Case Study: St Stithians College achieves faster, more accurate budgeting and empowered operations with IDU's idu-Concept

ST Stithians College gives IDU an A+

St Stithians College, a large independent school in Johannesburg with over 2,600 pupils and a 100‑hectare campus, faced fragmented budgeting across education, sporting, catering and residential operations. Reliance on single‑custodian Excel spreadsheets meant repeated manual maintenance, validation and consolidation, creating risk and consuming finance team time. To address this, St Stithians engaged IDU and implemented IDU’s budgeting and reporting solution (idu‑Concept/IDU online budgeting).

IDU delivered a real‑time, integrated budgeting, forecasting and reporting environment with user‑friendly capture screens, automatic roll‑up and direct manager input, removing the need for spreadsheet aggregation. The IDU solution reduced manual intervention and error risk, accelerated budget turnaround (moving processes from months toward weeks), freed finance to analyse and advise operations, and delivered immediate returns after the first budget cycle in IDU.

St Stithians College

Johnny Smith

Head of Finance