Beth Upton
CEO & Founder
Beth Upton has been a professional fundraiser since 2002 when she joined Macmillan’s corporate fundraising team. Over her career she has worked in most fundraising disciplines and specialised in high-value fundraising from both trusts and major donors. She studied her professional fundraising qualifications at the Open University and more recently passed (with merit) the Certificate in Philanthropic Psychology at the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy. Beth qualified (ILM Level 7) as a Coach in March 2023.
Rachal Minchinton
New Business Manager
Rachal Minchinton is a senior fundraising professional with over 20 years of hands-on experience across high-value giving, statutory income, and strategic fundraising development. Having worked as Head of Income Generation and Deputy Director across hospices, housing charities, and mental health organisations, she has personally overseen the generation of tens of millions of pounds across trusts, statutory commissioners, major donors, and corporate partnerships. Rachal enjoys working in partnership with organisations to find solutions which work for them.
Stacey Teece
Trust Fundraising Consultant
Stacey Teece is a skilled Trust Fundraising Consultant with over 18 years of experience in income generation and relationship building. She has a strong track record of success across diverse causes, including health, social welfare, animal welfare, disability, and fuel poverty, having worked for both large national charities and small, community-based organisations.
Stacey’s career highlights include securing transformative funding such as a £400,000 UK Shared Prosperity Fund grant and multiple six-figure National Lottery awards. She is passionate about using her expertise to empower charities through tailored fundraising strategies, coaching, and training.
We work with a team of outstanding fundraising practitioners as well as consultants, each carefully vetted and hand-picked for their skills, who are then matched to each client’s needs. Between them they average over twenty years experience each.