Before you create a new role
An alternative to hiring a fundraiser for a focused funding gap.
Get immediate grant and bid-writing capacity for one month at a time while you learn what the organisation truly needs long term.
£1,195 per month · no VAT · rolling monthly
Unlimited suitable requests in one queue. One active request at a time. Personally delivered by Matt Simmonds.
The funding work is rarely one neat bid
Recruitment brings breadth, continuity and internal ownership—but also salary, employment costs, management and a long commitment. A monthly specialist is narrower but faster to start.
One person, one queue and one monthly price
Unlimited is the better fit when the gap is primarily research, project shaping, grant writing, review and supporting documents. Hiring is better when you need broad relationship fundraising, leadership and daily internal presence.
Requests you can put in the queue
- Start without a recruitment process
- Test the real volume of funding work
- Clear priority applications and research
- Cancel before the next paid month if the fit changes
You explain what you need in ordinary language. Matt reviews it, sends only the relevant questions and confirms when the request is ready. Your chosen ready priority becomes active; after review and up to two reasonable revision rounds, the next ready request begins.
Who this is for
Leaders deciding whether the current need justifies a hire or can be covered by focused external capacity.
All applications, budgets, strategy, documents and conversations are confidential. Funding outcomes are never guaranteed and there is no success fee.
£1,195 rolling monthly
- Pay one month upfront
- Continue automatically month to month
- Cancel before the next payment
- Required onboarding included with no setup fee
- One 30-minute planning call each month
Questions about this monthly service
When should we hire instead?
Hire when you need a permanent internal owner for a broad fundraising strategy, donor relationships, team leadership and day-to-day organisational influence. Unlimited is intentionally narrower and should not be sold as a complete employee replacement.
What does unlimited mean?
You can add as many suitable fundraising requests as you need to one queue. Matt works on one ready priority at a time. It does not mean unlimited simultaneous work, unlimited hours or a guaranteed number of completed applications.
Who does the work?
Matt Simmonds personally reviews, researches, writes and delivers the work. The founding service is not handed to an anonymous pool of writers.
How does the monthly agreement work?
The service costs £1,195, paid upfront for one month at a time. It renews monthly and you can cancel before the next payment. There is no setup fee and no refund once a paid month has started.