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.

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What is Budget-Led Finance, and what are the benefits for your MAT?
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Five takeaways from the CST Finance and Operations Conference
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Best Practices for Building Smarter Budget Assumptions for MATs: Data-Driven, Flexible, and Future-Proof 
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Why Early Curriculum Planning is the Key to Effective Budgeting 
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Strong finish to another exceptional milestone year for IMP Software
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IMP Software: A Certified Great Place To Work (again!)

The MAT Finance Show

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

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MAT Budgeting 101: How to achieve a cohesive approach across your schools
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Needs-based budgeting and GAG pooling - a sector update
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How we enable ICFP to be embedded
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What's stopping the sector from embedding ICFP
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MAT centralisation. A guide to financial operating models
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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.

MATPN North
Event Date | 4 March 2025
Conference
MATPN North
ISBL
Event Date | 26 February 2025
Conference
ISBL - Financial Planning & Budget Setting Conference
SRM Summit 2025
Event Date | 5 February 2025
Conference
SRM Summit
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Event Date | 6 March 2025
Webinar
Unveiling IMP Finance! A Smarter Approach to Purchasing and Accounting
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Event Date | 10 April 2025
Webinar
MAT Budgeting 101: How to achieve a cohesive approach across your schools
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Multiple Dates Available
Webinar
Budget-Led Finance: The Future of MAT Financial Management is Coming (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.

Learners Trust - Case Study
MAT Size | 11 to 20 Schools
Revolutionising Financial Oversight: LEARNERs’ Trust’s Budgeting Transformation with IMP Planner
Broad Leaf
MAT Size | 1 to 10 Schools
Broadleaf Partnership Trust on How IMP Software Transformed Efficiency and Simplified Financial Management
Vic Trust
MAT Size | 1 to 10 Schools
Leveraging IMP Software for Strategic Financial Management
ALP - Case Study
MAT Size | 20 + Schools
ALP Enhances Financial Planning with IMP Software, Driving Efficiency and Transparency Across 22 Schools
Meridian Trust
MAT Size | 20 + Schools
Meridian Trust Optimises Budgeting and Reforecasting, Saving Time with IMP Planner
Leodis Academies Trust
MAT Size | 1 to 10 Schools
How IMP ICFP Transformed Staffing and Resource Planning at Leodis Academies 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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Pooling reserves and budget centralisation in multi-academy trusts

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