Connecting organisations across the education and charity sectors with high-calibre fundraising and development professionals.
A Longhouse has always been the heart of traditional communities, a place to gather, to share and find practical solutions together.
That’s what we’ve built Longhouse to be.
Who We Are
Our founder, Rory White, began recruiting for the charity sector in 1997. He later established Flow Caritas, building it into a trusted partner for sourcing talent across both fundraising operations and charity head office leadership roles.
Over the years, we’ve played a key part in shaping fundraising teams at some of the UK’s most recognisable charities, including Shelter, British Red Cross, Oxfam, Barnardo’s, Médecins Sans Frontières, Scope, The Children’s Society, EveryChild, and the League Against Cruel Sports.
We’ve since taken that deep expertise in fundraising and development and successfully expanded into the education sector—helping schools and institutions build high-performing advancement, alumni, and development teams.
Our Expertise
Head Office Fundraising & Leadership Recruitment for the charity sector
With decades of hands-on experience in the charity sector, we bring deep insight into what makes fundraising teams succeed. From Individual Giving to Philanthropy, Community to Legacy, we’ve built senior head office teams for some of the UK’s most respected charities.
We go beyond filling roles — we work closely with organisations to ensure they’re truly recruitment-ready. That means refining role briefs, aligning internal expectations, and engaging our network of proven fundraisers and sector specialists to find leaders who can deliver lasting impact.
Whether you're scaling your team, replacing key talent, or launching a new fundraising function, we bring the knowledge, network, and credibility to get it right.
Specialist Development Recruitment in Education
We bring our deep charity-sector experience into the education world — helping schools and institutions build high-performing development teams.
Whether you’re hiring your first fundraiser or expanding an established office, we understand the challenges: limited internal expertise, rising income targets, and the need for real fundraising talent.
From major gifts to alumni engagement, we connect you with professionals who can turn potential into income.
Face-to face fundraising
Our founder, Rory White, first helped establish an in-house face-to-face (F2F) fundraising operation with ActionAid in 1997. He was immediately drawn to the energy, the people, and the impact — and to the challenge of helping charities build sustainable income through their own teams.
That experience led to the creation of a team at Flow Caritas that went on to support some of the UK’s most recognised charities in launching and scaling in-house F2F programmes.
Many of these programmes became long-term income streams and cornerstones of donor loyalty. Rory became the go-to partner for high-performing F2F talent — not only at leadership level, but for building entire teams from the ground up.