Sustainable Funding in Practice - case studies

We have collected a range of real life examples of organisations implementing a sustainable income approach: trading, contracting, using loan finance, understanding their full costs and more. 

Their experiences should offer you fresh perspectives and some idea of the possibilities available.

New case study: Bath Cats and Dogs Home

Bath Cats and Dogs home is a great example of how an organisation has grown using income primarily from legacies and individuals. However, recognising that it can be difficult to predict cash flow they have begun to diversify their funding with charity shops and trading, building this diversity into a well integrated strategy that makes the most from their assets and volunteers.  

Read more in the Bath Cats and Dogs Home case study (PDF 778kb)

Case studies are provided in the following areas:

Sustainable funding in practice 

Downloadable case studies on a range of sustainable funding issues, including income diversification, financial management, loan finance and more. 

Infrastructure organisations

Case studies on infrastructure and support organisations diversifying their income in our Support for Infrastructure section. 

Public Service Delivery Network

Case studies on improving procurement and commissioning practice in our Public Service Delivery section.

Real life tales of earning

Case studies largely focused on trading goods and services   

Only Connect visit scheme

Case studies written by organisations who have received a bursary to visit and learn from another organisation already trading through the Only Connect visit scheme

We also:

Signpost to case-studies available from other sources - 

Contact us

If you have an interesting story to tell about how your organisation is taking a sustainable funding approach, we would love to hear from you. Email us and you may become a future Sustainable Funding Project case study.