Business Cases, Impact Evaluation & Social Value

Start with the counterfactual

Impact is measured against a credible alternative rather than against zero. We distinguish activity that would occur anyway from incremental effects attributable to the project, program or policy and make those attribution choices explicit.

Connect costs, benefits and system-wide effects

Analysis can combine project costs, timing and risks with economic contribution, fiscal impacts, distributional effects, service-system changes and other outcomes in a consistent evidence framework.

Measure social value at the person level

Where relevant, social-value analysis connects modelled outcomes to changes in health, housing, security, opportunity, participation and wellbeing. Effects are assessed alongside economic and fiscal outcomes rather than as a disconnected score.

Test what the decision depends on

Sensitivity and scenario analysis show how results change with cost, timing, uptake, demand, financing or economic conditions, helping distinguish robust findings from those dependent on narrow assumptions.