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Strategic advice for people changing the world. Clear, inclusive support with fundraising, planning, legal structure, and making your impact visible.

Strategic support for purpose-led people and organisations

Whether you're starting a new CIC, planning for long-term impact, or trying to secure funding to grow — Advisory for Good is here to help.

We work with charities, CICs, and social entrepreneurs to turn vision into action. Our advisory services are inclusive, practical, and grounded in real-world experience of running social impact projects.

  • Strategy that makes sense.

  • Advice you can actually use.

  • Support that helps you grow — sustainably.

What we offer:

Fundraising Strategy & Bid Writing:

We work with you to develop a focused, realistic fundraising plan — and we don’t just talk about it, we help write the bids too.

  • Clear strategies tailored to your mission

  • Support with trust, foundation, and local authority bids

  • Help building a case for support

Theory of Change Development:

Make your impact easy to understand and easy to fund.

  • Create or refresh your Theory of Change

  • Align with funder expectations

  • Use it to inform your storytelling, impact reports, and applications

CIC/Charity Registration Support:

Starting out? We’ll walk you through the process.

  • Advice on choosing the right structure

  • Guidance on what regulators and funders expect

  • Full support with completing your CIC or charity application

Strategic Planning:

Sometimes you need to step back to move forward.

  • Growth planning

  • Income diversification

  • Governance or board development

  • Business model reviews for social enterprises

Legal Structure Reviews:

Already running but wondering if you’ve got the right setup?

  • Compare CIC, CIO, Ltd, and charitable models

  • Plan for transitions (e.g. Ltd to CIC)

  • Identify risks and opportunities

Social Impact Reporting Guidance:

Show your impact in a way that funders and stakeholders understand.

  • Build practical reporting systems

  • Align with your Theory of Change

  • Embed social impact into your everyday activity

Who is this for?

  • New founders of social enterprises and charities

  • Existing CICs and charities planning for growth or sustainability

  • Groups needing support with governance, bids, or structure

  • Anyone tired of generic consultancy and looking for tailored support

Why work with us?

  • We’re experts in community-led and social enterprise models

  • We understand barriers and design support to include everyone

  • We don’t overcomplicate – we empower

  • We’ve helped dozens of purpose-led orgs unlock funding and clarity