Charity Treasury
Arlingclose offers charities a dedicated service in treasury management advice, drawing on an extensive understanding of the unique financial opportunities and challenges faced by charitable organisations. Our expert team is well equipped to drive value through bespoke advice that is effective, pragmatic, and compliant with evolving regulations, accounting standards, and best practices.
Suite of Services
Comprehensive support in managing and selecting investments and borrowing solutions to achieve sustainable returns and reducing financing costs through tailored strategy and market timing. We also offer ESG analysis, including reviews and screening of funds to align investments with your organisation’s values and sustainability goals.
Extensive risk management support delivered in conjunction with our broader advisory services help charities safeguard assets, assess counterparty creditworthiness, and build resilient treasury strategies in a changing risk environment. With a proven track record of navigating major credit events since the financial crisis, we continue to support clients through rigorous counterparty analysis and informed, ongoing suitability assessments.
Leveraging our experience advising on over £7bn of investment balances, Arlingclose provides strategic support to help charities optimise liquidity and cash effectively. Our services include guidance on appropriate liquidity instruments such as money market funds as well as the design of tailored treasury strategies, cash flow forecasting, and ongoing monitoring to ensure funds remain secure, accessible, and aligned with your organisation’s operation and strategic needs.
TMP 1 of the 2021 CIPFA Code encourages charities to consider ESG in their treasury policies. Arlingclose supports this through ESG reporting, fund analysis, and guidance to help charities navigate ESG developments and shape responsible investment strategies.
Rigorous macroeconomic analysis and tailored forecasts covering interest rates, inflation, growth, and policy developments, designed to help charities navigate financial uncertainty and make informed decisions around investment, funding, and long-term planning.
We provide charities with independent consultancy and due diligence support, helping them assess financial resilience, funding strategies, partnerships, governance and risk. Our advice combines sector insight with practical analysis, enabling confident decisions that protect long-term sustainability and support charitable objectives.
Working closely with clients to develop strategies that reflect their financial position, risk appetite, and desired outcomes, Arlingclose helps organisation establish prudent treasury policies and effective governance frameworks. Regular engagement ensures treasury activity remains within agreed boundaries, responsive to emerging risks, and fully compliant with regulatory standards, including the Charity Commission’s guidance (CC14).
What Our Clients Say
Arlingclose provide the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) in-house treasury team with invaluable advice and economic analysis/interest rate forecasting. They understand our status as a charity and tailor their recommendations to suit our cautious approach to risk. Their guidance covers investment sourcing, credit risk appetite, counterparty due diligence and monitoring. They serve as a valuable sounding board and provide useful input to treasury strategy, supporting CAF's budgeting and forecasting, and our sensitivity to a range of possible interest rate outcomes. Recently, Arlingclose supported a revised strategy which has successfully protected CAF's income during a period of falling global interest rates.
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
