Mergers

A merger is two or more separate charities coming together to form one organisation. In such cases, either a new charity is formed to carry on the work or take on the assets of the original charities, or one charity assumes control of another.

The primary purpose for a merger is to better meet the needs of the beneficiaries or users of all the charities involved, and make best use of their charitable funds and property.

Collaborative working describes joint working by two or more charities in order to fulfil their purposes, whilst remaining as separate organisations. This may relate to any aspect of the charities’ operational activity, including administration, fundraising, profile enhancement, resource sharing and streamlining of costs and service delivery.

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News

United Way-style matchmaking service to launch in London

Fundraising | Tania Mason | 8 Feb 2012

Tags: Statutory funding | Mergers | Corporate fundraising | Umbrella bodies

London Voluntary Service Council plans to use the money it won from the Transforming Local Infrastructure Fund to set up a US-style model of matchmaking businesses with civil society organisations to boost their capacity.

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Arts & Business to merge with Business in the Community 1

Governance | Celina Ribeiro | 28 Nov 2011

Tags: Grants & Grantmaking | Mergers

Cash-strapped arts sponsorship organisation Arts & Business is to merge with Business in the Community following significant funding cuts from the Arts Council.

News

Association of Charitable Foundations and Community Foundation Network revisit merger prospect

Governance | Tania Mason | 25 Jul 2011

Tags: Mergers | Collaborations

The Association of Charitable Foundations and the Community Foundation Network are exploring a possible merger, though the ACF has ruled out a ‘fast-track merger’ following consultation with its members.

Expert advice

Tips for fundraising after a merger

Fundraising | 15 Jul 2011

Tags: Mergers

Last year, Help the Aged and Age Concern merged to form Age UK. Age UK’s director of fundraising, Paul Farthing offers his top tips for guiding fundraising teams through a merger.

News

Guide Dogs' CEO strongly refutes RNIB accusations

Fundraising | Vibeka Mair | 17 Jun 2011

Tags: Mergers | Collaborations | Leadership and strategy

Richard Leaman, chief executive of Guide Dogs for the Blind has hit back at accusations from chief executive of RNIB, Lesley-Anne Alexander that Guide Dogs is “insular” and unwilling to merge due to fears its fundraising will be damaged.

News

Alun Michael suggests there is too much duplication in charity sector 2

Finance | Celina Ribeiro | 9 Jun 2011

Tags: Mergers

The chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Voluntary Sector prompted a vehement defence of small charities by sector representatives after he expressed concern at the amount of duplication within the sector.

News

Princess Royal Trust name to be dropped in merger

Governance | Tania Mason | 11 May 2011

Tags: Mergers

The Princess Royal Trust for Carers brand looks set to be consigned to history as the charity prepares to merge with Crossroads Care and create an entirely new name for the merged entity.

Analysis

Speculate to accumulate

Fundraising | 10 Feb 2011

Sarah Tirrell sets out the case for investing in fundraising.

News

Culture minister says mergers and philanthropy could be needed for arts

Governance | Celina Ribeiro | 2 Jul 2010

Tags: Mergers | Leadership and strategy | Philanthropy

The new culture minister has suggested that civil society could be strengthened by more mergers and collaboration between charities.

News

Terrence Higgins Trust and Crusaid merge

Governance | Vibeka Mair | 15 Jun 2010

Tags: Mergers

HIV charity Crusaid has become part of the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), after a drop in income led it to seek a merger. Some redundancies may follow.

Blogs

Crisis or opportunity? The case for mergers

Fundraising | Suzie Who | 11 Mar 2010

Tags: Mergers

It is interesting to see that Crisis are yet again in merger discussions. The number of mergers we are seeing in the sector can only be a good thing even if they are driven by necessity.

News

Learning disability charities merge

Governance | Tania Mason | 8 Mar 2010

Tags: Mergers

Learning disability charity Walsingham has merged with the Longfields Association, a day centre for people with learning disabilities in Swansea.

News

GuideStar lands at Directory of Social Change 2

Governance | Tania Mason | 3 Mar 2010

GuideStar UK and its subsidiary trading company GuideStar Data Services have become part of the Directory of Social Change.

News

Farthing to head Age UK fundraising

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 27 Jan 2010

Tags: Mergers

Cancer Research UK’s Paul Farthing has been recruited to head fundraising at the new charity created by the merger of Age Concern and Help the Aged.

News

Staff core to corporate partnerships

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 11 Sep 2009

Tags: Corporate fundraising | Mergers

Winning over employees rather than just appealing to top brass, is critical to securing a corporate partnership, according to a new report. Staff have been rated the top stakeholder at every stage of corporate partnerships by large companies in a new study produced by the Charities Aid Foundation in partnership with the Nottingham Business School. They polled 51 large companies about their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes.

News

Breast cancer charities 'earn more by staying apart'

Fundraising | Tania Mason | 19 Jun 2009

Tags: Mergers | Campaigns

Breast Cancer Campaign has rejected a call by New Philanthropy Capital for it to merge with Breakthrough Breast Cancer. Last week, in a report titled What place for mergers between charities?, NPC said there was a "compelling case" for mergers in five sectors: literacy programmes in schools, breast cancer research, mental health helplines, debt advice and grant-making trusts. It goes so far as to name Breast Cancer Campaign and Breakthrough Breast Cancer as potential merger partners.

Blogs

Charity mergers are not always best 4

Fundraising | Andrew Scadding | 8 Jun 2009

Tags: Mergers

I believe the constant pressure for charities to merge is misguided and has the potential to damage public support. Let me explain why.

News

Mergers low on sector's priority list despite recession

Fundraising | Tania Mason | 25 Mar 2009

Tags: Spending Cuts and Recession | Mergers

Just 3 per cent of charities are considering merging or collaborating with another organisation to help them ride out the recession, new research from the Charity Commission shows.

News

Government unveils £42.5m sector support package

Fundraising | 26 Feb 2009

Tags: Funding | Statutory funding | Mergers

The government has created a ‘recession fund’ for the voluntary sector totalling £42.5m – well short of the £500m demanded by acevo last year and the itemised £100m requested by the NCVO last month.

News

Whitewater appoints new MD

Fundraising | 17 Sep 2008

Tags: Recruitment | Mergers

Whitewater has appointed a new managing director, Mark Roper, it has been announced today.

News

ASI acquires Fisk Brett ahead of aggressive charity sector push

Fundraising | Gareth Jones | 18 Jun 2008

Tags: IT strategy and management | Mergers

CRM and fundraising software provider Fisk Brett has been bought by membership experts Advanced Solutions International (ASI), creating the UK's largest technology provider to the not-for-profit sector.

In-depth

How to improve your 'ask'

Fundraising | 1 May 2008

Tags: Leadership and strategy | Mergers

The best corporate partnerships can deliver more than just money. How can fundraisers make sure they increase their chance of success? It's all depends on what you ask for and how you ask for it, says Beth Courtier.

News

Whitewater merger on cards

Fundraising | Becky Slack | 4 Apr 2008

Tags: Mergers | Advertising

Direct marketing agency Whitewater is in the advanced stages of negotiating a merger with an existing direct marketing services group.

News

Restructure at the Dialog Group

Fundraising | Becky Slack | 3 Apr 2008

Tags: Trading | Mergers | Human resources

Fundraising services supplier, the Dialog Group International, has gone through a major shake-up following the voluntary administration of its UK operations: DialogueDirect Fundraising UK, Face2Face Fundraising UK, NTT Fundraising, Dialog Services and Integrity Recruitment.

News

Evans merges both Affinity brands

Fundraising | Gemma Ware | 1 Nov 2007

Tags: Mergers

Fundraising and marketing consultancy Richard Evans Affinity Services has merged with design agency Affinity Print Management and changed its name to Affinity Connected

News

CS Group takes on IRIS name

Fundraising | Gemma Ware | 1 Nov 2007

Tags: IT strategy and management | Mergers

Computer Software Group, which supplies the CARE and Integra fundraising databases, and accountacy software provider, IRIS Software, have rebranded to IRIS following a merger between the two companies in July.

News

Cascaid to merge with Ideas Eurobrand

Fundraising | Becky Slack | 1 Nov 2007

Tags: Mergers

Cascaid, one of the largest charity marketing specialists, has merged with ethical consumer specialist Ideas Eurobrand and its sister company TwentyFirst Century Communications.

News

Whitewater signs on the dotted line

Fundraising | Becky Slack | 1 Jul 2007

Tags: Mergers

Whitewater Creative Services has merged with The Direct Marketing Group. The agency, whose clients include Breakthrough Breast Cancer, RSPCA and RSPB, announced the deal on 5 June