Universities, colleges, multi-academy trusts, and EdTech. You balance educational mission with financial sustainability in an environment of changing funding and rising expectations.
The landscape
Education finance navigates complex funding models, regulatory requirements, and the need to support academic and operational leadership with insight. Whether you're managing a university, a MAT, or an FE college, finance needs to be a strategic partner, not just a back office.
Your challenges
ESFA, OfS, research grants, commercial income - multiple funding streams with different rules, different reporting requirements, and different timelines. Forecasting is a puzzle.
Staff costs are 55-65% of expenditure. Pension liabilities, incremental progression, and restructuring costs make workforce planning financially complex.
Which courses are financially sustainable? Which departments are subsidising others? The true economics are buried in allocation methodologies that nobody fully understands.
HESA, ESFA, OfS, auditors - each wants data in different formats. Your team spends significant time on compliance rather than adding value.
Consolidation across academies, benchmarking between schools, allocating central costs fairly. The trust finance model is more complex than any single school.
Aging estates, maintenance backlogs, capital funding bids. Connecting estates strategy to financial planning and long-term forecasts is challenging.
How we help
Model and forecast funding from multiple sources. Scenario planning for policy changes. Optimise funding claims.
Learn more →Automated HESA, ESFA, and OfS submissions. Data preparation, validation, and audit trail.
Learn more →Programme-level contribution analysis. Department and faculty profitability. Inform portfolio decisions.
Learn more →Staff cost modelling including pensions and progression. Connect establishment plans to budgets.
Learn more →Multi-academy reporting, benchmarking, and central cost allocation. Governance packs for trustees.
Learn more →Connect student records, HR systems, and finance. Unified reporting across academic and financial data.
Learn more →Our experience
We've supported universities, FE colleges, multi-academy trusts, and EdTech providers. Our team understands the education funding landscape, regulatory requirements, and the unique governance structures of educational institutions.
"Trustees now get consistent, clear information every month. They can govern effectively because they can see what's actually happening."
- CFO
We understand the education sector. Tell us about your challenges and we'll show you how we can help.