Case Study: Derwent London achieves greater agility and faster scenario modelling with MRI Software Strategic Planning

Derwent London plc increases agility with MRI Investment Modeling

Derwent London plc is a UK REIT managing a £5 billion, 6 million sq ft portfolio of about 100 properties and 900 units in London’s West End; the FTSE 250–listed firm faced an analytics challenge after a 2007 merger doubled its portfolio. Its legacy setup used two unintegrated systems with no direct accounting link, causing inefficient data flow, limited analysis and slow scenario modelling.

Derwent London consolidated systems onto MRI Strategic Planning as its core database for asset management, budgeting, forecasting, scenario modelling and reporting. The change created a single source of truth, boosted data quality and user self-sufficiency, and reduced scenario run-times from days to hours—improving agility and supporting annual budgets and a five‑year strategic plan.

Derwent London

Jennifer Whybrow

Head of Financial Planning & Analysis