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Delivery of social infrastructure such as, schools, homes, hospitals and leisure facilities has never been harder to fund with confidence. We help you identify, structure and implement the financing and delivery mechanisms that unlock these programmes.

We also support private sector clients to engage with public bodies and access capital programmes of their own.

Demand for social infrastructure has never been higher, but capital budgets are tight, PFI contracts are expiring and grant funding is competitive.

You need to prove value, attract private capital and keep complex programmes moving.

We work with your team across the whole lifecycle - shaping strategy, structuring solutions, securing investment, delivering deals and realising benefits. You get practical, commercially honest guidnace from people who have sat on your side of the table.

Our sector expertise

We identify and secure the right mix of grant, public and private capital for your scheme, and test whether it stacks up. Helping you to progress your projects by supporting with identifying, modelling, and securing funding and finance that meet your strategic objectives. Including drafting of business cases inline with Green Book standards.

We design and run the commercial process, from market engagement and options appraisal through to negotiation and contract award, including PPP.

We help you deliver, covering programme set-up, governance, delivery assurance, commercial management and benefits realisation on schools, health, housing, leisure, regeneration, net zero retrofit and major growth and infrastructure schemes.

We stress-test business cases, financial models and delivery vehicles before you commit, covering financial due diligence, options appraisal and governance health checks for public bodies and their delivery partners.

We help you decide whether a new company, joint venture or delivery vehicle is the right model, and design the governance, accounting and oversight arrangements that make it work.

"Working with the team was a pleasure. They were engaging, professional, attentive to detail and supportive, whilst successfully auditing our business case for a government grant. Their expertise gave us confidence through the process, and a trusted partner at a critical phase of our process."

Lee Owens Managing Director, Hitachi Astemo Ltd

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Innovative Financing for Station-Led Growth and Placemaking

Stations can transform places, but the business case rarely stacks up on its own. Our guide shows how public and private capital can be structured together to close funding gaps and get delivery moving.

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Steering a schools PFI through expiry for Stoke-on-Trent City Council

This was a really interesting engagement as it was the first handback exercise that we had worked on. Hence it allowed us to deliver a high quality service whilst also expanding our insights and understanding in this space.

Wayne Butcher Director, Grant Thornton

Case studies

Towns Fund: driving local growth and regeneration

The challenge

Towns and local authorities had to build evidence-based cases for £2.4bn+ Town Deal funding, reflect COVID-19 impacts, and find ways to attract private investment.

The solution

As part of the TFDP consortium, we led workshops and advice on funding, monitoring, data insight, private investment, revolving funds and procurement models.

The results

All 101 towns secured their Town Deal offers, supporting nearly 800 projects into delivery, building local capability, and sharing best practice UK-wide.

Case studies

Steering Stoke's schools PFI through expiry

The challenge

Stoke-on-Trent City Council needed to plan for its 80+ school PFI's October 2025 expiry, assess handback options, and address disputed indexation-driven cost rises.

The solution

We reviewed cash flows, built financial models for handback scenarios, unpicked Unitary Charge indexation, and validated invoice charges and interest owed.

The results

The Council entered expiry with a clear, quantified financial position, a defensible indexation explanation, and validated recovery figures across 80+ schools.

Case studies

Due diligence on £4.87m Levelling Up grant

The challenge

The council needed independent assurance that a £4.87m grant request was genuinely necessary, financially sound, and backed by a credible parent company commitment.

The solution

We ran structured due diligence across corporate context, financial performance, business plan, funding sources and subsidy control, challenging every material assumption.

The results

We gave the council an independent, evidence-led view of the risks, plus practical conditions like a parent guarantee and milestone drawdown to protect public funds.

Case studies

Helping unblock the Euston redevelopment programme

The challenge

The multi-billion-pound Euston redevelopment faced a reputation for limited action and distrust, with delivery partners needing to align behind one unified plan.

The solution

We built EDC's business case for DfT, then helped stand it up as an independent body, advising on governance, procurement, programme management and IT/HR set-up.

The results

EDC secured DfT, Cabinet and HM Treasury approval, with new governance structures aligning delivery partners and paving the way for formal contractual arrangements.

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Social Infrastructure

Our sector expertise

01 Funding and finance

02 Complex procurements

03 Major programmes

04 Due diligence and business review

05 Structuring and governance

Wayne Butcher

Innovative Financing for Station-Led Growth and Placemaking

Steering a schools PFI through expiry for Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Towns Fund: driving local growth and regeneration

Steering Stoke's schools PFI through expiry

Due diligence on £4.87m Levelling Up grant

Helping unblock the Euston redevelopment programme

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