Budget recovery programme at Aldergate Council
A council facing a section 114 notice, a programme office that decided things, and a budget balanced without a single service closed.
Finance & Transformation · Aldergate Council
Where it sat in the method: stage 03, 12 weeks of the 28.
Finance & Transformation is stage 03 work. Every engagement opens with the audit whichever stage it lands in, and the roadmap from that audit is what priced this one.
The council was eleven months from a section 114 notice. Previous savings programmes had reported status monthly and delivered a fraction of their case, because nobody in them could say no to a directorate.
The number first: £6.2m recurring, agreed with the chief executive and the section 151 officer in week one. Then a programme office with a director who could stop a workstream, weekly cash reporting published to every head of service, and savings sequenced by what residents would notice last.
£6.2m of recurring savings delivered in-year, the budget balanced, and no service closed. The programme office is now run by the council's own finance team.
£6.2m
recurring savings, budget balanced in-year
How it was measured
Measured as recurring annual savings recognised in the council's audited outturn, against the baseline budget agreed in week one. Stated this way because a figure without its method is a claim. Ask us for the workings: we will send them.
The engagement, on paper.
The record
ClientAldergate Council
SectorPublic sector
ServiceFinance & Transformation
Year2023
Duration12 weeks to set up, 6–12 months to run
Fee£120–180k, fixed, then monthly
You leave with 12 weeks to set up, 6–12 months to run
A business case the CFO signs, not just the sponsor
An integration or recovery plan with dates the board tracks
A programme office that runs without us after month six
What Finance & Transformation hands over, whichever client bought it. This one is the version Aldergate Council runs now.
On the record
This client has not published a quote, and we did not write one for them.
The figure and its method are on this page; a reference call can be arranged if the figure matters to your decision.
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