Data Analysis Services for Charities and Local Authorities
At Kanlytic, we provide clear and practical data analytics and impact measurement services that help charities, non-profits, and local government make evidence-based decisions. Every organisation faces unique challenges, from financial pressures to responding to evolving community needs. We turn complex data into meaningful insights that improve services, demonstrate impact to funders, and deliver better outcomes for communities.
Providing data services for UK charities and non-profits, get in touch for a free initial consultation.
1. Performance Measurement & Strategy
Prove Your Impact, Not Just Your Activity
Impact measurement for charities | Theory of change & outcomes framework data collection
Many organisations count what's easy; sessions delivered, people reached, meals provided, rather than what funders actually want to see: evidence that things changed. We work with you to define meaningful outcomes, build a measurement framework grounded in your theory of change, and create reporting structures that work across multiple funders without duplicating effort. Ideal for programme leads and heads of impact whose impact reports describe what you did rather than what changed as a result.
Stop Reporting on Numbers Nobody Acts On
KPI selection & definition | Performance metric design for charities and non-profits
Most organisations track metrics that were set up to satisfy a funder or board request, not to drive decisions. We work with you to identify the small number of indicators that genuinely reflect your performance and mission progress, then build the measurement infrastructure around them. You stop producing reports that get filed and start watching the numbers that matter. Ideal for operations managers and senior leaders whose monthly reports take hours to produce but rarely change what anyone does next.
Know When Something Changes, Before It Becomes a Problem
KPI monitoring & alerts | Live performance dashboards for charities
We build live dashboards and automated alerts so you're notified when referrals drop, a programme target is missed, or engagement shifts, without anyone having to manually check a spreadsheet. Your team spends less time compiling reports and more time responding to what they reveal. Ideal for operations leads and change managers who find out about performance issues at the quarterly board meeting rather than when they happen.
2. Data Preparation & Quality Management
Make Your Data Trustworthy
Data quality audit | Data cleaning & preparation for charities and non-profits
Unreliable data produces wrong answers, it undermines confidence in reports you produce and in the funding applications built on top of them. We audit your existing data, fix inconsistencies and gaps, and put practical processes in place so clean data becomes the default. Your impact evidence becomes something you can stand behind. Ideal for data leads and operations managers whose teams regularly question whether a figure looks right before including it in a report.
One View of Your Organisation, Without the IT Project
Lightweight data integration | CRM and beneficiary data consolidation for non-profits
Beneficiary records, session attendance, feedback forms, finance exports, and CRM data all live in different places, and pulling them together for a funder report means excessive manual work (or is not possible). We connect these sources into a single, structured view so you can answer questions that currently require stitching files together by hand. No technical infrastructure or IT team required. Ideal for operations and finance managers whose quarterly reporting involves downloading and merging files from three or more different systems.
3. Reporting, Dashboards & Visualisation
Dashboards Your Whole Team Will Actually Use
Power BI dashboard development | Excel & Google Sheets reporting for charities
We build interactive dashboards and reporting tools that fit your team's skill level and the tools they already use, whether that's Power BI for richer analysis or spreadsheets your staff already trust. Everything comes with documentation and training so your team owns the output. The result is reporting that gets opened and acted on, not emailed and forgotten. Take a look at our free Excel reporting tools. Ideal for heads of operations and programme managers whose dashboards are either too complex for most staff to use or too basic to tell you anything useful.
Turn Your Data Into Something Funders and Boards Actually Read
Data visualisation | Information design for funding bids and annual reports
Tables of numbers get skimmed. A well-designed chart or infographic makes the same evidence land differently. We create clear, compelling data visualisations for board papers, funding bids, annual reports, and public communications, from simple charts that clarify a point to full information design for publications and campaigns. Ideal for communications leads and fundraising managers whose impact evidence exists but isn't being communicated in a way that influences decisions or wins funding.
4. Analytics & Insight Generation
Forecast Income and Demand, Before You're in Crisis
Charity revenue forecasting | Financial planning models for non-profits
Income volatility is a constant pressure for mission-led organisations, and most financial planning is reactive because there's no credible forward view. We build forecasting models from your historical data and relevant economic indicators, giving your leadership and trustees a data-driven basis for planning and highlighting funding risks early. Ideal for finance managers and trustees whose financial forecasts are consistently off, or whose reserves strategy relies on assumptions nobody can justify.
Understand What's Working in Your Programmes, and Why
Descriptive & diagnostic analysis | Root cause analysis for charities
You know the numbers are moving, but you're not always sure what's driving them. Without understanding the why, it's hard to replicate success or address underperformance with confidence. We dig into your data to answer the questions that matter: which programmes are delivering outcomes, which beneficiary groups are being well-served, and where the gaps are. Ideal for programme leads and senior managers who have a performance problem but no clear view of its root cause.
Your most committed donors, volunteers, and advocates are often invisible in aggregate data. We identify the distinct groups within your supporter base; by behaviour, value, engagement history, or giving pattern, so your communications and cultivation efforts can be targeted where they'll have most impact. We also map the actual path supporters take through your funnel, showing exactly where they drop off and why. Ideal for fundraising managers and marketing leads whose appeals produce inconsistent results and aren't sure who their most valuable supporters actually are.
5. AI & Emerging Technology Advisory
Find Out Whether AI Is Actually Useful to You
AI opportunity assessment | AI risk & ethics review | AI vendor evaluation for charities
AI tools are everywhere but most guidance is aimed at commercial businesses with very different priorities. We give you an honest, grounded assessment of where AI could genuinely save time in your organisation; drafting reports, summarising consultations, handling repetitive admin. We'll also flag the real risks around data privacy, potential bias, and supplier lock-in before you commit to anything, particularly important when your work involves vulnerable people or sensitive data. Ideal for senior leaders and change managers being pitched AI tools by suppliers who can't tell what's genuinely useful from what's marketing.
6. Open-Source & Geospatial Data Guidance
Use Public Data to Strengthen Your Funding Applications
Open-source data advisory | ONS & deprivation data integration | Geospatial mapping for charities
Funders want statistical evidence of need, scale, and context. Most organisations either don't include it, or spend money commissioning research that already exists for free. We identify the most relevant public datasets, ONS demographics, deprivation indices, population health data, local authority statistics, and integrate them into your reporting and funding narratives. We also produce maps using postcode-level geospatial data to show exactly where need is concentrated and where your work sits within it. Ideal for fundraising leads and policy managers whose funding applications make claims about need or reach that aren't currently backed by external evidence.
7. Automation & Efficiency
Get Hours Back From Repetitive Data Work
Process automation | Workflow simplification | Reporting template design for non-profits
In small organisations, the same person often cleans data, compiles reports, and prepares funder returns repeatedly from scratch. We identify the tasks your team repeats every week and automate or simplify them, using the tools you already have. We also build ready-made templates that feed directly into your dashboards and reporting systems. The result is fewer manual errors, faster turnaround, and staff doing meaningful work instead of admin. Ideal for operations managers and heads of finance where someone in the team spends significant time each month preparing reports that follow the same structure every time.
8. Training, Coaching & Capacity Building
Help Your Team Make Confident Decisions With Data
Data literacy training | Excel upskilling | Power BI dashboard coaching for charities
The best dashboard in the world doesn't help if people don't know how to read it or don't trust the numbers in it. We run practical training for non-technical staff, showing how to interpret your actual reports, challenge figures, and use evidence in daily decisions. We also coach individuals on Excel, Power BI, and data reporting so your team can maintain the tools we build long after the project ends. Ideal for managers overseeing teams that nod along to data in meetings but don't really trust or act on it independently.
Ready to improve your reporting, automate manual tasks, or gain clearer insights from your data? Get in touch to book a free initial consultation.
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