Charity Consultancy Support

Making a difference for those who make a difference

In three decades of helping charities and other not-for-profits to achieve their aims, we have had the privilege of working with a diverse group of wonderful organisations. This selection of case studies gives a flavour of the range and depth of the services we provide and the difference we make.

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Governance and Strategy
Fundraising and Marketing
People and Performance

Spreading the net to catch a niche CEO

Recruitment - Care Ashore

Bringing our diverse strengths to bear new fruit

Fundraising strategy - Action Against Medical Accidents (AvMA)

Finding room for improvement in a well-run ship

Governance Review - Northern College

Identifying opportunities for a step change in income generation

Fundraising strategy - Ronald Mc Donald House Charities

Helping a comms team to embrace and shape its role as fundraisers

Fundraising strategy - Global Care

A timely introduction to the fundamentals of fundraising

Fundraising workshop - European Christian Mission International

Facilitating the formulation of a new strategic plan

Strategic awayday - Actors’ Benevolent Fund

Building the effectiveness of a leadership team

HR Team Building - YMCA London City and North

Tailored training for rookie line managers

HR Training - Asylum Welcome

Empowering Small Charities: Boosting Self-Analysis and Sustainability

Small Charities - Bexley Mencap

Helping a charity to be astutely competitive in the job market

Care Ashore - Salary benchmarking

Researching funding for net zero at diocese level

Diocese of Leeds

Supporting recruitment for a highly niche role

Operation Mobilisation

Clarifying vision and direction for sensory services

Sensory Services by Sight for Surrey

Small Charity Building the right foundations for growth

Providing an objective voice in an important decision

Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice

Exploring funding for new sheltered housing

The Sheppard Trust

Confirming suppositions with an innovative review technique

Cambridge University Assistants’ Contributory Pension Scheme

Walking shoulder to shoulder with a CEO on a major growth journey

Compassion in World Farming

Giving a new Board guidelines to channel & focus their commitment

Building a case to convince major donors

Middle East media

Laying an ambitious road to net zero

Church of England

Helping a founder to find liberation

Catching the buzz from event marketing

Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Assessing the future value of a crisis response service

Faith in Later Life

Digging deeper to unearth more valuable insights

Clergy Support Trust

Turning inspiring vision into practical steps

A reassuring sense check of good governance

Church of England Pensions Board

Helping an established charity to rethink fundraising

Thorough examination for an important medical body

British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology

Restructuring a young venture to access funding

AP Youth and Childhood

Updating a theatre trust’s fire policies

The Miller Centre Trust

Reinforcing a CEO’s bid for better fundraising

Age UK Cheshire East

Designing and delivering a new global strategy for a changing world

Providing clarity over diversity in recruitment

Voluntary Sector North West

Applying the detail to attract the best recruits

Embrace the Middle East

Establishing the groundwork for successful grant fundraising

Northgate Church

Strategic support to reflect a restructure

YMCA London City and North

Training for a new Board of Trustees

West Berkshire Training Consortium

Valuable fundraising insights for a widespread audience

Cred Foundation

Answering a last-minute call to facilitate a Christian awayday

Diocese of Chelmsford

Consolidate or expand? Helping a charity reach agreement on the way forward

Northwood African Education Foundation

Equipping volunteer fundraisers to up their game

Friends International

Raising funds for a phased church facilities upgrade

St Mary’s Church Bloxham

Quick critique of a capital appeal

Morley College London

Helping a well founded charity step up to the next level

Shepherding values into a cohesive statement

Assembling the building blocks of a fast-growing organisation

Building solid foundations for a homelessness campaign

The Salvation Army

Helping a leadership team to know themselves and each other

Helping a beleaguered Chair to establish stability and direction

West Berkshire Training Consortium

Finding the ideal candidate

Building a stronger bond

Reshaping a nuanced fundraising strategy

Africa Inland Mission

Helping a wilting flower to bloom again

Making the most of prime advertising space

The understanding of a thirty-year relationship

Building confidence in a natural leader

Middle East Media

Helping to see the wood among a forest of priorities

Lichfield Cathedral

A guiding hand for a new kind of strategy

Suzy Lamplugh Trust

Planning a transformation in educational outreach delivery

Engineering Development Trust

Bringing clarity and conviction to a members’ organisation

British Small Animals Veterinary Association

Navigating to calmer waters

Critical support for a first-time fundraiser

Citizens Advice Craven & Harrogate District

Evaluating an important fundraising service

The Fundraising Regulator

Building new purpose and structure into an established campaign

Aid to the Church in Need

Helping a new leader hit the ground running

Commonweal Housing

Funding support for an historic attraction

Berkeley Castle Charitable Trust

Testing progress towards ambitious growth targets

African Child Trust

Planning a shift to an advocacy strategy

Town and Manor of Hungerford

Testing project feasibility for a major donor

Stewardship / The Island

Opening minds to a new way of doing things

Citizens Advice Craven & Harrogate Districts

A new website to reflect a new brand

Together We Learn

Removing the shackles of raising unrestricted income

Prison Fellowship

A timely reality check

Greenfields Evangelical Church, Swansea

Planning a shift to an advocacy strategy

Clock Tower Sanctuary

Crafting complexity into a compelling bid

Helping corporate executives understand the fundraising mentality

CO2 Value Europe

Assessing the support for a cherished landmark

St Mary’s Church, Bloxham

Providing the evidence to push a project over the line

St Mary’s Church, Painswick

Helping a small team maintain its purpose

Global Hope Network International, UK

A new five year strategy for an international development charity

A valuable sounding board for a pioneering CEO

Clergy Support Trust

Adding steel to a church capital appeal

Crowthorne Baptist Church

Capturing a cause and moving it on

Carbon Capture and Storage Association

Putting Trustees centre-stage

Actors’ Children’s Trust (ACT)

Fitting round pegs in new round holes

Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Taking the strain out of a community asset

Effingham Village Recreation Trust

Reaping quality from a narrow field

Pilgrims’ Friend Society

Broadcasting the seeds of practical fundraising

Anglican Diocese of Oxford

A local plan for a global body

Anglican Communion Office

Helping a new recruit to master their role

Imperial Health Charity

Building the basis for a new community fund

Market Research and Analysis

Assessing feasibility for expansion plan: St Mary’s Cogges

Fundraising Strategy

Firm foundations for a fundraising strategy: Friends International

Governance and Fundraising Strategy

Understanding the real objective: Highway Trust

Recruitment

Helping to define a key role: RMHC

Governance and Trustee Training

Passing control from a founder to a board: RNW

Strategy and Business Planning; Awaydays

A root and branch planning review: FoWA

Fundraising Strategy, Communications Strategy and Implementation

Helping a global charity find its local voice: JMM

Reconsidering relevance in much changed world: FFW

Reconsidering relevance in much changed world: FFW

Preparing for the worst to enable the best: LWA

Preparing for the worst to enable the best: LWA

Long-term planning for a community gem: GRACE

Long-term planning for a community gem: GRACE

Marketing and Fundraising

Recognising your full fundraising potential: CRY

Marketing & Fundraising

Clarifying a CEO's Needs and Expectations: LICC

Fundraising Strategy

Maintaining a Steady Hand: british tinnitus association

People and Practice

Detailed Salary Benchmarking: aid to the church in need

Fundraising Strategy

Keeping a Fundraising Plan on Track: wycliffe bible translators

Trustee Awaydays

Steering a Board to New Goals: Crossways Community

Coaching, Mentoring and Training

Clarifying a CEO’s needs and expectations: london institute for contemporary christianity (licc)

Recognising your full fundraising potential

Recognising your full fundraising potential: Care and Relief for the Young (CRY)

Understanding Funding From A Christian Perspective

Understanding funding from a Christian perspective: Stewardship

Trustee Training

Addressing the responsibilities of a modern trustee: Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious society of friends (Quakers)

Develop a long term sustainable strategic plan

Develop a long term sustainable strategic plan: Family Support Work

Market Research and Analysis

Market research to inform expansion of service: Family Support Work

Trust Applications to Fund New Accommodation for Patients' Families

Trust applications to fund new accommodation for patients’ families: COSMIC

Recruiting a Head of Philanthropy

Recruit a Head of Philanthropy: British Paralympic Association

Recruiting a chief executive

Recruit a Chief Executive: Pilgrims’ Friend Society

Detailed Salary Benchmarking

Research and develop a retention strategy for care home staff: Pilgrims’ Friend Society

Developing a fundraising and marketing strategy

Develop a fundraising and marketing strategy: Every Child a Musician

Developing the International Board

Develop the International Board: Mission Without Borders International

Strategy and business planning

Develop options and plans for strategic growth: The Richmond Charities

Developing a communications strategy

Develop a communications strategy: The Richmond Charities

Recruiting Trustees

Recruit trustees: One YMCA

Recruitment and Interim Management

Provide an interim Development Director: LAMDA

Recruiting a Chief Executive

Recruit a Chief Executive: Right Now Foundation

Capital Appeal Feasibility Study

Capital appeal feasibility study: Weston Park Cancer Charity

Individual Giving Audit

Individual giving audit: Weston Park Cancer Charity

Help create a high-performing Board

Help create a high-performing Board: Weston Park Cancer Charity

Fundraising Strategy and Awaydays

Fundraising strategy training and development day for whole fundraising team: WPCC

Funding planning study for 2020 Lambeth Conference

Funding planning study for 2020 Lambeth Conference: The Anglican Communion

Recruitment - Screening for the ideal candidate

Screening for the ideal candidate - God TV

Providing objectivity for an organisational review

Providing objectivity for an organisational review: Voluntary Action South West Surrey

Pinpointing priorities to realising potential

Pinpointing priorities to realising potential: Burrswood Health & Wellbeing

Raising a congregation’s sights

Raising a congregation’s sights: Stanground and Farcet CofE Churches

Directing a way forward

Directing the way forward: St Francis Leprosy Guild

Better messaging to a remote audience

Better messaging to a remote audience: Shropshire Rural Communities Charity

A Whole New Goal - The Lacrosse Foundation

A Whole New Goal: The Lacrosse Foundation

Addressing The Responsibilities Of The Modern Trustee

Addressing the responsibilities of the modern trustee: Britain Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Shaping a vision, mission, values and strategic objectives

Steering a board to new goals: Crossways Community

Steering a board to new goals

Encouraging the board to open up: Crossways Community