For community interest companies
Bid writing support for CICs with a real funding pipeline.
Get help testing eligibility, explaining community benefit, shaping projects and writing the applications your CIC is genuinely ready to deliver.
£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
CIC eligibility varies by funder, and commercial-looking language can obscure the community need and public benefit. Chasing every open grant wastes time and weakens the case.
One person, one queue and one monthly price
Matt checks the route, asks for the evidence that matters and helps express the project in a clear, credible way without inventing need or impact.
Requests you can put in the queue
- Check CIC eligibility before writing
- Clarify community benefit and need
- Build a grant-ready project budget
- Draft or review the application
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
Established CICs with community delivery, usable evidence and several suitable funding tasks ahead.
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
Can every CIC apply to every charitable funder?
No. Legal form, asset lock, governance, profit distribution and the proposed activity can all affect eligibility. Each route should be checked before significant writing begins.
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.