Impact

What Impact does

Impact Reporting (legal entity Impact Social Value Reporting Ltd.) is a UK-headquartered SaaS company, founded in 2013 in Hull, England, that provides a cloud-based platform for organisations to capture, calculate, and communicate social and environmental impact. The platform is built on a PHP backend with WordPress content management, hosted on AWS EU-West-2 (London) infrastructure, and exposes an Open API for data import/export. Core functionality supports framework-agnostic social value reporting across the UK Social Value Model, TOMs, SDGs, WELLBY, GRI Standards, SROI, and the proprietary MeasureUp valuation framework, with an AI-powered Local Needs Analysis feature that synthesises publicly available UK datasets (ONS, Indices of Multiple Deprivation). The product architecture consists of a core platform with tiered subscriptions (Bronze from £625/month, Silver, Gold, and bespoke Diamond) plus add-on modules including Bid+ for public sector bidders, Procure+ for government procurement teams, and Impact Portfolio Tracking for PE/VC impact investors, alongside vertical-specific solutions for housing, environmental/waste/facilities, and professional services sectors.

The company operates a direct enterprise SaaS sales motion with discovery calls, personalised demos, and a dedicated in-house social value consultancy offering priced on application. Revenue is generated through tiered recurring subscriptions, add-on modules, and professional services, with up to 40% discounts available for charity and third-sector customers. It serves UK and international purpose-driven enterprises (housing associations such as Places for People, construction firms including GRAHAM, Keepmoat, Hill Group, and NG Bailey, professional services firms such as DWF and DXC Technology), local authorities (Flintshire County Council, Wrexham), and impact investors. The company also publishes MeasureUp, a free, openly accessible valuation framework grounded in the UK Treasury's Green Book, co-developed with State of Life. Impact remains privately held and bootstrapped, with no disclosed external funding rounds, approximately ten employees, and leadership consisting of co-founders Matt Haworth and Ed Cox alongside Managing Director Ben White and functional heads covering sales, engineering, impact practice, and technical account management.

Name

Impact

Legal name

Impact Social Value Reporting Ltd.

Website

https://impactreporting.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Impact Reporting is a UK-based SaaS platform that enables organisations to capture, calculate, and communicate social and environmental impact across multiple frameworks. It serves purpose-driven enterprises, public sector bodies, and impact investors through tiered subscriptions, modular add-ons, and consulting services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription - Core Platform: Tiered monthly/annual subscription model for the Impact social value reporting platform. Tiers include Bronze (starting at £625/month), Silver, Gold, and bespoke Diamond enterprise packages. All tiers include end-to-end onboarding. Charity and third sector organisations eligible for up to 40% discount.
2. SaaS Subscription - Bid+/Procure+ Add-on: Bid+ (for organisations bidding for public work) and Procure+ (for government procurement teams) available as additional-cost add-ons to core platform tiers. Platinum tier includes up to 5 live/archived bids or tenders; Diamond tier includes unlimited.
3. Professional Services - Consultancy: Social value consultancy and onboarding provided in-house by consulting team, charged as POA (price on application) add-on. Additional services include economist support and advanced training (POA).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Impact is a cloud-based SaaS platform that enables organisations to capture, calculate and communicate their social value, ESG and sustainability impact across any framework. It is sold via tiered subscriptions (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond/Bespoke) with optional Bid+ and Procure+ modules for public sector bidding and procurement, Impact Portfolio Tracking for impact investors, and Social Value Consultancy services.

Product overview

Impact Reporting is a cloud-based SaaS platform that helps organisations capture, monitor, and report their social and environmental impact. The offering is structured as a platform-plus-modules architecture built around a core Impact platform with tiered pricing plans (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Bespoke). The platform integrates several key modules including Social Value Reporting, ESG & Sustainability Reporting, Surveys, and the Open API. Optional add-on modules include Impact Bid+ for public sector bidding and Impact Procure+ for government procurement teams. The platform also offers sector-specific solutions for Housing & Property, Environmental/Waste/Facilities, and Professional Services/Legal. A complementary free tool called MeasureUp provides a social valuation framework grounded in the UK Treasury's Green Book. Impact Portfolio Tracking serves private equity impact investors. Social Value Consultancy services are available as professional services support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MeasureUp: A free, evidence-led framework for valuing social and environmental impact, built by practitioners for practitioners, grounded in the UK Treasury's Green Book.

Products and services

• Impact Reporting Platform Cloud-based SaaS platform that helps organisations capture, monitor and report their social and environmental impact. Provides a single source of truth for all social value data with framework flexibility (Social Value Model, SDGs, TOMs, WELLBY, MeasureUp, SROI, GRI Standards), real-time dashboards, automated calculations, beneficiary surveys, evidence tracking, and an Open API. Sold via tiered subscriptions (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond/Bespoke) with end-to-end onboarding.
• Impact Bid+ Module designed for organisations bidding for UK public work. Enables users to quantify outcomes, evidence impact in real time, pull together social value bid responses in under 30 minutes (per customer Keepmoat), and convert won bids into projects with measurable performance indicators linked to predefined themes.
• Impact Procure+ Module designed for government procurement teams managing tenders. Simplifies supplier selection and tendering processes, enables compliance with social value frameworks and standards, and delivers taxpayer value through streamlined procurement with real-time dashboards for commissioners.
• Impact Portfolio Tracking Impact investment portfolio tracker for private equity and venture capital managers. Shows what is working, what is not and where to invest for maximum impact, comparing investments side by side or as a whole portfolio, and tracking social and environmental outcomes alongside financial returns. Compatible with SDGs, GRI Standards and custom frameworks.
• MeasureUp Free, openly transparent, evidence-led social and environmental valuation framework co-developed with State of Life and grounded in the UK Treasury's Green Book. Includes wellbeing-aligned values and tiered valuation levels (Bronze to Gold+), aligned with Social Value Model, SDGs and ONS Wellbeing Framework. Pre-populated within Impact software and accessible standalone at measure-up.org.
• Social Value Consultancy Expert consultancy services covering social value strategy, white label services for consultancies, onboarding and advanced training. Provided in-house by Impact's consulting team (including Senior Economist Kubra Hoke) and charged as a price-on-application add-on.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 80% reduction in reporting time through smart data capture and single source of truth
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability6 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PRDcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024PRD is listed as a trusted partner of Impact Reporting, collaborating on social value and impact measurement initiatives.
• State of LifecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024State of Life co-developed MeasureUp with Impact Reporting, contributing to the free valuation framework launched in 2024.
• Social Value BusinessminorOthersSocial Value Business is listed as a trusted partner helping Impact Reporting deliver social value solutions.
• Chy ConsultancyminorOthersChy Consultancy is listed as a trusted partner of Impact Reporting.
• Sonar EngagementminorOthersSonar Engagement is listed as a trusted partner contributing to Impact Reporting's ecosystem.
• Kearland CominorOthersKearland Co is listed as a trusted partner of Impact Reporting.
• Cyd InnovationminorOthersCyd Innovation is listed as a trusted partner of Impact Reporting.
• ActionFunderminorOthersActionFunder is listed as a trusted partner contributing to Impact Reporting's social value ecosystem.
• Litmus SustainabilityminorOthersLitmus Sustainability is listed as a trusted partner of Impact Reporting.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS EU-West-2 (London) provides cloud hosting infrastructure for the Impact platform. All client data is securely stored in AWS data centres located in the UK.
• Institute for Social ValueminorOthersImpact Reporting holds membership with the Institute for Social Value, demonstrating commitment to the social value sector.
• Social Value InternationalminorOthersImpact Reporting holds membership with Social Value International. Catherine Manning serves as a trustee at Social Value International.
• Better Business NetworkminorOthersImpact Reporting holds membership with Better Business Network.
• Supply Chain Sustainability SchoolminorOthersImpact Reporting is a partner member of the Supply Chain Sustainability School, participating in the Social Value Group.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Social Value Portal: UK-based SaaS for social value reporting and procurement, aligned to the UK Social Value Model and TOMs. Closest direct competitor to Impact's core platform, serving local authorities, housing associations, and contractors with social value measurement and tender evaluation tools.
• HACT: UK housing sector data and impact-measurement organisation providing benchmarking, value-look-up data, and impact tools for housing associations. Competes with Impact in the housing association and place-based social value measurement space, particularly against Impact's housing sector vertical solution.

Broad incumbents

• Watershed: US-based carbon accounting and ESG reporting SaaS platform serving enterprise customers. Comparable to Impact's ESG & Sustainability module but at much larger scale, broader geography, and with significantly more capital — represents the type of incumbent Impact would compete against for enterprise ESG deals.
• Persefoni: Climate management and accounting platform (Climate Management & Accounting Platform) for enterprises and financial institutions. Comparable as a well-capitalised SaaS adjacent to Impact's ESG module, with deep Scope 1/2/3 reporting functionality that overlaps with Impact's sustainability offering.
• Novata: ESG data management platform backed by S&P Global, serving private equity and private market investors. Overlaps directly with Impact's Impact Portfolio Tracking module for PE/VC, and serves as the type of well-funded incumbent Impact competes against for impact-investor software budgets.
• Workiva: Public, US-listed platform for ESG, sustainability, audit and financial reporting. Comparable as a broad incumbent that enterprises evaluate alongside Impact for integrated ESG and non-financial reporting, especially for GRI/SDGs-aligned disclosure.
• Sphera: Enterprise ESG, EHS and product stewardship software suite owned by Blackstone. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering overlapping capabilities in ESG data management, Scope 3 carbon reporting and supply chain sustainability — relevant to Impact's construction and facilities management customers.
• Salesforce Net Zero Cloud: Salesforce's sustainability cloud for carbon accounting and ESG data on the Salesforce platform. Comparable to Impact's ESG module as a broad incumbent that enterprises with existing Salesforce stacks evaluate alongside purpose-built social value platforms like Impact.

Emerging players

• Normative: Sweden-based carbon accounting SaaS targeting mid-market companies. Comparable to Impact's ESG & Sustainability module but with a narrower carbon focus; represents the type of well-funded European challenger expanding into UK social value and ESG reporting.
• FigBytes: Sustainability and ESG software platform for mid-market and enterprise, covering carbon, DEI, and social impact reporting. Comparable to Impact's ESG and Social Value Reporting modules with overlapping framework support (SDGs, GRI), positioned as a multi-vertical competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/captureimpact
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ImpactReporting

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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