Professional consultancy and coaching for the third sector
Margaret Wightman has been supporting charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises for over 30 years, specialising in business planning, organisational development, financial management and leadership coaching.
A passion for voluntary and community organisations and social enterprise
Margaret has spent all of her professional career working in and with this sector. Since starting out in community arts, Margaret has worked in community finance, funding, voluntary sector infrastructure and social investment. She has an in-depth understanding of the sector and what makes it tick, and has worked with over 100 organisations, supporting them to develop and grow as organisations, to better manage their finances, and to access grant and social investment funding.
Business planning
Developing robust business plans to support organisational growth and successful applications for grant and investment support.
Financial management
Helping organisations to understand their finances better and develop simple but informative recording and reporting systems and processes.
Financial modelling
Working with organisations to develop realistic financial forecasts that demonstrate their potential for growth and their understanding of how this will work.
Strategic planning
Supporting senior management and Boards to develop robust and achievable plans for organisational development, growth and consolidation.
Training
Providing high quality bespoke training from book-keeping to understanding accounts, costing and pricing, governance structures and impact measurement.
Leadership Coaching
Supporting leaders to develop their own decision-making processes and explore how to maximise their own potential, both personally and within their role.
“Margaret is a people person with an exceptional business mind. She understands the Voluntary Sector and I felt from day one, really understood who we were and what we are about«
Julia Ferguson
CEO, Gateway into the Community