Personally delivered by Matt
For charities, CICs, arts & community organisations

Unlimited fundraising & bid-writing, handled.

Funder research · Application and bid writing · Reviews and rewrites · Funding strategy · Supporting documents · Advice. Send unlimited requests.

£1,195/monthPay monthly · cancel before your next payment · no VAT · no setup fee
Matt Simmonds, fundraising and bid-writing specialist
I research it. I write it. You deal directly with me.
Your fundraiser, Matt
50+

trusts, charities and grant providers worked across

£100k+

funding packages supported

1,000+

creatives supported

“Matt supported me throughout my Paul Hamlyn Foundation application, which was successful.”
Tayo Sanwo · wider client track record
Your secure client workspace

Put every funding job in. Choose what comes next.

Log in to one private place for requests, priorities, files, questionnaires, drafts and messages. Add as many different funding jobs as you need; I keep your chosen request moving.

Private organisation loginConfidential by defaultFiles and messages together
1.
Funder research & shortlistActive now · expected 12 August
In progress
2.
National Lottery applicationProject notes received
Ready next
3.
Review funder feedbackWaiting for response letter
Your input
4.
Visual CV refreshPhotos and current CV received
Queued
Example of your secure, confidential workspace. See what is active, what comes next and what needs your input.
  1. 1.

    Add anything

    Applications, research, reviews, strategy, reports or supporting documents.

  2. 2.

    Choose what comes next

    I ask only what I need and confirm when to expect it.

  3. 3.

    I work on one at a time

    You review, I finish, and the next ready request starts.

No complicated service menu

Send the scrappy email. I’ll take it from there.

Tell me what you need in ordinary language. I ask only the useful questions, then return the finished work.

You send“Can you find the right funders?”
I doResearch + eligibility checks
You getA useful funder shortlist
You send“Can you write this bid?”
I doQuestions + thinking + writing
You getA strong application draft
You send“Why was this rejected?”
I doReview + feedback + rewriting
You getA clearer, stronger version

Also: funding strategy, budgets, cases for support, reports, funder responses, visual CVs and light-design supporting PDFs.

Matt’s wider client track record

Inspect the writing. Then decide.

Redacted bid-writing samples

Inspect eight verbatim redacted examples covering project description, why now, inclusion, evaluation, environment, reach, match funding and access costs.

“Matt supported me throughout my Paul Hamlyn Foundation application, which was successful.”
TSTayo Sanwo
Successful Paul Hamlyn Foundation application
“The review was very detailed and it was clearly structured, so it was easy for me to update my application as per the feedback received.”
DYDYCP review client
Name withheld by request
“Happy to let you know the Lottery bid was successful. Many thanks and best wishes.”
MWMovement Works
Successful Awards for All application

These comments relate to Matt’s wider bid-writing and application-review work. Unlimited packages that experience into an ongoing monthly service.

Redacted writing samples

Verbatim extracts from one June 2026 application supplied by Matt. Only identifying details are replaced with [redacted]. Original wording, punctuation and figures are otherwise retained.

Fit
Redacted project description writing sample
Two founding places available

Full service. Founding price.

I am opening just two places at £1,195/month. When both are filled, applications close. Later places will be £1,495/month.

Keep the £1,195 founding price for as long as you stay.
Only two founding places
£1,195 /month · no VAT

Later price £1,495 · save £300/month

  • Add as many suitable funding requests as you need
  • Tell me what should come next
  • I work on one request at a time
  • Your own confidential client workspace
  • Personally researched and written by Matt
  • Two reasonable revision rounds
Apply for one of two founding places →
The small print, made readable

Four useful questions.

Everything is confidential by default.

Is it really unlimited?

Add as many suitable requests as you need. I work through one ready request at a time. It does not mean unlimited simultaneous work or a fixed number of completed bids.

Who actually does the work?

I do. I am Matt, and nothing is passed to a writer pool. Secure tools help me organise and check work, but the research, judgement and final writing remain mine.

What happens when we start?

I gather the organisation information, core documents and first priorities that will save us time later. This is included, so you do not brief me from scratch for every request.

What am I committing to?

You pay for one month upfront. Cancel before your next payment and you will not be charged again. The service continues until the end of the month you have paid for, and a month that has started is not refunded. There is no setup fee or success fee, and funding is never guaranteed.

Two founding places available

Ready to hand me the funding list?

Tell me what is coming in the next 90 days. I’ll tell you honestly whether Unlimited can take it off your plate, then reply personally within one working day.

  • No payment on this page
  • No long-term lock-in
  • A straight 20-minute fit call
  • An honest no if one-off help fits better

Apply for one of two founding places

Enough detail for me to understand the fit. Nothing more.

Your application and the Unlimited service are handled by Matthew Jonathan Simmonds trading as Matt Writes Bids. ArtsFunded is separate software run by GETFUNDED LTD. It does not supply Unlimited or receive your payment.