We are a strategy consultancy working to achieve social progress. We ensure our clients have the advice, evidence and insight they need to make the right choices in an uncertain world.
Our clients over the past two years include…
What we do…
We are experts in a full range of strategic approaches and impact methodologies for ambitious organisations tackling global challenges.
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Interactive chart: how much the UK's best-known charities raise in donations and legacies for every pound they spend on fundraising, by cause area, and how far that return has fallen. Charity Commission and OSCR data, 2021 to 2024.
Interactive chart: how much the largest charities in England and Wales rely on donations and legacies, and what they spend to raise them. Charity Commission data, 2021 to 2024.
Sport attracts capital, status and ambition. It rarely attracts strategic philanthropic intent. That gap represents both a risk and a significant, largely untapped opportunity.
Charity trustees bring valuable skills, experience, networks and perspectives to the organisations they serve. The trustee dividend is the strategic value this collective contribution should create for the charity. Too often, that dividend is under-realised because a busy board is not always an effective one. The strongest boards use their time to challenge assumptions, stretch ambition and shape better decisions.