Case Study: The Fairtrade Foundation improves reporting and fund management with PS Financials

The Fairtrade Foundation - Customer Case Study

The Fairtrade Foundation, the UK non-profit that licenses the FAIRTRADE Mark, was experiencing rapid growth and needed a finance system that could keep pace. Its existing setup could not handle multiple currencies or restricted funds, forcing important grant-managed balances worth £5 million into spreadsheets. PS Financials was selected to provide a more flexible accounting solution with the customization and broader functionality the organization required.

PS Financials implemented a system that delivered multi-currency support, strong restricted fund management, unlimited budgets, and easier importing/exporting of data from other systems such as banking and CRM platforms. The Fairtrade Foundation gained real-time reporting, faster board and trustee reports, accurate drill-down analysis, and the ability to produce complex reports across multiple years and periods directly from the system. As a result, reporting became far quicker and more reliable, and the finance team could manage change and growth much more effectively with PS Financials.

The Fairtrade Foundation

Tim Gutteridge

Chief Operating Officer