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Our Story
​​Founder and Managing Director Eddie Taylor has worked for and with a large variety of charities, not-for-profits and social enterprises and has an exceptional track-record when working with large, small or complex organisations who are going through a period of growth or change.
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After a successful eight year career in accounting and finance recruitment where he worked his way from a junior consultant to leading three offices with a headcount of 35, he joined the charity sector in 2014. Entering as a corporate fundraiser and finishing up as Head of Development, in between were an enjoyable and successful seven years, that included living in Ghana and discussing the SDGs in the President’s office, building a website in the jungles of Southern India, launching a partnership with EA, FIFA, and Hummel, to winning the Chartered Institute of Fundraising ‘Fundraiser of the Year Award 2020’.
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After working within the charity sector focusing on fundraising, development, and programmes he joined the not-for-profit specialist executive search firm Peridot Partners where he had a successful and enjoyable four years leading their Fundraising and MarComms team.
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Now after 18 years of working on both sides of the table with the gift of hindsight and having learnt a great deal, sometimes the hard way! it is time to shape and create something that has magpied all the best elements of previous organisations, distilling a breadth of first-hand experience and understanding of the challenges charities face, alongside a passion and vision that everyone should play a part in making the world a better and more inclusive place.