Case Study: Beckfoot Trust streamlines multi-school finance with IRIS Financials

Beckfoot Trust love IRIS Financials' user-friendly interface

Beckfoot Trust, a ten-school trust based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, needed a financial management system that could support its transition from a single school to a multi-academy trust. Its existing software could not handle a multi-site model or keep all school sites aligned as the trust expanded, so it turned to IRIS Software Group and IRIS Financials.

IRIS Software Group implemented IRIS Financials across all ten schools, giving Beckfoot Trust a central finance view while still allowing local school teams access where needed. The trust later moved IRIS Financials to the cloud, improving support for remote working and making everyday tasks easier and more user-friendly. The result was a smoother, more flexible finance operation, with the customer describing the rollout as straightforward and seamless, though no specific quantitative impact was provided.

Beckfoot Trust

Lisa Grimshaw

Trust Finance Officer