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We have decades of experience as successful strategic leaders and practitioners across fundraising, philanthropy, corporate partnerships and not-for-profit communications and marketing.

We’ve held positions in higher education and schools, arts and heritage, science, medical research and health charities, and conservation. We’ve spent many years at the sharp end – managing board expectations and donor relationships, galvanising organisation-wide support, raising organisational profile, and recruiting and leading our teams from the front to achieve challenging targets.

Now, we are both dedicated to sharing our collective knowledge with our clients.  Because of the depth and breadth of our experience, we recognise that every client is different.   We take great care to understand your unique needs and the perspectives of your ecosystem of supporters and stakeholders.

We will advise you on what we believe is genuinely achievable, providing clarity and offering creativity on the way forward.  And if the need is there, we will support you – your fundraisers, senior leaders and board members – on an ongoing basis.

In fundraising and advancement, the organisations we have worked with include:

  • Alabaré
  • Ashford School Foundation
  • Brading Roman Villa Trust
  • The British Library
  • British Lung Foundation
  • Chelsea Physic Garden
  • English Speaking Union
  • Fulham Palace Trust
  • Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
  • The Great Dixter Charitable Trust
  • The Institute of Cancer Research, London
  • The Linnean Society
  • The London String Quartet Foundation
  • The London Symphony Chorus Development Board
  • Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
  • The Natural History Museum
  • The Neville Abraham Foundation
  • Newnham College, University of Cambridge
  • Nurse Lifeline
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Royal Holloway, University of London
  • Royal Opera House
  • SOAS University of London
  • Turner Contemporary
  • University College, University of Oxford
  • Wells Cathedral

Our “Shaping Newnham’s Future” campaign was ahead of target with still two years to run. We had reached a natural point when it made sense for us re-consider priorities and look to how we would plan the last two years of the campaign, maximising opportunities but also looking at legacy and what could be put in place ready for the next campaign. Jukes McWilliams helped us, using their vast experience and knowledge, to appreciate just how much fundraising success we’d achieved already, along with the range of exciting opportunities we still had out there to realise. Their energy and experience gave us and the final part of the campaign a real lift.

Sarah CarthewFellow and Director of Development, Newnham College, University of Cambridge

Lara was quick to grasp our challenges and to identify our fundraising assets – which served as a real boost to our confidence. Her advice to us is steeped in her deep knowledge of the fundraising and philanthropy world, whilst being carefully tailored for our unique circumstances at Wells Cathedral. We are now making some significant steps forward with Lara’s continued advice and support.

Jackie CroftChapter Clerk and Chief Operating Officer, Wells Cathedral

Fiona transformed relationships with donors at the Natural History Museum, and at SOAS before that! At the Garfield Weston Foundation we felt listened to and well informed, and as a result we became deeper supporters. She understands the funder’s strategic aims, and we had confidence that the projects we supported would be well managed and deliver the outcomes for beneficiaries we’d agreed to. She’s creative, builds effective, confident teams, and is fun to work with too!

Philippa Charles OBEDirector, DFN Foundation
former Director, Garfield Weston Foundation
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Photo credit John Button on Flickr
Royal Opera House Photo credit Gabriel Varaljay on Unsplash
SOAS University of London Photo credit Alamy
The Natural History Museum Photo credit Bruno Souza on Unsplash
The Institute of Cancer Research, London
Wells Cathedral Photo credit David Bevan
The Natural History Museum Photo credit Bruno Souza on Unsplash