Fundraising Strategy Consulting for Nonprofits

Fundraising Consulting for Fundraising & Partnerships teams that need sharper

Strengthen your fundraising case with clearer strategy, credible evidence and practical funding-readiness support.

Fundraising consulting for charities, community groups and SMEs that need stronger funding strategy, credible evidence and bid-readiness support.

Sound familiar?

Unclear priorities slow strategic progress

You might recognise:

Plateaued Financial Growth

Your charity has raised the exact same small amount for three years, completely preventing you from scaling your vital impact.

Heavy Donor Fatigue

You are constantly asking the same small group of heavily fatigued supporters for money over and over again.

Ineffective Corporate Pitches

When you approach massive corporations for sponsorship, you receive polite rejections because your pitch lacks commercial ROI.

Weak Digital Donations

Your website gets traffic, but your donation button is completely buried and your checkout process is massive friction.

Lack of Predictable Income

You start every single financial year with absolutely zero confidence about where the budget will come from.

What you gain

Clearer direction and accountable action

Here’s what improves:

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Aggressive Revenue Expansion
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Vast New Donor Pipelines
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Irresistible Corporate Decks
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Highly Optimized Digital Funnels
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Predictable Strategic Runway

What's included?

Practical business consulting support built around delivery

Your service includes:

Fundraising Strategy

Comprehensive fundraising plan

Price: 1950+VAT / Ideal for: All organisations wanting growth

Donor Development

Stewardship and retention systems

Price: From1200+VAT / Ideal for: Retention challenges

Major Gifts Programme

Prospect identification and cultivation

Price: From2450+VAT / Ideal for: Capacity for major donors

Board Engagement

Training and involving trustees

Price: From895+VAT / Ideal for: Board needing development

Enhance your results

Add more depth when the outcome demands it

Take it further with:

Implementation Support

Optional follow-on support to implement the Fundraising Consulting recommendations, assets, systems, records or improvement actions.

Quoted separately

Review and Optimisation Session

Add a structured follow-up review to validate outcomes, refine delivery, and agree next actions after the initial engagement.

Quote on request

Pre-Investor Diligence Pack

Three-week sprint that assembles a buyer's-eye-view of your business: financial pack normalised for EBITDA add-backs, customer-cohort retention analysis, KPI bridge from management accounts to GAAP, and a written Q&A bank covering the 40 most-likely investor diligence questions. Most clients close their round 3-5 weeks faster as a direct result.

£4,800

Is this for you?

Built for organisations ready to improve

This service suits you if:

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Organisations that need fundraising consulting with clear deliverables and accountability.
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Teams that want measurable improvement, practical execution, and less operational friction.
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Decision-makers who need support aligned to current priorities, constraints, and timelines.
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Who This Is Not For

Not for shortcuts without commitment

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Teams looking for instant results without implementation follow-through or internal ownership.
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Buyers who need a low-touch commodity solution with no discovery, collaboration, or decision support.
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Client Stories

Practical support with visible outcomes

What clients experienced:

We were 6 months into a stalled seed extension when we engaged Tobi's team. They restructured our deck, repositioned our metrics, and introduced two specialist funds. Term sheet at month four, closed at month six.

R.G., Founder, B2B SaaS scale-up, Cambridge

Innovate UK grant capture: £247k of non-dilutive funding inside 11 weeks of engagement. We had previously written grant applications ourselves and never got past the first stage.

A.B., MD, advanced-manufacturing SME, Tyne & Wear

Asset-based lending facility increased from £1.2m to £3.5m at better headline rates. The diligence pack they assembled answered every banking question before the question was asked. Saved months.

C.E., CFO, healthcare-services group, London

PRICING

Funding readiness diagnostic from £650 + VAT

For funding strategy, bid-readiness, evidence-building, partnership narratives and fundraising planning. Bid writing or strategy projects are scoped separately.

What's included

Funding readiness diagnostic and next-step plan.

Scoped separately

Full bid writing, partnership outreach, grant management and ongoing fundraising retainers are scoped separately.

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How It Works

A structured route from need to outcome

Here’s the process:

Step 1

Assess the Current State

We review your current setup, constraints, and priorities so fundraising consulting is scoped against the real operating context.

Step 2

Deliver the Agreed Scope

We execute the agreed work with clear milestones, practical communication, and visible progress against defined outcomes.

Step 3

Review Outcomes and Next Actions

We close with recommendations, implementation notes, and clear next steps to sustain the gains from the engagement.

Step 4

Step 1

Assess the Current State

We review your current setup, constraints, and priorities so fundraising consulting is scoped against the real operating context.

Step 2

Deliver the Agreed Scope

We execute the agreed work with clear milestones, practical communication, and visible progress against defined outcomes.

Step 3

Review Outcomes and Next Actions

We close with recommendations, implementation notes, and clear next steps to sustain the gains from the engagement.

Step 4

Shielded delivery

Honest-Readiness Promise

If our readiness diagnostic concludes you are not yet ready to fundraise, we tell you directly, give you the 3-step plan to get there, and refund the discovery fee. We have walked away from 14 engagements on this basis. Misjudging timing destroys SME equity stories.

Frequently asked questions

Are we ready to fundraise?

We have a 4-question readiness diagnostic in the discovery call. The honest answer for most £1-5m UK SMEs is 'not yet, here are the three things to sort first'. We have walked away from engagements where the timing or the metrics weren't right. We don't take fees for raises that aren't going to land.

What kind of capital do you raise — equity, debt, grants?

All three, judged by which is right for your stage and trajectory. SMEs with steady cash flow but a growth gap are usually better served by working-capital debt or asset finance, not equity dilution. We arrange the introduction or run the process, depending on scope.

How long does a typical raise take?

For SMEs: working-capital debt — 6 to 10 weeks. Equity raise (£250k-£3m, EIS/SEIS-eligible) — 4 to 7 months from kick-off to signed term sheet. Grant-funded innovation projects (Innovate UK, Horizon Europe equivalents) — typically 4 to 12 weeks from notice of opportunity.

Do you take success-fee-only mandates?

For working-capital debt and grant capture, yes, with a small retainer to cover the readiness work. For equity raises we work on a small monthly retainer plus a Lehman-formula success fee, because equity rounds require sustained workstream commitment from us regardless of who closes first.