Case Study: Lion Academy Trust saves £500,000 a year and goes 100% digital with IRIS Financials from IRIS Software Group

Lion Academy Trust saves half a million pounds using IRIS Financials

Lion Academy Trust was struggling with paper‑heavy, inconsistent finance processes, high staff turnover and long delays for simple tasks after a poorly adopted system. To digitise and standardise procurement and finance workflows they adopted IRIS Software Group’s IRIS Financials to replace manual approvals and disparate school practices.

IRIS Software Group implemented IRIS Financials’ cloud platform with structured approvals, audit trails, 2‑factor authentication, an online purchasing portal, intracompany banking and single‑database reporting. The Trust is now 100% digital with remote audits, one of the top six multi‑academy trusts for on‑time payments, and has saved around £500,000 a year while reclaiming weeks or months of admin time and centralising finance operations.

Lion Academy Trust

David Bond

Chief Financial & Operations Officer