Knowledge Centre

We exist to put social innovation at the top of the agendas for charities, businesses and governments. We provide research on the latest disruptive trends in social change, on behalf of our clients but also to inform and engage with the wider sector.

Impact in Practice

Impact In Practice: A guide that reimagines evaluation reporting and enhances the impact of your work

TSIC Fuse

TSIC Fuse: The Future of Business aims to re-engineer businesses to deliver social change through applying their core assets.

USERS

USERS: Putting users’ voices at the heart of Evaluation is a practical resource designed to help funders, organisations and end users can implement an inclusive approach to impact evaluation.

IMPACT: impact verification for impact investors is our framework to verify the impact measurement and management practices and processes for impact investors, based on industry best standards such as Operating Principles for Impact Management (OPIM)

THE DIVERSITY FORUM TOOLKIT

The Diversity Forum Toolkit: Practical resources is aimed at any social investor and social investment organisation interested in promoting diversity and inclusion.

TSIC DEI

TSIC DEI maturity model “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Cube” – DEI Maturity Model for Social Impact Organisations is our methodology to support social change organisations to holistically reflect on their DEI progress.

OCEAN PRINCIPLES

TSIC’s OCEAN Racial Justice Evaluation Methodology values and amplifies the voices and experiences of the global majority and communities experiencing racial injustice.

CHARITIES UNLOCKED

Charities Unlocked: Realising the Commercial & Social Value of Charitable Assets explores how charities can utilise their assets and strengths in order to drive commercial revenue.TSIC’s OCEAN Racial Justice Evaluation Methodology values and amplifies the voices and experiences of the global majority and communities experiencing racial injustice.

TSIC's Approaches to Innovative Finance

TSIC’s Approaches to Innovative Finance report explores how investment can be structured to deliver real social and environmental impact. TSIC Innovative Finance outlines practical tools designed to mobilise capital effectively and create fairer, more sustainable markets.

TREE

The TREE: Tool for Reflection, Evaluation and Evolution presented in this document was developed by The Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC) to help purpose-led organisations assess their organisational maturity in a variety of areas that are essential to their development.

We also published reports and in-house research briefings on disruptive trends in social change.

Q2 2026 – Future-Literate Impact: Embedding Foresight Carousel

This carousel shows how TSIC is integrating foresight into its evaluation and strategy work to think beyond the present and explore possible futures rather than predict what will happen.

Q2 2026 – Future-Literate Impact: Embedding Foresight in Evaluation and Strategy at TSIC

This slide deck gives an introduction to how TSIC is beginning to integrate foresight into its evaluation and strategy work as part of becoming more future-literate. It highlights foresight as a complementary approach that helps us think beyond the present, especially in uncertain and fast-changing contexts.

Q1 2026 – Impact Report 2021–2025

This Impact Report brings together reflections from four years of TSIC’s work across contexts, sectors, and systems. The report examines our role across capacity building, collaboration, sector challenge, and culture, drawing on evidence from client feedback, case studies, and team reflections.

Q1 2025 – Reimagining Social Impact Consulting

Reimagining Social Impact Consulting. This brief is intended to be an exploration of the value of social impact consulting, and invites us to reimagine it. It is not intended as a piece to justify our organisational survival, but more a provocation to the sector, and an invitation to join some of our internal reflections.

Q1 2024 – Racial Equity Scorecard

Racial Equity Scorecard provides a practical tool to evaluate racial equity performance within investment. The scorecard can be used for portfolio analysis, reputational risk management, and to assess directly, companies, asset managers or funds based on their strategies and actions taken to advance racial equity.

Q4 2022 – Involuntary-Resettlement-Best-Practices

Involuntary-Resettlement-Best-Practices proposes social development and equity considerations for Forced Relocation in Infrastructure Projects.

Q4 2017 – The role of technology in charity innovation

The role of technology in charity innovation looks at the role of technology in facilitating charities’ innovation, particularly in terms of income generation. The report draws on the findings of the feasibility study for a new digital tool we’re developing called Ideas4Good, which seeks to do exactly that – make innovation easier (and cheaper) for charities, as well as encouraging collaboration within organizations and beyond.

Q3 2017 – Supporting youth-led innovation to achieve the SDGs

Supporting youth-led innovation to achieve the SDGs: SDSN Youth Solutions Report Policy Brief outlines concrete recommendations for key stakeholders to advance youth innovation for achieving the SDGs.

Q2 2017 – The Impact of Diversity on Innovation in the Social Investment Sector

The Impact of Diversity on Innovation in the Social Investment Sector uncovers a disconcerting problem in social investment firms – a lack of diversity amongst those making investment decisions.

Q1 2017 Charities Unlocked: Progress and Potential for Charity Revenue Generation

Charities Unlocked: Progress and Potential for Charity Revenue Generation investigates the relevance of this methodology in the charity sector currently given the challenges faced by them.

Q3 2016 – The Social Investment Case for Early Intervention

The Social Investment Case for Early Intervention puts forward the case for investing in early intervention in the education sector.

Q4 2016 – B Corporation Benefits

B Corporation Benefits? looks at the impact of B Corporation certification on organizations’ performance and growth.

Q1 2011 – Financing Social Enterprises in the UK

Financing Social Enterprises in the UK examines the social investment funding gap known as the ‘missing middle’.

Q4 2010 – The Growing Power of Ethical Consumers

The Growing Power of Ethical Consumers looks at how strategic community engagement can be good for business.