Financial Resilience
See how financially resilient your Trust is compared with similar Single Academy Trusts.
GAUGED brings audited financial information together and compares each Trust with structurally appropriate peers, helping leaders, trustees and advisers identify the positions that warrant attention.
Start with the position
A clear route from headline evidence to deeper investigation.
The Financial Resilience suite mirrors the progressive structure of GAUGED School Performance products. Start with a concise Dashboard, then move into the depth and level of comparison your Trust requires.
Financial Resilience Dashboard
A concise visual overview of audited financial performance against an appropriate Trust peer group.
Request a Dashboard →02Performance Assessment
A structured review of operating performance, liquidity and reserves, workforce affordability, cost efficiency, and financial risk and assurance.
Discuss your Trust →03Comparison tools
Peer Group Explorer, 10-Trust Peer Benchmark and Interactive Spreadsheet options for deeper comparative work.
Explore the options →04Bespoke Diagnostic Review
A confidential deeper dive using published evidence and, where supplied, the Trust's own draft or management information.
Discuss a review →05Audit Fee Analysis
Comparative analysis of external and internal audit fees. This product is currently in development.
Register your interest →Independent comparative evidence
Financial evidence should help direct professional judgement, not replace it.
GAUGED highlights relative position and areas meriting investigation. It does not provide audit assurance or certify Value for Money.
Five areas of Financial Resilience
- Operating Performance
- Liquidity & Reserves
- Workforce Affordability
- Cost Efficiency
- Financial Risk & Assurance
How to read Workforce Affordability
Workforce Affordability measures the proportion of Trust income committed to core staffing. Read the result alongside teaching capacity, educational performance and non-pay cost efficiency to understand how the Trust uses its resources. A lower staffing share may reflect a higher share of spending on services bought in.