Clients

Achates was founded in 2014 by Caroline McCormick, who was formerly Chief Executive of the world’s largest organisation representing writers, PEN International, heading up 145 Centres in 105 countries and acting as the Literature Representative at UNESCO.

Caroline’s passion for art, social and environmental justice led her to create Achates as an ethical company dedicated to supporting charities working in these areas. To date we have advised over 600 organisations internationally and our reputation goes from strength to strength; whether advising UK cultural organisations ranging from The Women’s Prize Trust, to the Donmar Warehouse, to London Film School; leading human rights fundraising campaigns for organisations such as The White Helmets on behalf of the Syria Campaign, and the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music; advising environmental organisations, such as Greenpeace and ArtsAdmin; or international organisations such as 32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust and Belarus Free Theatre; we are known and respected for our ability to enable resilience with integrity through our strong focus on organisational purpose and distinctiveness, and on understanding the priorities of participants and audiences.

Achates has rapidly become a respected cultural sector strategic and fundraising consultancy company which works with and for cultural organisations of all scales, art forms and locations to support a holistic and embedded approach to business planning and voluntary income generation, from bid writing to identification and cultivation of major donor prospects, to leading on major capital projects.

Below is a list of some of our most recent clients from across the cultural sector.

Dance

• Dance United Yorkshire
  Protein Dance
  Northern Ballet
• One Dance UK
  Royal Academy of Dance

Film

The Bay International Film Festival

Fine & Visual Arts

• Art House, Wakefield
• Art.quarter
  Arnolfini
  Blackhorse Workshop
• Delfina Foundation
  Grand Union
  Hastings Contemporary
  Holyhead Studios
• Institute of International Visual Art
• Rosetta Arts
  Somerset Art Works
  The Mosaic Rooms
  The Photographic Collections Network

Literature

• Bare Lit Festival
  Battersea Arts Centre
  Berkley Books Community Library
  Climate Fiction
• First Story
  Ginko Library
  Hay Festival
  Lit & Phil
  National Literacy Trust
  National Centre for Writing
  New Writing North
• Newcastle Lit&Phil
  Royal Literary Fund
  The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation
  The Poetry School
  The Poetry Translation Centre
  Women’s Prize Trust

Multi-Arts

• Alexandra Palace
  Arch 468
  ArtDotQuarter
  Artis
  Barbican
• Bernie Arts Grants Centre
• Birmingham MAC
• Camden Arts Centre
  Chapter Arts Centre
  Delfina Foundation
  East Street Arts
  First Story
  Future Arts Centres
  Global Venues
  Grand Junction
• Heart of Glass
  In Between Time
  King’s Head Theatre
  Macrobert Arts Centre
  Made With Many
• Newhampton Arts Centre Wolverhampton
  The Maltings Arts
  New Art Exchange (NAE)
  Newhampton Arts Centre
  Norwich Arts Centre
  Putney Arts Centre
  Roundhouse
  Royal Albert Hall
  SAIL (Sustainable Arts in Leeds)
  Union Chapel
  The Forum Norwich
• Tees Valley New Creatives
• Two Destination Language
  Unlimited
  Wiltshire Creative
  Without Walls

Museums

• Birmingham Museums Trust
  Eyam Museum
  Green Howards Museum
  National Museums Liverpool
  Plus Tate
  Royal Armouries
• Science Museum
• Sheffield Museums Trust
• Tate
• Worthing Theatres and Museum

Music

• Black Lives in Music
  City of London Sinfonia
• Everything R&B
• Jazz Centre
  jazz re:freshed
  Live Music Now
  Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
  London Chamber Orchestra
  London Sinfonietta
  London Youth Choirs
  National Youth Orchestra
  Nonclassical
• Multi-Story Orchestra
  Palmusic
  The People’s Orchestra
  UD Music
  World Heart Beat
  Youth Music

Opera

• Northern Ireland Opera
  Opera North
  Streetwise Opera
• Jersey Opera House

Other

• B3 Media
  Bath Spa University
  Bradford 2025 (City of Culture)
  Brent Council
  Brixton House
  CD Land Management
  Celestial
  Climate Spring
• Climate Fiction
• Centre for Humankinds
  Collective Act
  Crafts Council
  East London Waterworks Park
  Flatpack
  GSTT
  House of St Barnabas
• Ipswich Council
  LB Croydon (Borough of Culture)
• Leeds City Council
  Luton Council
  Manchester Craft and Design Centre
• Milton Keynes Council
  Morecambe Bay Triennial
• Morley College
  National Archives Trust
  National Lottery Heritage Fund
  On the Record
  One world media
  Photo Fringe, Brighton
  RAISE Programme, Ireland
  RADA
  Sapara Education Project
  SEMLEP
  Shubbak
  Stagetext
  St John the Divine
  The CoLAB
• The Line
  Trigger
  The Walk Productions
  WECC
• United By 2022
  University of the Arts, London
  Vocaleyes
  We Made That
  Writer’s Guild New Play Commission Scheme
  Women of the World

Theatre

• Actors Touring Company
  Albany
  Albany Family Arts Campaign/Albany
  An Tobar and Mull Theatre
  Arts Admin
  Brighton Hippodrome
  Bush Theatre
• Cambridge Junction
  Camden People’s Theatre
  Cardboard citizens
  China Plate
  Camden People’s Theatre
  Complicité
  Donmar Warehouse
  Dublin Theatre Festival
  Eclipse Theatre
  English Touring Theatre
  Freedom Studios
  Fuel Theatre
  Gate Theatre
  Hackney Shed
  Headlong
  Javaad Alipoor
• Kiln Theatre
  Kings Head
  Little Angel Theatre
  London’s International Festival of Theatre (LIFT)
• Lowestoft Theatre
• Malting Bewrick
  Marlowe Theatre
  MAYK
  Newbury Corn Exchange
  New International Encounter Theatre (NIE)
  OffWestEnd
  Oily Cart
  Orange Tree Theatre
  Outside Edge Theatre
  Paines Plough
  Park Theatre
  Rifco
• Royal Shakespeare Company
• Sasa Arts
  Shakespeare Globe
  Shakespeare North
  Soho Theatre
  Stage Beyond
  Stockroom
  Talawa
  The Almeida Theatre
  The Big House Theatre Company
  The Royal Shakespeare Company
  The Old Vic
  Theatre503
• Theatre na nòg
  Theatre Royal Newcastle
  Tramshed
  Two Destination Language
  The Watermill Theatre
  The Yard Theatre
  Unicorn Theatre
  Young Vic