Making Sense of Your Digital Strategy

De-risk your digital transformation. Move from reactive decisions to confident, value-led evolution.

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Increase in ICO fines in 2025 - while the number of enforcement actions decreased

70%

Of charity leaders report anxiety about future funding - digital strategy is no longer optional

2025

Charity Governance Code refresh now includes AI risk as a trustee responsibility

Good Intentions Are Not Enough

Most organisations have good intentions but lack good governance. That gap is where risk lives - personal liability for trustees, regulatory exposure, and missed opportunities for sustainable growth.

We help charities and not-for-profits bridge that gap. Not with technology-first thinking, but with evidence-based diagnosis that puts your mission, your people, and your stakeholders at the centre.

Learn About Our Approach
"In the Birthlink case, trustees faced personal liability for data governance failures - despite having the best of intentions."

ICO Enforcement, 2024

The ARC Framework

Diagnosis before prescription. Reality before aspiration. Foundations before expansion. ARC sequences your digital transformation so every step builds on the last.

01

Align

Understand where you actually are - not where you think you are. We map your current capabilities, identify gaps, and build a shared understanding across stakeholders.

02

Run

Make informal practice intentional. Strengthen your foundations, optimise existing systems, and build the operational maturity needed for sustainable change.

03

Change

Expand with confidence. Introduce new capabilities, explore emerging technologies, and scale your impact - all built on solid foundations.

The CORE Framework

All our services build on the CORE framework, connecting every initiative back to stakeholder value and ensuring recommendations balance immediate improvements with long-term strategic development.

C

Consolidate

Build solid foundations. Centralise data, establish governance, create a single source of truth.

O

Optimise

Improve what you have. Streamline processes, automate workflows, reduce manual effort.

R

Reinforce

Strengthen and protect. Enhance security, ensure compliance, build resilience.

E

Expand

Grow with confidence. Explore new capabilities, scale your impact, future-proof your systems.

What Clients Say

"We've got a plan that we believe in. The investment was absolutely worth it. If you're an organisation that's ambitious, that's growing, that knows they need to do something but doesn't quite know what that something is or how to go about it, I'd absolutely recommend speaking to Mike."

Craig Wilson

Chief Executive, Big Hearts Community Trust

"Mike's approach was thorough, considered, and genuinely collaborative. He took the time to understand our organisation before making any recommendations."

Lucy Smith

Founder, thistl.io

"The roadmap gave us the confidence to move forward with purpose. We now approach strategic planning from a position of clarity rather than uncertainty."

Jacob Hill

CEO, Offploy

Where Does Your Organisation Stand?

Take our 3-minute diagnostic to identify your biggest digital challenge - and discover which dimension of your strategy needs attention first.

Ready to Move from Reactive to Confident?

Let's start with a conversation. No sales pitch, no obligation - just an honest discussion about where you are and where you want to be.