NICK BURNE DIGITAL LTD

What NICK BURNE DIGITAL LTD does

Nick Burne Digital Ltd is a London-headquartered, founder-led digital fundraising consultancy that helps international charitable organisations plan, run, and scale paid digital media programmes for donor acquisition and recurring giving. The firm was re-registered under its current name (Company No. 13338183) following a transition from Nick Burne Consulting Ltd, and operates from 167-169 Great Portland Street with an additional delivery presence in Sydney, Australia via consultant Danni Adam. Core services span strategic digital fundraising consultancy, part-time placement of paid media specialists within client teams (1-2 days per week), and training/mentorship programmes including a Facebook Mastermind course and co-founded initiatives such as the Digital Fundraising Academy.

The underlying technology stack is conventional paid-media tooling rather than proprietary IP: the firm specialises in Meta Ads (Facebook/Instagram) and Google Ads campaign strategy, audience and creative iteration, pixel and conversion tracking implementation, and integration with donation platforms such as Fundraise Up, Enthuse, and Givergy. Adjacent venture activity includes co-founding GivePanel (a social-fundraising platform used by 300+ nonprofits) and founding the RaiseThru accelerator programme, which together with the Digital Fundraising Academy position the firm at the intersection of consulting and education in the charity digital ecosystem.

The business model is professional services: quote-based consulting engagements and training programmes sold directly to international NGOs and charities. Distribution is primarily direct sales via referrals, website enquiries, content marketing (case studies, the annual charity digital survey), email newsletter, LinkedIn presence, and Nick Burne's keynote circuit (e.g., Fundraising Online, International Fundraising Conference, Danish Fundraising Conference). The firm is bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding, and is led by Managing Director Nick Burne alongside Danni Adam (Digital Fundraising Consultant), Jacob Southgate-Cryer (Paid Media Fundraising Specialist), and Marco Kuntze (Associate, Peer-to-Peer Digital Partnerships).

Name

NICK BURNE DIGITAL LTD

Legal name

Nick Burne Digital Ltd

Website

https://nickburne.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nick Burne Digital Ltd is a London-based digital fundraising consultancy that helps international charitable organisations scale paid digital media campaigns across multiple markets, offering strategy, part-time specialist placement, and training services to nonprofits.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Digital Fundraising Consultancy

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311)

akta.pro primary industry

Grantmaking & Philanthropic Funds (Institutional Donors) (BPADAOAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Health & Medical Research Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAL)

Keywords

• Digital fundraising consultancy
• Nonprofit fundraising consulting
• Paid media management
• Charity marketing strategy
• Digital fundraising training

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Strategic Digital Consultancy: Consulting engagement model providing digital fundraising specialists who work as part of the client's team. Offered as a more cost-effective alternative to agencies or full-time hires.
2. Training and Mentorship: Digital fundraising training programmes including coaching calls and longer-term mentoring to skill up internal staff of charitable organisations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Nick Burne Digital is a digital fundraising consultancy that helps international charitable organisations scale their online fundraising through strategic consulting, paid digital media management (Meta Ads, Google Ads), part-time specialist placement, and training and mentorship programmes for internal fundraising staff. The firm specialises in global multi-market digital fundraising rollouts for NGOs and charities.

Product overview

Nick Burne Digital is a digital fundraising consultancy offering a unified suite of services centered on strategic consulting, specialist placement, and training. The core offering consists of digital fundraising consultancy to help international charities scale globally, paid digital media specialist placement services, and digital fundraising training/mentorship programs. The company works with major international charities including UNICEF, Save the Children, International Rescue Committee, and Greenpeace, helping them roll out digital fundraising across multiple international markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RaiseThru: An accelerator programme that coached hundreds of digital fundraisers on how to make the most of Facebook Ads.
• GivePanel
• Digital Fundraising Academy

Products and services

• Digital Fundraising Consultancy Services Strategic consulting services to help international charitable organisations scale their digital fundraising globally, including market expansion, paid digital media programme development, and campaign optimisation. Targeted at large NGOs and charities with multi-market operations.
• Paid Digital Media Specialist Placement Part-time placement of proven digital specialists within client organisations on a 1-2 days per week basis to run paid digital media programmes, offering better value than agencies without the overhead of full-time hiring. For charities that cannot afford full-time digital hires or find agencies costly.
• Digital Fundraising Training and Mentorship Training programmes and coaching for internal charity staff on digital fundraising and paid digital media, ranging from one-off coaching calls to longer-term mentoring engagements designed to skill up in-house teams.
• Facebook Mastermind Training Courses Training courses focused on Facebook advertising strategy and tactics for NGOs and different markets, covering both strategic perspective and implementation tips and tricks for charity digital fundraising teams.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $1 billion raised in online donations for charity clients
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GivePanelcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017GivePanel is a platform designed to assist nonprofits in leveraging social media for fundraising efforts. Nick Burne is a co-founder of GivePanel, which supports not-for-profits to recruit, communicate with and manage Facebook Fundraisers and works with over 300 not-for-profits across the globe. Danni Adam recently supported GivePanel's launch into Australia as Head of Strategy & Development.
• Fundraise UpcoreTechnology or IntegrationDonation form platform used by clients (Make-A-Wish International and conservation charity) for their digital fundraising campaigns. Provides dynamic checkout features including local currency conversion that reduces donation friction and increases conversions.
• Kirsten Downie (Creative Lead)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreative lead who produces animated video content for client campaigns including Make-A-Wish International's Global Wish campaign.
• Meta (Facebook/Instagram)coreTechnology or IntegrationPrimary advertising platform for charity digital fundraising campaigns. Nick Burne Digital specialises in Meta Ads strategy and management for international charitable organisations.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Changing Our World: National fundraising and philanthropy consultancy advising nonprofits on campaign strategy, digital fundraising and major-gift programmes. Comparable boutique consultancy model serving similar institutional donor clients.
• M+R Strategic Services: One of the largest US nonprofit digital fundraising and marketing agencies; provides strategy, creative, paid media and analytics to charities and associations. Closest comparable in service mix and end market to Nick Burne Digital.
• Pursuant: Full-service fundraising and marketing agency for nonprofits, offering digital fundraising, paid media, and analytics. Direct competitor in the digital fundraising agency space serving US and international charities.

Emerging players

• Givebutter: Free-to-start fundraising platform for nonprofits with donation forms, events and peer-to-peer. Adjacent emerging player operating in the same charity digital fundraising ecosystem.
• Donorbox: Online donation platform for nonprofits with embedded recurring giving, donation forms and CRM-light features. Emerging SaaS player that intersects with NBD's clients on the donation-conversion stack.
• Funraise: Nonprofit fundraising platform offering donation forms, CRM and peer-to-peer tools. Adjacent emerging platform whose clients overlap with NBD's charity segment.
• GoodUnited: Facebook/Meta-first fundraising platform and services company for nonprofits; closely adjacent because NBD specialises in Meta Ads for charities and Danni Adam recently supported GivePanel's Australia launch with GoodUnited-adjacent experience.

Broad incumbents

• Heller Consulting: Consultancy specialising in nonprofit technology, CRM and digital transformation strategy. Adjacent incumbent serving similar charity clients on digital strategy rather than pure paid media.
• Kindsight (formerly Ruffalo Noel Levitz): Established fundraising services provider for higher education and nonprofits, including digital marketing and donor acquisition. Larger incumbent with overlapping paid acquisition and fundraising services.
• Blue State Digital: Larger digital agency with deep nonprofit, advocacy and political client base, offering creative, media, and CRM services. Broader incumbent with overlapping capabilities but wider portfolio than Nick Burne Digital.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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