Its projects tend towards facilitating human development, education, sector innovation and knowledge transfer. In this context, the organisation commits to transparency, accountability, civil rights and social cohesion in project activities. Searchlighter engages with a range of organisations, including those in the voluntary sector, social enterprises, local authorities, public bodies, universities, non-profit groups, co-operatives, and charities. Its research activity has a focus on measuring the degree to which project outcomes have a clear path to the designated beneficiaries. In this, it has specific expertise in online surveys as a research methodology and implementing frameworks for quality assurance, monitoring and project evaluation. Robin Beecroft is a Social Science researcher and works as the Research Director at Searchlighter.