Resources

Helping MAT finance teams stay ahead

We believe in supporting MAT finance teams to deliver excellent financial management. Explore a range of resources and best practice recommendations from our team of experts, as well as current advice from MAT leaders.

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From our blog

Follow our blog for everything new and noteworthy in MAT finance – from product announcements to feature updates, user stories to MAT growth insights, let’s talk about it.

2 October 2025
Strong Forecasting
Why strong forecasting matters for Multi Academy Trusts
26 September 2025
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IMP Software Secures Investment to Accelerate Innovation and Broaden Their Unified Financial Management Platform for the Education Sector
25 September 2025
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What can a Personalised Benchmarking Report Tell you? 
28 July 2025
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From Chaos to Clarity: What a Trust-Wide Month-End Process Should Look Like
21 July 2025
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Unlocking Better MAT Decision-Making with Truly Integrated ICFP
17 July 2025
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From First Draft to Final Sign-Off: What Budget Finalisation Looks Like with IMP Planner

The MAT Finance Show

Watch all the episodes of The MAT Finance Show, our podcast dedicated to exploring the MAT finance sector.

27 March 2024
IMP - MFS - New Brand - ep 31
MAT Budgeting 101: How to achieve a cohesive approach across your schools
6 March 2024
IMP - MFS - New Brand - ep 30
Needs-based budgeting and GAG pooling - a sector update
13 December 2023
IMP - MFS - New Brand - ep 29
How we enable ICFP to be embedded
17 November 2023
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What's stopping the sector from embedding ICFP
13 October 2023
IMP - MFS - New Brand - ep 27
MAT centralisation. A guide to financial operating models
10 October 2023
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Will there ever be a time when trusts are funded directly?

IMP Events

Find out where you can meet us or book your place for one of our events.

CST 2025
Event Date | 16 October 2025
Conference
CST Annual Conference 2025
MAT Finance, Evolved: One Unified Platform for Everything
Event Date | 12 November 2025
Webinar
MAT Finance, Evolved: One Unified Platform for Everything
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Event Date | 22 October 2025
Webinar
IMP Finance: Purchasing - Product Tour
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Event Date | 14 October 2025
Webinar
IMP Planner: Product Tour
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Event Date | 18 December 2025
Webinar
IMP ICFP: Product Tour
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Event Date | 1 October 2025
Webinar
MAT Finance, Evolved: One Unified Platform for Everything (On Demand)

Case studies

MATs just like yours share their experiences with IMP Sofware and the impact we have helped them have on their trust.

Learning without Limits
MAT Size | 1 to 10 Schools
Learning without Limits Academy Trust Implements IMP ICFP for Budgeting & Curriculum Planning
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MAT Size | 11 to 20 Schools
LEO Academy Trust Eliminates Budgeting Inefficiencies with IMP Planner
Oasis Community Learning
MAT Size | 20 + Schools
Oasis Community Learning Modernises Budgeting Processes Across 54 Schools with IMP Planner
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MAT Size | 20 + Schools
How Greenshaw Learning Trust Improved Budget Oversight Across 37 Schools
IMP CC Vid
MAT Size | 500+ MATs, 5000+ Schools
At our annual event, the IMP community comes together to learn, collaborate, and shape the future.
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MAT Size | 11 to 20 Schools
Systemised Trust-led ICFP: Wensum Trust

Whitepapers

Download our latest research on the challenges facing the MAT finance sector.

The IMP MAT Finance Sector Insight Report
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Topic | GAG pooling
GAG Pooling & Centralisation in MATs
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Topic | MAT Growth
The 2030 MAT growth challenge
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Topic | MAT Growth
A growing philosophy
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Topic | GAG pooling
Pooling reserves and budget centralisation in multi-academy trusts

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