What People Say

What people say

Find out what people say about Iluminate Governance and the not-for-profit sector.

Testimonials

Antony Baines - Director of Operations, Royal British Legion

"Lynn transformed the way the Legion understands and manages >700 separate charitable trusts of which it is/was trustee.

Developing and implementing the strategy for a major cross-directorate corporate programme to change how the Legion uses its ‘Branch Property Trusts’.
Unlocking c.£40m from restricted funds to use for our existing and new beneficiary services.
Leading the Legion's communications about Branch Property Trusts across all layers of the organisation, including Trustees, Executive Board, Branches, regional and national staff and volunteers.
Leading the Legion's engagement with the Charity Commission to ensure support for the programme strategy and secure legal consents needed.
Establishing and leading a new department in the Legion."

Stephen Cooper, Former Commercial Director, Royal British Legion

“Lynn’s expertise, dedication and experience of dealing with the Charity Commission were invaluable to the Legion.

Lynn brought focus, direction and greater clarity to the Programme, enabling us to unpick the varied and complex issues that we were facing and to ensure the best outcome for our beneficiaries. Not only did Lynn secure the Charity Commission’s support but the targeted and open communication she led built trust and understanding with the large number of Branches affected, which was critical to the programme’s success.

She also recruited and managed a wholly new team. This was a major accomplishment and which contributed greatly to the success of the overall programme. Although it represented significant changes to how the Legion dealt with its property, these changes were accomplished without problem or incident and that in itself was no small achievement."

Angela Style - Former Director, Maternal Mental Health Alliance

"Lynn provided expertise & support to the Maternal Mental Health Alliance as we registered as a charity using the CIO model. She worked with us to scope the options, helped us to draw up our constitution and supported us through the registration process. She also came to talk to our alliance members about the decision to become a charity and members were complimentary about the clear and concise way she responded to their questions.

The governance training and away day she led for the new board was also praised by trustees. I would highly recommend Lynn - as well as being a governance expert she was quick to understand MMHA’s needs and the concerns of members shifting from an informal alliance to a registered charity and is calm and responsive."

Trustee - Maternal Mental Health Alliance

"Very useful and thought provoking. [The trustee development day] made us discuss useful issues."

Emily Slater – Director (Campaign), Maternal Mental Health Alliance

"A very big thank you for expertly guiding our trustee training day, and for being able to help navigate this next stage of MMHA’s evolution, as it’s moved from an alliance to a registered charity in its own right.

From my perspective all the key issues emerged (in such a short amount of time!), including some topics that could have been challenging to discuss. Still wondering how you managed to make this happen, and for the trustees to feel such a cohesive group at the end of it. The day helped us to have some frank discussions, and to bring together people who have been involved throughout MMHA’s history and those that are new, with a strong, shared sense that everyone is motivated to make a real difference for women and families."

Trustees - Fire Fighters Charity

"Excellent presentations and group discussions, facilitated well – most informative and covered all essentials. Highly recommend"

"Lynn’s style is very open and engaging. A very talented facilitator. Hope to work with her again"

Judy Proctor - Artistic Director, The Lonarc Foundation

"Lynn was probably crucial in helping the Lonarc Foundation achieve success in the final stages of our charity registration application process. Her knowledge of the finer details of charity governance protocols for classical music ensembles, firmly stating points I had been trying to make repeatedly without success up to that point, and then presenting them in a more recognised governance format, seems to have provided the professional respect of the charity registration team who then responded quickly with an offer of charitable status dependant on a few simple changes to our constitution, which Lynn then helped to oversee.

Lynn was clear and professional in her communication with myself, and quickly applied herself to the problem at hand. I have no hesitation in highly recommending her services."

The

Lonarc

Foundation

News & Articles

How to Recruit Trustees for Your Charity: A Practical Guide

By Lynn Cadman • 01 Apr, 2019

I'm proper chuffed to have written the guide for the charity sector on trustee recruitment, for the charity Getting on Board. Download a free copyor read more about it in our blog at: https://www.icaewvolunteers.com/blog/2019/04/recruiting-charity-trustees-a-practical-guide

Feel confident in your role as a trustee

By Lynn Cadman • 17 Feb, 2019

I'm delighted to have co-written an online trustee training course for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. You don't have to be an accountant to use it! Check out my blog about it at: https://www.icaewvolunteers.com/blog/2019/02/feel-confident-in-your-role-as-a-charity-trustee-with-icaews-new-online-training