Everything connected. Nothing duplicated.
One unified database
Every budget, every forecast, every report - all drawn from a single source of truth. No more swapping between spreadsheets, chasing updated files, or questioning whether your numbers are current. Every figure is live, accurate, and agreed.
Accurate pay awards and backpay modelling
Pay awards are rarely approved when they’re due. Most systems can’t account for this - leaving finance teams to either accept variances during reconciliations or implement manual workarounds. The Centari system models pay awards as they actually happen, calculates backpay automatically, keeping payroll reconciliation & forecasts accurate throughout.
Real-time dashboard and automated BFR
Your Budget Forecast Return, always ready. Live dashboards give you an up-to-date picture of financial health across the whole trust. No manual compilation, no formatting time. When it's time to submit, the hard work is already done.
Set once. Applied everywhere.
Centralised assumptions. No mismatches, trust-wide.
Pay scales, employer pension contributions, energy costs – all assumptions are set once by the central finance team and applied consistently across every school. Individual schools cannot override them, so when you consolidate, the numbers always stack up cleanly.
Finance system integration
Seamlessly connect with your finance system. Keep your forecasts aligned with your latest financial data and move budgets between systems. No re-keying. No import headaches.
Easy onboarding. No unnecessary bolt-ons.
Getting started shouldn't feel like a project in itself. We'll guide your team through setup, import your existing data, and have you up and running quickly - with training that's practical, not overwhelming. No hidden extras, no modules you didn't ask for.
Our support team knows school finance, knows the system, and knows your time is short. Whether it's a quick question or something more complex, we're there to resolve it (not to send you back to a help article).
Join our early access group and help shape a budgeting tool that truly works for MAT finance.
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