A practical fundraising retainer
Retained fundraising support for the work already piling up.
One monthly service for the real mixture of jobs behind a funding pipeline, not just the final application form.
£1,195 per month · pay monthly · cancel before your next payment · no VAT
Send unlimited suitable requests. Choose what comes next.
Apply for one of two founding places · See exactly how the queue works
The funding work is rarely one neat bid
The gap is often not a lack of ideas. It is a lack of focused time to test routes, shape the proposition, collect missing evidence, write clearly and keep follow-up work from disappearing.
One person, one queue and one monthly price
Matt becomes a consistent external pair of hands. Your team keeps the decisions and relationships; he handles the agreed research, thinking, writing and improvement work in priority order.
Your secure client workspace
Your organisation gets a private login for requests, priorities, files, questionnaires, drafts and messages.
Requests you can put in the queue
- Map likely trusts and grant programmes
- Shape a project and case for support
- Write bids and supporting material
- Review feedback and plan the next approach
You explain what you need in ordinary language. Matt reviews it, sends only the relevant questions and confirms when it can begin. He starts the ready request you choose; after review and up to two reasonable revision rounds, the next ready request begins.
Who this is for
Established small organisations that need senior fundraising output without committing to a permanent hire.
All applications, budgets, strategy, documents and conversations are confidential. Funding outcomes are never guaranteed and there is no success fee.
£1,195 per month
- Pay one month upfront
- Continue automatically month to month
- Cancel before the next payment
- Getting started is included with no setup fee
- One 30-minute planning call each month
Questions about this monthly service
Is this full outsourced fundraising?
It is focused fundraising and bid-writing help, not a replacement for good governance, your funder relationships, final approval or every type of fundraising. Matt will say plainly when a request sits outside the service.
What does unlimited mean?
You can add as many suitable fundraising requests as you need to one queue. Matt works on one request 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.