Capidale - A specialist fundraising and project evaluation consultancy helping charities to grow

Since 2011, we have raised £74,749,573

We help charities grow. Over the last 5 years, for every £1 our clients spent on fundraising with us, we raised an average £36.09. Our evaluation expertise helps charities prove their impact.

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Our Services

Tailored support designed to help you grow

We are a specialist grant fundraising and project evaluation consultancy, based in Yorkshire and supporting charities across the UK. We can help you raise the funds you need - and show the world the difference you make.

Fundraising

We have a highly successful track record - from helping small charities set up and grow their trusts and foundations programmes, to leading multi-million pound grant applications for major national charities. We can help you find funders with interests matching your work and then develop successful grant applications on your behalf. We typically secure 65% of all funds applied for.

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Evaluation

Many charities struggle to demonstrate their impact. Using our post-graduate social research expertise, we have developed simple and cost-effective processes to help charities prove their impact. We can help you implement easy to administer evaluation tools and prepare external evaluation reports to motivate your teams, improve your work and support your fundraising.

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Our Track Record

We have helped over 80 charities

Our evidence-based approach to fundraising and project evaluation has a big impact. We’re proud of the difference we make.

raised in grants from the National Lottery Community Fund: £38,905,338
of all our National Lottery Community Fund applications have been funded: 78%
of all funds requested for our clients, we have secured: 65%

Women & Girls

Almost £8 million raised to support Women and Girls

Older People

£8 million raised to improve later life across the UK

Mental Health

Over £15 million raised to help people with mental health problems

Children & Young People

£9.5 million raised to support disadvantaged young people

Capidale's knowledgeable, supportive, open-minded approach made them a dream to work with; they inspired us to shape a bigger, better project, giving us confidence and passing on valuable skills that will support us for many years to come.

Fran Rodgers Chief Executive, Purple Patch Arts

The team at Capidale has helped the cause of mental health to be transformed and I would thoroughly recommend working with them.

Paul Farmer CBE Chief Executive, Age UK (formerly Mind)

Getting Capidale on board has definitely been the best decision we've made in years! We recently had a Trustees meeting and they agreed too!

Emma Pears Chief Executive, SELFA

I count my lucky stars that we have Capidale to work alongside us, they have constantly delivered brilliant results, even in a challenging funding climate. I trust their advice implicity and would recommend them very highly indeed.

Kim Shutler MBE Chief Executive, The Cellar Trust

Capidale's knowledgeable, supportive, open-minded approach made them a dream to work with; they inspired us to shape a bigger, better project, giving us confidence and passing on valuable skills that will support us for many years to come.

Fran Rodgers Chief Executive, Purple Patch Arts

The team at Capidale has helped the cause of mental health to be transformed and I would thoroughly recommend working with them.

Paul Farmer CBE Chief Executive, Age UK (formerly Mind)

Getting Capidale on board has definitely been the best decision we've made in years! We recently had a Trustees meeting and they agreed too!

Emma Pears Chief Executive, SELFA

I count my lucky stars that we have Capidale to work alongside us, they have constantly delivered brilliant results, even in a challenging funding climate. I trust their advice implicity and would recommend them very highly indeed.

Kim Shutler MBE Chief Executive, The Cellar Trust

News

April 2025

£30,000 for The Hope Foundation

Our most recent success with the Garfield Weston Foundation will provide support and volunteering opportunities to people with extra support needs across the West Northamptonshire’s district of Daventry.

£130,000 for AF&V Launchpad

Funding from Greenwich Hospital will help towards the costs of accommodating and rehabilitating homeless and long-term unemployed Royal Navy and Royal Marines veterans.

£299,970 for The Cellar Trust

We are delighted to have secured three years funding from Yorkshire Building Society to support unemployed people with mental health problems in four areas of Bradford.