Funders who want to see measurable impact
You direct resources where they matter most — guided by strategic priorities and values that support nature, communities, and skills. Whether you’re funding innovation, building resilience, or enabling long-term stewardship, you want your investment to achieve visible, lasting results.
We help funders like you design and deliver projects with clear impact pathways, measurable outcomes, and transparent reporting. Our approach ensures your funding creates maximum value, reduces risk, and demonstrates the difference your support makes.
You might be:
- A charitable foundation
- An institutional impact investor
- A high-net-worth or private investor
- A local authority team – working with us to commission capacity-building work that strengthen communities and enable long-term impact
Browse our products for funders
Community capacity builder
We design, manage, and deliver programmes that strengthen the skills and confidence of communities to take on and steward land. Your funding directly builds local capacity, ensuring projects are resilient and sustainable for the long term.
Special projects & research
Alongside capacity-building, we also manage and deliver tailored research and monitoring programmes. From measuring the impact of interventions in nature, community, or skills, to designing learning frameworks that share outcomes widely, we help you generate insights that guide future funding and policy.
Impact investment brokerage
We connect your funding with the right opportunities — whether individual projects, groups of projects, or entire bioregions. By directing your investment into communities ready to take on land, we help your money deliver measurable impact and, where required, a financial return
Fund partnerships
We operate dedicated investment funds that make it easier for communities to purchase and steward land. Options include a Land Purchase Facility and a Match Fund, designed to amplify your contribution. By adding your capital, you can grow the scale, circulation, and impact of these funds — while generating a return.
Invest in Common
As a robust and accountable organisation, Common offers funders and investors the opportunity to take an equity stake in our land, consultancy, and development work. By investing directly in us, you support a trusted vehicle for scaling impact. Contact us to explore how equity investment could work for you.
Our fee structure
We prefer to be transparent about what we charge for our services. The table below will highlight what our different services cost, however we are happy to work with you to find the right solution to suit your needs.
| Type of support or service | Rates (add 20% VAT for all prices) | Services available to |
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| 30 minute consultation | Free of charge |
Communities Landowners Funders Environmental partners |
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Tailored advice & hands-on support E.g. planning your project, choosing the right structure, making the numbers work, or fundraising strategies such as community shares, crowdfunding, grants, or social investment. |
£100 per hour / £500 per day Discounted rate for emerging or grassroots community groups £50 per hour / £250 per day |
Communities Landowners Funders Environmental partners |
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Online workshops Interactive sessions designed and run with you, with a follow-up write-up including key reflections and next steps. |
£300 – half day £600 – full day |
Communities Landowners Funders Environmental partners |
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Away-day facilitation In-person workshops to help your group reflect, plan, and take action. Includes co-design, delivery, and a written summary with actions. |
£350 + travel (half day) £700 + travel (full day) |
Communities Landowners Funders Environmental partners |
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Ongoing advisory support Regular, reliable support each month. We’ll be on hand to provide advice, mentoring, and guidance on the areas you need most. |
£1,500 per month equivalent to one day per week of support |
Communities Landowners Funders Environmental partners |
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Community Capacity Programmes Design & delivery of multi-year training and mentoring programmes for community land stewardship. |
From £25,000 (depending on scale & duration) | Funders |
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Special Research & Monitoring Projects Design and delivery of tailored research, monitoring, and learning frameworks. |
From £10,000 |
Funders Environmental partners |
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Impact Investment Brokerage Matching your capital to projects, portfolios, or bioregions; includes due diligence and reporting. |
From £15,000 per portfolio, or % commission on deployed capital | Funders |
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Fund Structures Design, management, and operation of facilities such as Land Purchase Facility or Match Fund. |
Typically £30,000 – £50,000 per year depending on complexity & capital size. Common will charge a % commission on deployed capital. | Funders |