Conference exhibitors

Charities and not-for-profit organisations face a unique series of operational challenges, from raising funds to diversifying income streams, managing investment portfolios to keeping stakeholders happy. And then there’s the need to keep up to date with complex and ever-changing regulations. Our specialist charities team can help with them all. We have over 25 years’ experience providing high quality compliance, governance, taxation and advisory services to a wide range of charities and NFPs – and every one of our projects looks different, because every client is too.

Hayes Parsons Insurance Brokers is an independent insurance broker and risk management advisor. Our team of insurance professionals are on hand to provide you with the right insurance and risk management advice when you need it.

We work across a broad range of sectors including culture, higher education, schools, global development, social impact sector, and publishing. We work on all types of leadership, professional service and governance roles. As well as Executive Search, we also provide governance review, leadership development, 360 degree review and staff engagement and satisfaction surveys.

Art Fund is the national fundraising charity for art. It provides millions of pounds every year to help museums to acquire and share works of art across the UK, further the professional development of their curators, and inspire more people to visit and enjoy their public programmes.

Bruynzeel Storage Systems is Europe’s leading manufacturer of specialist storage systems for archives, libraries, offices and museums. Serving public and private sector clients, we focus on providing storage solutions that combine space efficiency with accessibility; to meet every customers individual need. Our systems include Mobile and Static Shelving, Longspan and Heavy Duty Racking, Picture Racking, Cabinet and Drawer systems; plus our market leading high-density Double-Decker storage system.

Convious is an AI-driven, all-in-one management platform for the experience economy. We help Museums and Heritage venues grow by optimising every step of their visitor’s digital journey and ultimately, offering a great overall experience. We help turn anonymous visitors into long-lasting supporters.

‘Telling stories through Illustration’

Creating bespoke hand drawn illustrations that tell the story of your site on new product collections. Working with you and UK suppliers to produce high quality gifts for your customers.

Drakon Heritage and Conservation is a partnership which provides comprehensive conservation, care of collections, training and project management services to museums, archaeological units, heritage organisations, places of worship and private individuals. Come and visit us during the conference to discuss your collection or project needs.

Jarrold Publishing is an award-winning publisher working with 100s of museums, galleries and historic houses. We develop initial ideas and turn them into bold and beautiful publications that visitors want to buy. Clients include, Tullie House, Beamish, Ely Museum, Brighton Royal Pavilion, SS Great Britain and i360.

Jigsaw Design & Publishing are the specialists in publishing guidebooks for the heritage market.  At Jigsaw, we take time to understand your museum, enabling us to create something truly unique and striking, individually tailored to your requirements and those of your visitors.

Peridot Partners are committed to transforming leadership and inspiring change for inclusive and diverse Arts, Heritage and Culture sectors. We’re specialists in recruiting dynamic, experienced and transformational leaders. From CEOs to Artistic Directors to Chairs and Trustees, we recruit the best talent for your organisation.

Pocket Mountains publish accessible and inspiring pocket-sized guidebooks for anyone who likes a bit of an adventure.

Rod Barlow is a digital consultancy working to support museums, galleries and historic houses to maximise their commercial and customer engagement opportunity using the best technology available. They specialise in retail, e-commerce, hospitality, CRM and ticketing systems as well as donor management and finance solutions. At this year’s conference they are launching their fixed price web shop offer built on Shopify with prices starting from just £995.00 and there is a 10% discount offered to AIM members.

Piet and Monty are a husband and wife artisan cottage business trading as Roelofs & Rubens who design and hand make a range of ceramic hanging decorations, blue delftware style and multi-colour. They also specialise in making bespoke decorations for museums, cathedrals and historic houses.

Squeaky Pedal create award winning films across museums and heritage attractions. Their work inspires, communicates and connects. Highlighting human interest stories, showcasing fascinating objects and uncovering forgotten history. Clients include Sky History, Historic England, Imperial War Museum, National Army Museum, and Gloucester History Festival.

Vernon Systems has more than 30 years’ experience in creating software for the museum, gallery and cultural heritage sectors.  Our systems are used around the world by institutions to catalogue, manage and publish information about collections. The two collections management systems we have developed are: Vernon CMS, a mature desktop system, and eHive, a simpler hosted web-based system.