Achates Generates Income

Cultural organisations are facing an increasingly complex and challenging landscape. Traditional funding sources are under pressure, audience expectations are changing, and rising costs are forcing them to do more — with less. At the same time, teams are being asked to demonstrate impact, diversify income and build long-term resilience — often without the capacity, confidence, or space to experiment. This has created an urgent need for new, more sustainable approaches to income generation.

We respond to these challenges by unlocking the full value of your assets and rethinking how income is generated. Through a purpose-led and audience-informed lens, we help teams identify untapped potential and explore new opportunities that align with your aims. Our collaborative and creative approach builds on your existing strengths to develop innovative products and services, resulting in stronger, more sustainable income streams that support long-term impact and organisational resilience.

Whether we’re investigating fundraising feasibility for capital projects, building multi-year fundraising strategies, developing strategic bids or designing new purpose-led earned income streams, we focus on embedding resilient practices and helping organisations to confidently balance contributed and earned income. We focus on clarifying intent, strengthening design and approach, and ensuring alignment between need, methodology and impact. 

​​You can read more about our Income Generation work with clients here.