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Engagement scenarios

Longer-form worked scenarios setting out a common challenge, the approach we would take and the deliverables an organisation is left holding, written with enough detail that a board facing a similar problem could act on it directly.

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Engagement scenarios

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Worked models of how a typical engagement is structured

Engagement scenario2025-08-299 min read

Incorporating a resident-owned community energy CIC

How a residents' group can move from campaign to community-owned asset, and the governance that makes ownership hold.

Crescent Covenant CIC

CICAsset lockFormation
Engagement scenario2025-10-278 min read

Converting to a CIO to remove trustee liability

The route from unincorporated association to a fully constituted CIO, and the reserves policy that has to come with it.

Crescent Covenant CIC

CIOCharity conversionTrustee liability
Engagement scenario2026-01-307 min read

Recovering standing after missed CIC34 filings

How a trading CIC can avoid strike-off and rebuild a compliance calendar it maintains itself.

Crescent Covenant CIC

CIC34ComplianceCIC Regulator
Engagement scenario2026-05-1110 min read

Winning contract retention on social value alone

Building a defensible HACT-aligned evidence pack for a retender scored under the Social Value Model.

Crescent Covenant CIC

Social valueHACTProcurement

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