Our Services

At Almond Tree Consulting, we help you deliver meaningful, measurable improvements in impact for the people and communities you serve.

Since 2007, we have supported hundreds of charities, social enterprises and public sector clients. Our Director, Julian Lomas, has been a charity trustee for even longer. We see ourselves as being in, of and for the third sector – sharing your values and your commitment to making a difference.

We provide practical, values-led consultancy and hands-on support to help your organisation run better, grow stronger and deliver greater impact within the resources available to you. Our advice is independent and grounded in real-world experience and sector insights.

How We Can Help

Our Core Services Cover:

Strategy & Planning

Creating clear, achievable plans rooted in your values, including business planning, organisational and income generation strategies and implementation planning.

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Collaboration & Mergers

Guiding partnerships, charity mergers and shared delivery models that work in practice.

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Governance

Establishing new charities and non-profits, strengthening boards and simplifying compliance through sound structures, policies, risk management and practical board development.

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Fundraising

Enhancing income through practical, values-aligned support, including fundraising strategies and plans, bid and tender writing and social investment advice.

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And much more…

Including impact assessment, evaluation, marketing and communications, research, finance, human resources and legal support.

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We adapt to your needs, your stage of development and your resources – not the other way around. Our goal is to enable and empower your organisation, not create dependency. We build your internal capacity and confidence so that improvements last long after our work together ends.

Tailored advice, not one-size-fits-all.

Stronger organisations, stronger communities.

  • “The expertise from the Almond Tree team was integral to the success of our pilot programme.”

    “The non-financial support programme we have delivered in partnership with Almond Tree Strategic Consulting has exceeded all our expectations in how we, as a funder, can support our community partners beyond our grant making and commissioning efforts. Post-pandemic its particularly important for us to support and strengthen local voluntary sector organisations who deliver essential services for Clarion residents and our wider communities. The expertise from the Almond Tree team was integral to the shaping and success of the pilot programme and we look forward to working with them to embed this crucial business development support offer more widely going forward.”

    Phil Miles, Clarion Futures


  • “Julian combines deep knowledge with the rare ability to make complex issues clear to non-specialists.”

           “We have worked with Almond Tree and its Director, Julian, for several years on governance support, business planning and development for new charities, due diligence research, and training for both our staff and other charities we have supported. I have found Julian’s knowledge on the subject both broad and deep, and he has the ability not only to understand the complexities involved but to explain them clearly to non-specialists in a way that genuinely builds capacity. He is also a consistently patient, reliable, and pleasant person with whom to work, and I’d recommend him strongly to anyone looking for charity advice.”

    Dr Kelcey Wilson Lee, Architectural Heritage Fund

  • “Julian’s professional input has enabled our organisations to grow and thrive.”

    “I have worked with Almond Tree for a number of years and have always found Julian Lomas, its Director, to be extremely responsive, helpful, dependable and an expert in his field. He produces quality work that exceeds expectations and is extremely informative. He has enabled the organisations I have led or been involved with to grow and thrive through the professional input he provides. I would highly recommend Almond Tree to anyone needing their services.”

    Clive Emmett, UCAN and Essex CVS

  • “Julian’s support helped us grow stronger, diversify funding and demonstrate our social impact.”

    “Julian Lomas and Almond Tree Consulting have supported and guided ICF through two years of significant organisational development. Taking great strides to understand and nurture our mission and unique role in the visual arts, Julian has helped us become more robust and responsive as a new charity, diversify our funding streams in precarious times, and strengthen the tools that enable us to demonstrate and evaluate our social impact. Julian provides incredible value for money and is always sensitive to the demanding needs of a growing, diverse arts organisation at a time when arts organisations are struggling to survive in this declining economy.”

    David A Bailey MBE & Jessica Taylor, The International Curators Forum