What we do
Our Services
Every engagement is built from the same pillars: people, finance, legal and compliance, sized to your organisation and your stage. We start by understanding what isn’t working. Then we build the fix, and if you want it, we stay to protect it.
Two ways to work with us.
One-time: Diagnose & Build
A focused engagement, usually two to three weeks, that diagnoses the gaps and hands over a documented fix: a playbook, policy suite or diagnostic report your team owns going forward.
Monthly: Safeguard Retainer
An ongoing relationship where we verify, report and advise every month, with HR, financial and compliance reports, so the fix sticks and new problems are caught early.
Every package can be tailored. Tell us what you need and we’ll scope it.
People & HR
The people systems that let you hire well, manage fairly and grow without chaos.
- HR policies and employee handbooks
- Recruitment support, job descriptions and role profiles
- Onboarding and exit processes, leave and attendance management
- Performance systems: KPIs, appraisals, competency frameworks
- Staff files, HR documentation and monthly HR compliance checks
- Capacity-building workshops for staff and leadership
Finance & Administration
Numbers you can trust, reported on time, with controls that stop leakage.
- Monthly bookkeeping and management accounts
- Budgeting, cash-flow monitoring and forecasting
- Payroll support, including PAYE, pension and NSITF deductions
- PAYE, VAT, WHT and CIT compliance coordination
- Internal financial controls and expense frameworks
- Donor-compliant financial reporting and grant budget tracking
- Audit preparation and investor-ready financial documentation
Legal & Compliance
Stay compliant and well-governed without needing a full-time legal team.
- Contract, MOU and agreement drafting and review
- CAC, FIRS, SCUML and sector-specific regulatory compliance
- An annual compliance calendar, with monthly checks and gaps flagged
- Governance policies: procurement, anti-fraud, whistleblowing
- Board documentation: minutes templates, resolutions, charters
- Constitution and cooperative rules review
- Clearing backlogs of overdue statutory filings
Programme & Donor Readiness
The systems and documents donors look for before they fund you.
- Impact and donor readiness assessments
- Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) framework design
- Grant proposal strategy and technical review
- Donor reporting preparation and review
- Annual report drafting
- Strategic planning sessions and board retreats
Events & Stakeholder Engagement
Events that carry your mission, run with the same discipline as your back office.
- Conferences, summits, workshops, launches and donor events
- AGMs and stakeholder meetings
- Protocol and VIP management
- Logistics: venue, transport, accommodation, security
- Invitations, RSVPs, registration and seating
- Run sheets, minutes, post-event reports and feedback analysis
Need something specific?
Stand-alone engagements for a defined need. These are often the first step before a longer partnership.
A deep-dive organisational health review covering governance, finance, programme implementation, compliance and risk, delivered as a confidential report with strategic recommendations. Our recommended starting point for NGOs.
A site visit and structured assessment across finance, operations, procurement, sales, HR and compliance, delivered as an Executive Diagnosis Report with gaps and their business impact.
Proposal strategy, positioning and technical review.
Impact measurement systems and indicators that hold up to donor scrutiny.
A facilitated planning workshop for your leadership team.
Structuring and writing donor-ready annual reports.
Governance-strengthening sessions and retreat facilitation for boards.
An institutional review that prepares your organisation for donor engagement.
For organisations in transition: a 90-day programme.
For a turnaround, a major funding round or a new stage of scale. Three connected phases, planned together from day one.
Weeks 1–4 · Diagnose
Full organisational assessment, systems review and stakeholder interviews, delivered as an Organisational Health Report.
Weeks 5–8 · Design
Governance framework, operational systems, programme and M&E design, and an implementation roadmap.
Weeks 9–12 · Implement
Hands-on implementation, staff capacity building, a performance review and a final strengthening report.
Not sure where to start?
Most clients start with a diagnostic. Tell us what isn’t working and we’ll recommend the right first step. No obligation.