PRO BONO MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY

Help with charity business planning, charity business strategy, and charity business plan template.


Free management consultancy for charities

Cranfield Trust provides free, tailored management consultancy support to welfare charities. 

Free management consultancy


Free charity telephone advice

Advice on immediate questions and management challenges is available via Cranfield Trust On Call, our telephone advice service.

Cranfield Trust On Call


Working with a management consultant

Before you start work with an external consultant, Stella Smith gives some useful pointers.

Is management consultancy right for your charity?


CHARITY BUSINESS STRATEGY AND PLANNING 

Having a good charity business plan in place will not only help you to have a clear focus, it will position you to attract new funders, volunteers and supporters. 

Thinking about and aligning your charitable activities also gives you time to think about potential risks and opportunities. A well thought out business plan is vital part of building a robust and successful charity. 


Webinar: How to create a business plan for your charity

The below webinar was delivered by Cranfield Trust Volunteer Stephen Cahill, as part of the ongoing Essentials to Excellence webinar series. The style of the webinar is a mix of presenter input and lively case studies with as much input as possible. You will leave the session equipped with simple practical steps you can take to translate your thoughts into action quickly.

You will learn how to:

  • Be successful at business planning – what has changed forever and why you need to revisit your business planning approach.
  • Make your business plan robust and avoid being ‘blindsided’.
  • Use your business plan as a focus for funders.
  • Do business planning with half the effort for twice the result!


Stephen Cahill Bio: 

Stephen Cahill BSc MPA (Warwick) is a semi-retired executive with extensive senior experience across the public, private and charity sectors. He has over 30 years of experience in helping organisations improve their governance, strategy, and operations. He specialises in helping organisations to achieve rapid results by focusing on,"the things that really matter".  He has been an active Cranfield Trust volunteer for nearly a decade.


Reworking your strategy

Six steps to reworking your charity’s strategy in the ‘new normal’ by Cranfield Trust Volunteer, Stephen Cahill. 

Read blog


Build your charity business plan

Questions to ask to help you build your charity's business plan.

Business Planning - questions to build your plan


Charity business plan template

A template for a straightforward business plan, in Word and PDF versions.

Word template for three year business plan

PDF template for three year business plan


LEAN Management

In reviewing your activities and writing your business plan you may wish to consider your processes to ensure that they are efficient and contributing to a high quality of activity.  This article on LEAN management provides some guidance.

Introduction to Lean


Is merger right for your charity?

Volunteer Matthew Wilkley, Director of Income Generation at Independent Age, considers merger as a strategic option, with particular reference to fundraising.

Blog: To merge or not to merge



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