Hundreds of inspections and one mission: compliance excellence
The Fundraising Inspector is a fresh, forward-thinking, and plain-speaking business that brings deep sector knowledge and practical expertise to every engagement across charities and agencies.
High-quality and integrity in everything we do
We believe fundraisers deserve support, not scrutiny. The Fundraising Inspector exists to help charities and agencies build compliant, confident teams that understand their responsibilities and perform with integrity. Through practical coaching, thorough inspections, and genuine partnership, we're here to help you create a fundraising culture that donors trust and regulators respect.
Experience you can trust
Everyone we work with has experience in fundraising. Fundraising can be a fantastic long-term career, but there's no point beating around the bush; it isn't easy. Much like the donors they recruit, fundraisers deserve to be treated with respect, empathy, and admiration for the role they play in striving to make society a better place.
Jonathan Levy
Founder and Chief Fundraising Inspector
Jonathan is a proud career fundraiser and charity leader with 13 years experience raising funds for charities of various sizes. He's conducted hundreds of face-to-face fundraising inspections, is a qualified assessor, and has deep expertise in governance and regulatory excellence. His commitment to the charity sector isn't just through paid work; from a young age, Jonathan has volunteered for numerous charities. At the age of 22, he became one of the UK's youngest charity trustees and then went on to become one of the nation's youngest chairs. In addition to this, having served in governance roles in business, the charity sector, Judaism, and politics, a career highlight of Jonathan's was a highly successful tenure as chair of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising Convention Board. Today, alongside leading The Fundraising Inspector, Jonathan serves as a trustee of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, and is the founder of the world's first movement dedicated to neurodiversity in fundraising, Neurodiverse Fundraisers.
Don't just take our word for it
Thanks so much for helping me to recruit my first-ever donor. The coaching and compliance tips you provided were so helpful, and you brought such a great vibe to our door-to-door shadowing session.
Carlos
FUNDRAISER, uk medical research charity
My fundraisers were nervous about inspections, but Jonathan made it feel like genuine support rather than judgement. That made a great difference to team morale.
Owen
Team leader, fundraising agency
Compliance, coaching, and culture built right
We combine field inspections, training, strategic coaching and more to help your team meet standards and thrive. 'Compliance' is a word not typically regarded as exciting, but we believe it doesn't have to be boring or daunting; adhering to the rules is in everyone's interests, and as a business, we're resolute in our commitment to helping to reduce the number of complaints received about fundraisers each year. Continually driving standards up will be a win for all.
Public speaking
Our founder, Jonathan Levy, regularly speaks to various audiences about subjects including fundraising and neurodiversity.
Voluntary support
We don't just undertake paid work with charities, we give time and money too. Ten percent of our profits each year are donated to charity.