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Public Sector

Government departments, NHS trusts, local authorities, and public bodies. You face unique accountability requirements, constrained budgets, and the pressure to deliver more with less.

Finance challenges in public sector

Public sector finance operates under different rules. Fund accounting, multi-year spending reviews, ring-fenced budgets, and intense public scrutiny. Whether you're in central government, the NHS, or local government, your finance function needs to balance accountability with efficiency.

The problems we see most often

Budget pressures

Flat or declining budgets, rising demand. Every penny needs to be accounted for, and efficiency savings need to be found and tracked.

Complex reporting requirements

Treasury returns, OSCAR, CIPFa stats, performance frameworks. Each requires different views of the same data.

Ring-fenced budgets

Multiple funding streams, each with different rules. Managing grants, ring-fences, and underspend rules adds complexity to every forecast.

Workforce planning complexity

Pay scales, increments, pension contributions, vacancy factors. Staff costs are the biggest budget line and the hardest to forecast.

Multi-year planning

Spending reviews, medium-term financial strategies, capital programmes. Planning horizons are longer, but certainty is limited.

Audit and accountability

NAO scrutiny, audit committees, public accountability. Every decision needs a clear audit trail and defensible rationale.

Solutions for public sector

Budget Management

Multi-fund budgeting with ring-fences, reserves, and carry-forward rules. Built for how public sector budgets actually work.

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Workforce Planning

Pay scales, increments, pensions, and vacancy management. Detailed staff cost forecasting that finance and HR can both use.

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Statutory Returns

Automated Treasury returns, OSCAR, and regulatory reporting. Consistent data, reduced manual effort, complete audit trail.

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MTFS Modelling

Medium-term financial strategy models that handle scenarios, savings programmes, and demand pressures.

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Performance Reporting

Financial and operational KPIs for members, boards, and management. Insight that drives better decisions.

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Capital Programme

Multi-year capital planning with funding source tracking, slippage management, and prudential indicator compliance.

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Who we've worked with

We've supported central government departments, NHS trusts, local authorities, and arms-length bodies. Our team understands fund accounting, public accountability, and the unique constraints of public sector finance.

Example

Major NHS Trust

50%
Reduction in budget cycle time
Unified
Finance and workforce view
Automated
Regulatory returns

"They understood NHS finance from day one. We didn't have to explain how block contracts work or why our cost pressures are different."

- Director of Finance

Let's talk about public sector finance

We understand the constraints you work within. Tell us about your challenges and we'll show you how we can help.