My approach to pricing

Pricing transparency is really important to me - some folks are baffled when I say this as it reduces my ability to 'just charge what I like'. But I mostly work with not-for-profits, where organisational budgets are precious. Also, on principle, I want to be fair and inclusive about how I charge for my work.

The flip side of the coin is that my prices also have to reflect that:

  • as a self-employed person I have to cover all the costs and risk of not being employed

  • the work I do often has whole organisation impact (policies, processes, training, etc) and covers various statutory requirements - it's senior level work

  • I am usually fully booked and clients highly rate my work - the vast majority of my incoming work is by word of mouth recommendation

Always get in touch with me for a full quote, but this page should give you an idea of whether working with me is within your budget.

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If you want some benchmarking...

I designed, conducted, analysed and wrote up this research project in March-May 2026, investigating varying day rates of freelancers who are part of the network "Freelancers Get Sh*t Done"

My hope is that this will inform both freelancers and clients hiring freelancers on what "typical" rates are for different services, and support us all in setting appropriate budgets and quotes.

download the report

I understand, because so did I!

Indicative Day Rates

Grassroots Groups

Community-based organisations run through volunteering, with very limited income

£250/day

My rates are benchmarked against other freelancers and scaled to size and type of organisation:

I review my rates each year in line with inflation, changes to my workload and further learning, training and experience I've gained

Small Charities

Charities or other non profits with <£250k annual income

£350-450/day
Medium Charities
£450-550/day

Charities or other non profits with £250k-£1m annual income

Large Charities

Charities or other non profits with >£1m annual income

£550+/day

Estimated Days Required

Again, you will need to get in touch for a confirmed proposal including rates and timeframe, but below is a sense of how many days I would usually expect to allocate to some different brief types:

Full audit of organisational policies & procedures

Single policy rewrite from clearly defined existing practice

New policy design including co-produced practice review

Design & delivery - 1 full day training workshop

Design & delivery - half day training workshop

Training resources design - approximately per page

Longer-term projects (>10 days) set up and close

2-4 days

2-4 days

5-12 days

5-8 days

3-6 days

1 day

2-4 days

Corporate Organisations

For-profit organisations

£650+/day
Reflective Practice Sessions

(Hourly rate - scaled)

£45-100/hour
get in touch with me for a proposed approach, timeline and quote

Penge, London

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photos - Sarah Tulej