Guide to Investment for Charities
This helps charities & trustees to understand their role in the investment process
In this short video, Castlefield founder John Eckersley introduces the concept of the Thoughtful Investor ®.
As specialists in the charity sector, we act as both strategic adviser and long-term investment manager. You'll find we're not just a manager of money but a trusted partner - helping with long-term financial planning decisions, as well as investment policy and strategy.
Our dedicated team maintains close contact with charity clients, so we’re able to share current best practice and emerging themes as they’re happening.
We specialise in helping charities with £250,000 to £3m to invest, to align their investments with their ethical values (investing over a time horizon of 5 years plus).
Plus, when you become a Castlefield client you'll receive the same high-quality service, regardless of how big or small your charity is.
The CISI Chartered Firm™ status denotes that a firm is "operating at the highest levels of trustworthiness and professionalism expected from the sector" and is a demonstration of our commitment to high standards.
Find out moreAt Castlefield, thoughtful investing isn’t simply a product or one of our range of services – it’s integral to everything we stand for and do.
That’s why we’re known as the Thoughtful Investor ®.
To find out what this means and how your charity and its trustees could become thoughtful investors, visit our dedicated hub.
Thoughtful InvestorAfter seeing the work we do with their charity's investments, many trustees ask us to help them with their own personal finances too - from helping to plan for retirement, fund care costs in later life, invest ethically or gain confidence after receiving a lump sum.
Find out more about the ways an ethical adviser at Castlefield can help you in our Value of Advice brochure.
Download brochureWe think our business is unique. From day one, the people involved in our day-to-day operations have held a majority stake in our business, alongside a major grant-making charitable foundation.
This structure has helped us to define our values, predicated on long-term growth, independence, innovation, respect and responsibility; all designed to create an environment in which colleagues, as co-owners, can achieve their full potential.
Employee OwnershipToday, there are all sorts of technical terms for investment approaches that seek to bring personal values to bear on financial decisions. The longest standing is 'ethical investment'. Learn more about the history of ethical investment and its journey into the mainstream in today's economic environment.
History of Ethical InvestingWe're delighted to publish the latest Annual Stewardship Report for 2024.
This latest ‘In the news’ piece provides a summary of recent press coverage, covering topics such as the UN’s climate conference COP29, the Autumn budget, new sustainable investment and moustaches!
In response to the FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”), Castlefield will be re-naming its ‘Sustainable’ fund range as ‘Thoughtful’ from 2 December 2024.
Castlefield is delighted to have joined the Giki Employee Race to Zero challenge – a two-week long sustainability competition for SMEs.
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