Contact person
Neil King (CERT CIC)
Phone
07792468756
Contact email
Website

CERT Consultancy offers practical support to the Social Enterprise, Voluntary and Community sectors and aims to support and guide organisations through whatever challenges they face in managing and delivering their services.

If you're looking for practical support to help you to develop your organisation you have come to the right place. CERT Consultancy offers practical support to the Social Enterprise, Voluntary and Community sectors and aims to support and guide organisations through whatever challenges they face in managing and delivering their services. CERT Consultancy offers a wide range of services to assist organisations to become established and operate successfully. These include social investment, business planning, financial planning, social return on investment, company formation and governance and feasibility studies.

Showcase stories

Raising social investment for supported housing

Who was the organisation you worked to support?

Estuary Homes CIC

What was their challenge?

Estuary Homes was a new Community Interest Company with no financial track record. They wanted to provide much-needed housing for women fleeing domestic violence in Hull. They needed to raise significant social investment and if possible, attract grant funding.

What was the support you provided / offered

CERT was able to connect the organisation to social funders and prepare them to take on finance. This included business and financial planning, help with the due diligence process., social impact reporting and locating and building a relationship with a grant funder.

What was the impact or outcome of support?

Estuary Homes attracted £450,000 of social investment and a grant of £30,000.
Read more