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Bexley Beaumont has announced the creation of a charitable foundation to allow community projects nationwide to share in its success.
Bexley Beaumont Chief Executive Karen Bexley has said the BBFoundation initiative was evidence of its determination to fulfull its responsibilities to clients and the community.
"When we launched, we were insistent about giving something back to the communities in which we operate.
"Each year, we have a principal nominated charity but, as we have grown, we felt that the nature of our community contributions should grow too.
"We have partners based throughout the country and, therefore, it was essential to ensure that our support should reflect as many suggestions about suitable schemes as possible.
"Given that we take our obligations seriously, we felt that setting up the charity was a natural step because it adds a professionalism and structure to our philanthropy.
"It is an indication of our progress as a business and our maturity too. Our fifth year really seemed like the right time to establish the foundation.
"We also regard this as something of a spur to keep pushing ourselves as an organisation in order to help as many communities nationwide as we can."
The BBFoundation has been registered with the Charity Commission and is the latest but arguably most significant evidence of Bexley Beaumont's charitable activities.
Since opening its doors, the firm's central support team and lawyers have already undertaken a wide of range of fundraising activities, including walking, riding and cycling a total of more than 2,000 kilometres across the UK on behalf of the mental health charity, MIND.
Ms Bexley has described how the Foundation is one of a series of "cornerstone ventures" for Bexley Beaumont.
Earlier this year, it launched a platform, BBElevate, to support the career development of its legal and support staff.
In addition, the firm has been a member of the Legal Sustainability Alliance for the last two years as part of a commitment to follow best environmental practice, including the intention of eventually becoming a net zero carbon emission business.
One of the individuals leading its sustainability efforts, trainee lawyer Harry Jenkinson, won a North West regional award for his efforts in April.
Ms Bexley added: "This is about doing much more than simply expressing good intentions.
"We feel that by supporting our colleagues, our communities and the planet, we provide both the motivation and the opportunity to grow as a business, something which enables us to do even more.
"That is the kind of firm which we intended to have and it is an approach which I'm pleased to say has delivered progress since we started."
During the course of this year, Bexley Beaumont has added 15 partners across all its service areas.
It now has 62 partners and a further five Associate Solicitors despite only opening its doors in 2020.
The firm's appeal across the legal industry was underlined by an independent study conducted by Codex Edge last year.
Although many legal practices struggled to attract talent during 2023, the research concluded that the partner ranks of Bexley Beaumont had grown by 27 per cent in just a year.
Bexley Beaumont's achievements have seen it claim a succession of important legal industry awards - most recently, the Law Firm of the Year Award at the Modern Law Awards in March.
