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We don’t just do the work for you, we build confidence and capability in your team. Green Room SM offers practical, sector-specific training and mentoring delivered by people who have held these roles inside arts, cultural, and charitable organisations. No generic slide decks, no career trainers who’ve never run a production budget or sat in front of a board. Just grounded, real-world knowledge passed on in plain language, tailored to where your team actually is.
Every programme begins with a short consultation so we can shape the content around your organisation, your systems, and your goals, whether that’s upskilling a new finance lead, preparing trustees for their responsibilities, or helping a whole team get more from the tools they already have.

• Understanding and using management accounts
• Reading, preparing, and presenting board finance packs
• Budgeting, cash flow forecasting, and financial planning
• Charity finance essentials — SORP, restricted vs unrestricted funds, partial exemption
• Year-end and audit preparation
• Getting the most from your finance and CRM systems
• How Theatre Tax Relief (TTR), Orchestra Tax Relief (OTR), and Film Tax Relief (FTR) work
• Assessing eligibility and identifying qualifying productions
• Structuring productions and record-keeping to support a claim
• Preparing, submitting, and tracking claims through to receipt
• Building a fundraising strategy and diversifying income
• Grant applications — Arts Council England, trusts, foundations, and statutory funders
• Reporting to funders with confidence
• Sponsorship and individual giving basics
• Policies and procedures — what you need and how to keep them current
• Safeguarding and the Child Protection Officer role
• Access and inclusion best practice
• HR, recruitment, and onboarding essentials
• Governance and the role of the board
Ongoing, confidential support for an individual — a new finance lead, an executive director, or a freelancer building their practice. Regular sessions paced around real work and real challenges as they arise.
Focused sessions on a single topic, delivered to your team or to a wider group. Practical, interactive, and built around your sector rather than generic theory.
A tailored programme designed around your organisation — your systems, your structure, your goals. Ideal for embedding new processes or bringing a whole team up to speed together.
Knowledge on tap. A regular, flexible arrangement for organisations that want a trusted expert to call on as questions come up, rather than a one-off course.
