About Us

Who are we?

We love helping charities to tell authentic stories about their work and impact.

We are excited about helping you to find potential supporters, secure their donation and keep them as long term contributors to your cause.

Lucy Stone

Lucy is an award winning fundraiser with 24 years experience in the charity sector. Her key skills lie in strategic thinking, fundraising and impact measurement.
Lucy has helped to raise £97 million for a wide range of causes.

Dr Toby Lovat

Toby is an academic whose research and expertise is wide ranging. He teaches philosophy, politics, humanities, economics and global studies at The University of Brighton.

Previous to academia Toby spent 12 years at American Express as a Communications Manager.

Our impact and awards

In the last 3 years we have helped clients raise over £4.2 million.

Funders secured for clients include Arts Council England, Garfield Weston Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, The Rayne Foundation, The Leathersellers’ Foundation and The Ministry of Justice.
Grants in 2025 ranged from £1 to £260k.
Our return on investment in 2025 was 51:1 - for every £1 invested in bid writing our charities (on average) raised £51.

Awards

Winner Music Venue Trust Outstanding Contribution Award 2021
Best Fundraising Support Provider 2025 (South East England) UK Enterprise Awards.

Our impact during Covid 19

We achieved a lot helping organisations during covid.

Worked with Music Venue Trust, Association of Independent Festivals, Production Service Association, LIVE, Manchester City Council, Brighton & Hove City Council, and Liverpool Sound City to support funding applications through webinars, guidance notes and bid reviews.
Supported 33 organisations to access over £950,000 from ACE Covid Emergency Fund.
Supported over 140 Music Venue Trust members to receive over £6.2 million from Emergency Venue Funds in England and Scotland. Those using our support were 3 times more likely to be successful.
Led a team of 15 fundraisers to support 296 organisations applying to the English Culture Recovery Fund raising £56.2 million in Round 1, 222 organisations to access £24 million in Round 2 and 51 organisation to access £3.9 million in the Continuity Support Round..
Supported 22 organisations to access £2.4 million in round 1 of the Welsh Cultural Recovery Fund.
Delivering fundraising webinars for Community Works and Mid Sussex Voluntary Action.
Chaired ‘Fundraising in a Pandemic’ webinars - for Brighton & Hove City Council, Brighton & Hove Arts & Creative Industries Commission, Always Possible and Merton Borough Council.

Who we work with

Current clients

Past clients

“Lucy conducted a fundraising audit for us, helping to bring clarity and focus to our strategic direction. By working with Lucy, she helped to add weight to some of the things we already knew as a FR Team and as a charity to be able to clearly communicate to Trustees and the wider team, as well as getting honest, invaluable feedback from a pool of supporters.”

Chloe Neilson-Hopkins

Fundraising Manager, 4Sight Vision Support

“Lucy has been a great asset to our income generation work at The Hygiene Bank. She's supportive, empowering and decisive in her approach, upskilling my team as well as bringing key insights and industry knowledge to support our fundraising goals. Lucy is efficient, hard-working and also deeply purpose-driven; a great combination to work with! I highly recommend her and would love to work with her again."

Ruth Brock

CEO at The Hygiene Bank

“We have been extremely fortunate to work with Lucy Stone, her knowledge and expertise, along with a tailor made approach have been invaluable. She is great at really getting to know the charity and offering support and solutions that are realistic and achievable. Her encouragement and positive manner have made all the difference, I can’t recommend her enough."

Jay Breslaw

CEO, Survivors’ Network

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