Services

Fundraiser

We Deliver What Others Can Only Promise

We plan and execute corporate events with precision and purpose. From conferences and fundraisers to milestone celebrations, each experience is thoughtfully designed to reflect your brand and bring people together.

Leadership offsites, strategy retreats, team programmes

Corporate Retreats

Retreats that create the conditions for genuine thinking — where senior teams arrive with questions and leave with clarity.

The best corporate retreats are not holidays with meetings attached. They are purposefully designed environments — in which the physical setting, the daily rhythm, the format of conversation, and the quality of rest are all considered as instruments of strategic progress. Luminary designs retreats that deliver both: an exceptional experience and a measurable organisational outcome.

Recent Examples

Vista Leadership Retreat

Bela Vista Hotel, Algarve

500 guests

Blue Horizon Offsite

Villa d'Este, Como

740 guests

Apex Senior Leadership Forum

Chewton Glen, Hampshire

480 guests

What's Included

Venue sourcing & contract negotiation
Creative theme & brand environment
Keynote staging & AV production
Speaker management & green room
Delegate registration & journey design
Breakout session architecture
Catering & hospitality programming
Live streaming & hybrid capability
Post-event impact reporting

PRICING

From £85,000

All fees are bespoke to your brief. This figure reflects a typical starting point for this service category, inclusive of agency fees and core third-party costs.

Gala fundraisers, benefit evenings, donor cultivation

Charity Fundraisers

Fundraising events that move people — and move the dial. We design the emotional arc that turns attendees into committed donors.

A great charity fundraiser is one of the most demanding formats in the events world. It must entertain, inspire, and ultimately persuade — often in a single evening. Luminary has overseen charity galas that collectively raised over £240 million for causes ranging from global health to arts education. We understand that every creative decision — the programme running order, the choice of speaker, the tempo of the room — has a direct bearing on the final total.

Recent Examples

Global Health Fundraiser

Metropolitan Museum, NY

500 guests

Hearts & Hands Gala

The Savoy, London

740 guests

Arts For All Benefit

Tate Modern, London

480 guests

What's Included

Venue sourcing & contract negotiation
Creative theme & brand environment
Keynote staging & AV production
Speaker management & green room
Delegate registration & journey design
Breakout session architecture
Catering & hospitality programming
Live streaming & hybrid capability
Post-event impact reporting

PRICING

From £85,000

All fees are bespoke to your brief. This figure reflects a typical starting point for this service category, inclusive of agency fees and core third-party costs.

Anniversaries, IPO celebrations, brand centennials

Milestone Celebrations

Once-in-a-generation events that mark the moments your organisation will look back on for decades.

A corporate milestone — a 50th anniversary, a market listing, a centennial — is not simply an occasion to celebrate. It is an opportunity to consolidate identity, to honour the people who built what exists, and to articulate a vision of what comes next. Luminary approaches milestone events as acts of institutional storytelling — with the weight and care the moment deserves.

Recent Examples

Meridian Capital 50th Anniversary

Banqueting House, London

600 guests

The Grand Centenary Dinner

Guildhall, London

740 guests

Apex Industries IPO Celebration

Sky Garden, London

480 guests

What's Included

Venue sourcing & contract negotiation
Creative theme & brand environment
Keynote staging & AV production
Speaker management & green room
Delegate registration & journey design
Breakout session architecture
Catering & hospitality programming
Live streaming & hybrid capability
Post-event impact reporting

PRICING

From £90,000

All fees are bespoke to your brief. This figure reflects a typical starting point for this service category, inclusive of agency fees and core third-party costs.

Leadership offsites, strategy retreats, team programmes

Corporate Retreats

Large-scale corporate conferences that position your organisation as a leader — with production values that match your ambition.

From a 50-person executive offsite to a 1,200-delegate annual convention, Luminary brings the same strategic rigour and creative precision to every conference brief. We design the delegate journey from arrival to closing plenary — staging, content architecture, networking formats, and the moments of genuine connection that make a conference worth attending.

Recent Examples

Horizon Summit

Four Seasons DIFC, Dubai

600 guests

TechVision Conference

QEII Centre, London

740 guests

Pinnacle Leadership Forum

Geneva Convention Centre

480 guests

What's Included

Venue sourcing & contract negotiation
Creative theme & brand environment
Keynote staging & AV production
Speaker management & green room
Delegate registration & journey design
Breakout session architecture
Catering & hospitality programming
Live streaming & hybrid capability
Post-event impact reporting

PRICING

From £90,000

All fees are bespoke to your brief. This figure reflects a typical starting point for this service category, inclusive of agency fees and core third-party costs.

Fundraiser

We work at every scale

This tier includes

What We Believe

The principles that guide every event.

These aren’t values we invented for a website. They are the convictions that drive every decision we make — from a first briefing call to the moment the last guest leaves the room.

01 Discovery

A structured briefing conversation to understand your goals, organisation, audience, budget, and the outcome you need the event to achieve. We listen twice as long as we speak.

02 Strategy

We define the event’s purpose, narrative arc, and emotional journey before any creative work begins. Every decision that follows connects back to this strategic foundation.

03 Creative Direction

Spatial concepts, visual identity, lighting mood, entertainment direction, and the sensory world of the event — presented for your input and refined collaboratively.

04 Production Planning

Venue negotiation, supplier contracting, technical specification, logistics architecture, staffing, risk frameworks, and every operational detail required for confident delivery.

05 Delivery

The event itself. Our team manages invisibly — so your guests experience only the result, and you experience only the confidence of knowing everything is under control.

06 Debrief

Post-event analysis, guest feedback synthesis, budget reconciliation, and a clear record of outcomes against the objectives we defined together at the outset.

NORTHBRIDGE
SOLUTIONS

CoGatherings delivered an experience that felt both seamless and intentional. Every detail reflected our brand perfectly, and the entire process was handled with professionalism from start to finish.

★★★★★

HAWTHORNE
GROUP

From planning to execution, their team made everything effortless. Our conference ran smoothly, and the atmosphere they created encouraged real connection among our attendees.

★★★★★

SUMMIT RIDGE
CONSULTING

They understood the importance of our event beyond logistics. The evening felt purposeful, well-curated, and ultimately helped us exceed our fundraising goals.

★★★★★

EVEREST
PARTNERS

The entire event felt elevated and thoughtfully organized. Their attention to detail and ability to create meaningful experiences truly impressed our entire leadership team.

★★★★★