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The last year saw record levels of activity at Cran昀椀eld
Trust. Our consultancy and mentoring services were
up by 15% from last year, and we have seen growth
in activity across most of our services. We are
pleased that so many charity leaders and managers
have engaged with us at such a dif昀椀cult time in the
sector, despite the pressures on them and their
organisations, and are proud to have had the chance
to work with so many inspiring leaders, managers
and trustees.
It is very positive that the proportion of our
consultancy projects addressing strategic and
business planning increased to 63% from 58%
in the year, as many charities worked with us to
develop their future plans. The proportion of our
work represented by mentoring fell to 25% from
31%, but the number of mentoring assignments
stayed almost the same at 118. We know that having
a mentor has a de昀椀nite impact on wellbeing, with
charity leaders and managers reporting the value of
having someone listening to their concerns, focused
on them as a person, and able to discuss a range of
issues.
A highlight of the last year has been the extensive
research we carried out into management training
needs and provision amongst smaller charities, kindly
supported by the Masonic Charitable Foundation.
The report, “Charity Management Matters”, was
published in November and is shaping our thinking
on how we can further support the development of
managers, as well as calling on others to collaborate
to support their development.
We are extremely grateful to our volunteers, who
are Cran昀椀eld Trust, and without whom our services
would not be possible. We are also fortunate to
have very valued support from funders, donors,
supporters, trustees and colleagues. Thank you all
for enabling Cran昀椀eld Trust to have a great impact
on the small to medium size charities we all value so
highly.
It is our pleasure to present our
Impact Report 2022-23, to share
our successes and to celebrate
our impact and that of every one
of the charities we’ve worked with,
which are changing lives and society.
Dr Charmaine Grif昀椀ths
Chair of Trustees
Amanda Tincknell CBE
Chief Executive
Record Year of Impact
Areas of concern for Cran昀椀eld Trust in our client
charities include short term 昀椀nancial management
and planning, challenges in board recruitment
and governance, and increasing illness and
stress. In some cases, limited appetite for change
when charities 昀椀nd it dif昀椀cult to visualize and
implement different ways of working, or to consider
collaboration or merger partners.
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