Richmond Baxter: Specialist Business Consultancy

hi, I‘m claire baxter
I support my clients make their organisations stronger without losing what makes them special.

My clients are socially motivated, including charities, community businesses and the public sector. They want to be more financially sustainable so that they can continue making a difference for people and neighbourhoods.

I help by supporting with strategy and business planning, service evaluation and design, and governance including across partnerships.

My clients say I am approachable and supportive, I make complex issues accessible and don’t shy away from tricky issues.

I'm immensely grateful that so many return to me for advice later down the line, and I would be delighted to help you too if I can.

You can find out more about me and my company here and on LinkedIn - please feel free to connect or contact me via email.

I hope we work together soon.
my clients
I work with a wide variety of socially motivated organisations including charities, community businesses and the public sector.
national charity
local charity
social enterprise

public sector
my services
I help my clients by supporting with strategy and business planning, service evaluation and design, and governance including across partnerships.
strategy & business planning
I can help you develop your organisation’s vision and mission, prioritise actions and identify how to measure progress.
find out how

service evaluation & design
I can evaluate how your service is performing, why, and help you decide what a more impactful service might look like.
find out how

governance & partnerships
I can strengthen your oversight, identifying where your governance or your partnership is effective and how any weaker aspects could be addressed.
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“Claire is a first-rate strategic thinker, analyst and practical problem solver. She has a rare ability to absorb real complexity, make sense of it and communicate it in a highly accessible and compelling manner.”
Chris Murray, Chair, Fusion 21 Ltd and Foundation
“Richmond Baxter were great to work with. They responded with enthusiasm to our brief, combined effectively a responsiveness to our concerns with their own ideas and perspectives… all rooted in a good combination of experience and expertise working in, with and alongside the charity sector.”
Duncan Shrubsole, Director of Policy, Communications and Research, Lloyds Bank Foundation E&W
“Claire is outstanding! Claire was commissioned to evaluate my East Midlands wide Community Grants programme. Claire was brilliant to work with. She quickly grasped the core aims of grant funding, conducting a thorough evaluation of the programme within the set timeframe… her final report was well written which made life easy for our marketing team…. Highly recommended.”
Sarah Bull, Stakeholder Manager, Community Link Worker and formerly Futures Group
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supporting organisations that make a difference.

hi, I‘m claire baxter

I support my clients make their organisations stronger without losing what makes them special.

I hope we work together soon.

my clients

I work with a wide variety of socially motivated organisations including charities, community businesses and the public sector.

national charity

local charity

social enterprise

public sector

my services

I help my clients by supporting with strategy and business planning, service evaluation and design, and governance including across partnerships.

strategy & business planning

service evaluation & design

governance & partnerships

“Claire is a first-rate strategic thinker, analyst and practical problem solver. She has a rare ability to absorb real complexity, make sense of it and communicate it in a highly accessible and compelling manner.”

Chris Murray, Chair, Fusion 21 Ltd and Foundation

“Richmond Baxter were great to work with. They responded with enthusiasm to our brief, combined effectively a responsiveness to our concerns with their own ideas and perspectives… all rooted in a good combination of experience and expertise working in, with and alongside the charity sector.”

Duncan Shrubsole, Director of Policy, Communications and Research, Lloyds Bank Foundation E&W

Sarah Bull, Stakeholder Manager, Community Link Worker and formerly Futures Group

supporting organisations that make a difference.