break from private practice
following the birth of her second child, she joined the
charities team at Charles Russell (now Charles Russell
Speechlys), as a senior solicitor working primarily from their
Guildford office.
During her time in private practice Sarah participated in two
Charity Law Association Working Parties; wrote regularly on
charity law and related matters for both internal and
external publications; and spoke regularly at charity law
seminars and workshops.