Finding a trustee

We enrich, diversify and strengthen boards

As one of the UK’s leading trustee and board recruitment agencies, we find the right trustees for boards of all shapes, sizes and locations.

Since 2009 we’ve worked with a broad portfolio of organisations including charities, social enterprises, housing associations, mutuals, regulatory bodies, student unions and B Corps.

We excel in handpicking trustees for large organisations, but strongly believe that every charity board should benefit from the diverse and skilled people we meet.

To serve the needs of every charity we offer three services

  • “Search & Select” for larger charities and key roles
  • Our new “SNAP” Intelligent Trustee Matching service giving a fast, targeted and low cost service which is ideal for the vast majority of charities
  • A simple “Advertising” option for the smallest charities

Package includes Advertising SNAP Search & Select
Advert with TU
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Your advert hosted on our website.

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Intelligent Trustee Matching
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Matching is done automatically using SNAP.

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Selected candidates consent to shortlisting
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Candidates are contacted automatically to confirm they're happy to participate.

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Charities key requirements met
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SNAP matching ensures that the organisation's fundamental matching requirements are met.

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Candidates key requirements met
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SNAP matching ensures that each candidate's fundamental matching requirements are met.

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TU newsletter
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Inclusion in newsletter to TU’s candidate database and promotion to our parent firm Russam’s senior executive database.

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Social media promotion
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Active promotion of your vacancy on our social media channels (Linked In and Twitter).

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Candidate pack & job description
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Bespoke support with defining the brief and writing the advert and role description.

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Candidate sift
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Expert review of applications, summary, and preparing a longlist.

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Advert on other websites
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Your advert posted by us on additional sites (e.g. Charity Job, Women on Boards, ICAEW).

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Longlist interviews
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Interviews conducted by expert recruiters and feedback prepared for your review.

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Headhunt
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Targeted headhunt involving market mapping and conversations with c. 150 people about the role .

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Candidate checks & references
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Formal references, HMRC and Charity Commission checks.

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Package prices £100 £250 POA
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SNAP - Intelligent Trustee Matching

SNAP our all-new Intelligent Trustee Matching system proactively pairs potential trustees with organisations, based on the wants and needs of both boards and candidates.

If you represent a board looking for new trustees, Intelligent Trustee Matching is the smart way to receive applications from a diverse range of competitive candidates with relevant experience and a passion for your cause.

There’s no need to limit the scope of your search. Intelligent Trustee Matching allows you to define the breadth of your search yourself, putting control of your candidacy back into your hands.

We allow both organisations and potential candidates to identify their “must have” requirements and ensure that only when both sides requirements are matched do we have a “SNAP”. We then provide a shortlist of the SNAP candidates, who have consented to be short-listed, ranked by the strength of the specified desirable qualities. Where we cannot provide any or enough SNAP candidates, we will provide the strongest consenting candidates, for organisations to decide on interviews.

Who should use this service?

Charities with some budget to spend on ensuring they reach qualified candidates quickly.

What you pay

Gross annual income Fee
All organisations £250+VAT
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Search & Select

Charities looking for additional support to identify new trustees, Board Chairs or Committee Chairs can discuss how we can help meet your needs.

For some organisations, identifying high calibre candidates is the sole priority, whereas for others, internal capacity means our expert interviewing and advice can be invaluable.

Our packages include:

Search & Selection

The full service option, often used for Chair and Treasurer positions, which includes a headhunt and management of the whole process.

Who should use this service?

Charities who want a full service bespoke process.

Often used to fill a critical role such as Chair or Treasurer, or difficult to source experience such as safeguarding.

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Search

The traditional ‘headhunt’, talking to up to 150 candidates to identify high quality applicants, but we hand over to you to do the interviewing.

Who should use this service?

Charities with a tight budget but a tricky role to fill who need a proactive headhunt to identify suitable candidates.

Have the capacity to manage the process themselves including candidate checks.

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Advertising & Selection

Promotion of the vacancy to our database of candidates and full management of the process, including sifting applications, conducting longlist interviews and taking references.

Who should use this service?

Charities who need more bespoke support to define the role(s).

Limited capacity to manage the process including longlist interviews.

If you require independent expert advice on the candidates.

Targeted access to high quality candidates.

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Advertising

Promote your trustee vacancy to our network by posting an advert on our website.

Free for NCVO members

Who should use this service?

Small charities.
All NCVO members.

What you pay

Gross annual income Fee
All organisations £100+VAT
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COVID-19 UPDATE: All of our services can be delivered remotely, from posting an advert on our website to running selection processes via video conferencing. Do get in touch with us if you’d like to discuss how best to run a ‘non contact’ trustee recruitment process.

Our commitment to diversity & inclusion

Trustees Unlimited believes that diverse boards strengthen society. We will strive to remove the barriers that prevent people from applying to become trustees and help our clients to recruit and support people with a wide range of skills and lived experience.

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