Services for Charities, Voluntary Organisations and Social Enterprises

Achill Management Consultants have a proven track record with the not for profit sector, where the pressures and challenges are different to those of the commercial sector. We believe, however, in creating synergy between commercial and voluntary organisations by allowing them to work together and learn from one another wherever possible. Our suite of services for the Third Sector reflects this approach.

Strategic Consultancy
We can help your organisation focus on its core mission and strengths by providing analysis and advice on:

• Strategy planning and implementation
• Funding and fundraising
• Income generation, becoming investment ready and social enterprise
• Board development; Trustee induction and training
• Good governance practice
• Finance management, developing finance systems and tax efficiency
• Improving service delivery
• Capacity building and partnerships
• Marketing, Communications and publicity

Organisational Development
Working with the whole organisation, we can conduct an Organisational Audit in which we assess your structure, effectiveness, your strengths and weaknesses and then make recommendations on how to reconfigure and realign your organisation to help you and your staff realise your full potential. Key topics can include:

• Operating systems and procedures
• Staff and volunteer management
• Reviewing and updating policies
• How to recruit trustees and succession planning
• Staff and Board skills audits
• Fundraising and income generation
• Customer care and donor relations
• HR legislation
• Legal issues

Our highly skilled consultants are able to offer facilitated workshops and training and development sessions in a range of topics to support the findings and recommendations arising from an Organisational Audit.

Business and Organisational planning and audit
We will work closely with you to develop a practical and enduring business plan to ensure that you are delivering your mission in an accountable and financially viable way. We can help you with:

• Business planning for growth
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Full cost recovery
• Understanding contracts
• Competitive evaluation
• Pricing tools and processes
• Managing premises
• Office functions and outsourcing
• Management information systems