Our Services

At Compton, we offer a full spectrum of  fundraising consultancy services tailored to the needs of charities across the UK and internationally.

Whether you’re launching a capital campaign, growing annual income, or building a legacy fundraising programme, our expert consultants provide the structure, insight, and momentum to help you succeed.

Our core services:

1

Vision and Strategy

Developing a united, urgent and compelling purpose

  • Review of your charity’s underpinning purpose and strategy
  • Leadership of Board away days, vision development workshops and the role of Trustees in successful fundraising
  • Development of fundraising-ready strategic and financial plans

2

Fundraising marketing & communications

Shaping and telling your story

  • Multi-channel fundraising marketing and communications reviews and plans
  • Digital fundraising campaigns
  • Design of donor, supporter and stakeholder surveys
  • Development of your fundraising case for support
  • Review and development of fundraising promotional materials and collateral

3

Trusts, foundations and other grant-making

Delivery of high return grants fundraising

  • Reviews of your current trust and foundation fundraising performance
  • Customised research of philanthropic and statutory grant-makers by our specialist Trust Unit
  • Lottery fundraising bids
  • Full management and delivery of trust fundraising operations

4

Annual fundraising

Stabilising, growing and sustaining your core income generation plan

  • Review and development of annual fundraising plans and budgets to optimise Return on Investment (ROI) across key income streams and activities
  • Review and development of annual fundraising teams, organisational structure, key roles and targets
  • Interim management of Director of Fundraising and Head of Fundraising roles
  • Formal team training and coaching programmes

5

Capital fundraising

Delivering special projects and programmes

  • Capital campaign feasibility (“resources”) studies (to identify sources of major funding and volunteer leadership networks)
  • Health check of capital campaigns already underway
  • Provision of specialist capital fundraising Directors and Managers
  • Major gift “asking for the money” training for Trustees, Executive Teams, Fundraising Teams and volunteer fundraisers

6

Legacy fundraising

Securing the future

  • Review of legacy promotion, outreach and management plans
  • Development of tailored plans and campaigns to secure more gifts in wills – including development and management of legacy income pipelines
  • Legacy training and workshops

7

Preparing for fundraising performance

Getting your backroom fundraising policies, processes and operations fit for purpose

  • Review and development of policies, procedures, plans and budgets
  • Establishment and development of fundraising and development teams
  • Fundraising database and income processing reviews
  • Gift Aid audits and reviews
  • Bespoke training, mentoring and coaching or in-house fundraising team members
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