Impact Evaluation & Socio-Economic Assessment
Measure what your work actually changes
Funders, commissioners and communities want to know what difference you make. We give you the evidence — in outcomes, in social value, and in pounds — and the tools to keep measuring after we leave.
What we deliver
- Theory of change and impact frameworks — what you are trying to change, how, and the indicators that show it.
- Socio-economic impact assessment — jobs, GVA, wellbeing and distributional effects of a project or programme, using Green Book-consistent methods.
- Social value and SROI-style analysis — monetised outcomes for tenders and funding bids.
- Independent programme evaluation — process and outcome evaluation for funders such as The National Lottery Community Fund and local authorities.
- Impact management systems — embedding data collection and evaluation into everyday decision-making, so evaluation becomes a habit rather than a report.
Methods and standards
- HM Treasury Magenta Book — evaluation scoping, design and reporting
- Theory of change and logic models built with your team, not handed to them
- Process, impact and value-for-money evaluation, singly or combined
- Additionality assessment — deadweight, leakage, displacement, substitution and multiplier effects, following the established UK additionality framework
- Counterfactual design where data allows; contribution analysis where it honestly does not
- GVA and employment effects estimated on a Green Book-consistent basis
- Social Return on Investment principles — scope, stakeholders, outcomes, proxies, discounting, sensitivity
- Outcome monetisation using recognised unit-cost and social-value databases, with proxies disclosed
- Survey design, sampling and weighting; qualitative interviews with thematic analysis
Who it is for
Charities and social enterprises reporting to funders · Councils and public bodies evaluating programmes · Developers and infrastructure projects needing an economic impact assessment · Funders commissioning independent evaluation.
How it works
- Agree the questions the evaluation must answer and who will use the findings.
- Build or refine the theory of change and indicator set.
- Collect and analyse data — surveys, administrative data, interviews, secondary sources.
- Quantify outcomes and, where appropriate, monetise them.
- Report in plain English, with the tools to keep measuring.
Related work
Recent engagements
Grant funding
Independent review of a National Lottery application
Critical review of a Reaching Communities application across governance, budget, safeguarding and sustainability.
Show the difference you make
A 30-minute call is enough for us to tell you whether we can help, what it would involve, and roughly what it would cost.