To establish your business and financial stability, you will need to consider steps such as, registering for an Australian Business Number, registering your business name with ASIC and setting up bank accounts. Most lawyers and accountants should be able to support you with these steps, but here are some other services to consider.

Legal Services information


Social Enterprise Legal Toolkit: Impact Investing Hub's free resource for social enterprises currently raising or preparing to raise, covering everything from investment readiness and pitch decks to term sheets, agreements and post-investment monitoring.

Justice Connect is a social justice organisation and community legal service and is itself a not-for-profit community organisation and registered charity provides great resources.

Social Enterprise Legal Toolkit Social Impact Hub's free resource built for for-profit for-purpose enterprises, it includes practical guidance, a template Constitution and real-world examples for anyone generating social outcomes commercially.

Law On Earth is the only telelaw platform in the world that allows the public to manage their own legal needs and save up to 90% cost whilst providing professional indemnity insurance and also much higher transparency and security for users.

NchangeR support social purpose leaders with group and individual coaching. They have created the following useful resources to help social entrepreneurs refine their governance and legal structures.

• Fact sheet: Governance is like Sport
• Fact sheet: Legal Structures for Social Enterprises
• Fact sheet: Governance Models for Social Enterprises

Financial Services information

Xero for Good: Financial Fitness (free resources and mentoring): A five-minutes-a-week program of videos, toolkits and mentoring from Xero, designed to build your confidence with business finances, free to access