The toolkit

Free tools for people building in hard places, whether you run a small business or an organisation. No sign-up, no paywall, no catch. Pick one up and use it today.

For small businesses

Know your numbers. The kind of tools you reach for when money is tight and the answer has to be practical.

For small businesses Works offline

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COGS Calculator

Work out your real cost per unit before you price it. Materials, labour and overhead in, margin and break-even out. Works offline, no sign-up.

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More on the way: break-even, cash runway, and the true cost of a loan.

Win and manage funding

Turn an idea into a plan funders understand, and keep it on the rails once the money lands.

Win and manage funding Free. No sign-up.

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Grant Budget Builder

Build a clear, funder-ready budget with line items by year, indirect costs and contingency. Saved in your browser, exports to Excel.

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Show your results

Prove what your work changed, in language a board or a donor will trust.

Show your results Free. No sign-up.

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SROI Calculator

Put a credible number on the social value your work creates. Map outcomes to financial proxies and calculate the ratio.

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Show your results Free. No sign-up.

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Board Report Generator

Turn raw updates into a clear report a board or a donor will trust. Summary, key numbers, risks and recommendations.

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Already using ChatGPT or Claude?

For planning work like logframes, theories of change and funding proposals, your own AI can do far more than a web form. Lantern, the library we run at Both Hands, gives it tested instructions for this kind of work.

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