A human grant-writing retainer
A grant writing retainer built around your changing priorities.
Use one rolling agreement for a queue of suitable funding work instead of commissioning every application, review or research task separately.
£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
Fixed project scopes become awkward when funder dates move or an urgent review overtakes a planned draft. Traditional retainers can also reduce everything to hours rather than useful output.
One person, one queue and one monthly price
Unlimited uses a prioritised request queue. One ready request is active, each piece has an expected delivery date, and the organisation can change what comes next.
Requests you can put in the queue
- Queue several future deadlines
- Activate the most valuable request
- Receive a draft or completed output
- Review, revise and start the next item
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
Organisations comparing regular freelance grant writing with a flexible, managed monthly relationship.
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
Are unused hours carried over?
There is no hourly allowance to carry over. You are buying access to a managed service and continuous queue, with one request active at a time during each paid month.
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.