Why Not-for Profits and Charities Choose Fractional Operations

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You Face Unique Challenges:

  • Funder accountability: multiple funders, with different reporting requirements & risk expectations

  • Resource constraints & growth complexity

  • Governance demands: Board oversight, regulatory compliance, public trust

  • Risk sensitivity: reputational risk- one data breach or compliance failure can be devastating.

Fractional Operations Helps:

  1. Charities adopt low-cost AI solutions to streamline grant tracking, automate reporting, and elevate stakeholder engagement

  2. Demonstrate operational maturity to funders / investors

  3. Work with Leadership to structure potential funding streams

  4. Prepare for growth/mergers or significant funding increases

  5. Create sustainability (not dependent on consultants)

We understand that the Mission comes first. Operations enables mission. We don’t lose sight of why you exist.

How Fractional Operations Leads Work

Simple. Flexible. No Long-Term Lock-in.

Month 1-2: Assess & Prioritise

Month 3-4: Build & Implement

Month 5-6: Embed & Transfer

Typical engagement: 6-10 months.

Is your Risk Profile Keeping you Awake?

Common Risk Concerns We Address:

Data & GDPR Compliance

  • Are you GDPR compliant? How would you respond to a data breach?

  • Do you know where all your data lives? Are staff trained on data handling?

We build: Policy frameworks, monitoring mechanisms, incident response protocols.

Board & Governance Expectations

  • Does your Board have confidence in your operations?

  • Do you provide the with appropriate operational oversight?

  • Are governance structures fit for purpose?

  • How do you demonstrate operational maturity?

We build: Board reporting frameworks, governance structures, operational dashboards, risk registers.

Reputational & Safeguarding

  • Do you have appropriate safeguarding policies?

  • How do you monitor compliance with standards?

  • Could a staff member’s action damage your reputation?

  • Are whistleblowimg procedures clear?

"The goal isn't zero risk—it's managed, proportionate risk that your Board and stakeholders can understand and support."

What Organisations Say

"I was doing everything—strategy, operations, firefighting. Claire freed up 12 hours per week by building systems that work. Our team can now execute without me micromanaging." CEO, Professional Services. (25 people)

We were growing but our risk management was informal. Claire built our governance framework, risk register, and compliance protocols. Now we're audit-ready and our Board has confidence in our controls." MD, Consultancy (30 people)

"We needed processes and systems documented, committees set up, and to be 100% board ready each quarter. The fractional model was perfect—we got exactly the expertise we needed, when we needed it." CEO, Healthcare Not-For-Profit (200+ people)