Services
Evidence a decision-maker can act on
Five services, each built on published UK appraisal and evaluation standards. Every method we use is named below, because you should be able to judge our competence before you call us rather than after.
Business Cases & Options Appraisal
Five-case model business cases that funders and boards can approve with confidence.
- SOC, OBC and FBC to HM Treasury Green Book
- Options Framework Filter, long list to short list
- Social cost-benefit analysis — NPSV and BCR
- Optimism bias, sensitivity and switching values
Feasibility Studies & Business Plans
Rigorous, honest assessment of whether an idea works, and the plan to deliver it if it does.
- Demand and catchment modelling
- Bottom-up capital and revenue cost base
- Three-to-five-year projections, break-even and scenarios
- Go / no-go / go-if against agreed criteria
Impact Evaluation & Socio-Economic Assessment
Measure what your work actually changes, in outcomes and in pounds.
- Evaluation design to HM Treasury Magenta Book
- Theory of change, process and impact evaluation
- Additionality — deadweight, leakage, displacement
- SROI principles and outcome monetisation
Data, Statistics & Econometrics
The modelling behind every number we put in front of a decision-maker.
- Regression, panel and quasi-experimental designs
- Forecasting, scenario and Monte Carlo analysis
- Survey design, sampling and weighting
- Model QA on Aqua Book principles
Advisory for Social Enterprises & SMEs
Investment readiness, grant strategy, capacity building and coaching.
- Funder mapping and application critique
- SEIS/EIS investment readiness and investor packs
- Legal structure — CLG, CIC, CIO, charitable status
- Asset transfer, merger and governance review
Not sure which you need?
Most engagements combine two or three of these. Tell us the decision you are facing and we will scope the work.
Not sure which you need?
Most engagements combine two or three of these. Tell us the decision you are facing and we will scope the work.