Helping you navigate complex frameworks
Public sector finance requires specialist knowledge. Global City Futures provides expert technical accounting advice to help clients navigate the complex financial frameworks that underpin government, third sector, and major infrastructure projects. Our expertise ensures that projects are structured to achieve financial sustainability, regulatory compliance, and long-term resilience.
We work with local authorities, government departments, arm’s-length bodies, higher education institutions, and delivery partners, to provide clarity and confidence on the most challenging aspects of public sector accounting.
Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits (CDEL)
Capital funding is tightly governed, with specific rules that dictate how resources can be allocated and reported. We help you:
- Structure projects in line with HM Treasury guidance.
- Unlock capital funding opportunities without breaching accounting boundaries.
- Demonstrate compliance to auditors, regulators, and oversight bodies.
Resource Departmental Expenditure Limits (RDEL)
Effective resource account budgeting is critical for project approval and sustainability. We provide:
- Expert interpretation of RDEL rules to ensure compliant resourcing.
- Financial modelling to evidence affordability and value for money.
- Advice on managing resource spend in line with programme objectives.
Special Purpose Unit (SPU) Structuring
The creation of delivery vehicles requires careful consideration of accounting treatment, tax implications, and long-term operational sustainability. We support clients by:
- Designing SPUs that are appropriate and provide the most practical solution.
- Ensuring alignment with procurement and subsidy control regulations.
- Building structures that provide transparency, accountability, and resilience.
Why Choose Global City Futures?
Our team combines technical knowledge of government accounting with practical experience in public finance management and delivery. We are trusted advisors to clients delivering major regeneration, housing, and infrastructure programmes, where financial structuring can determine the success or failure of an initiative.
We bridge the gap between public sector rules, private sector delivery, and complex partnership models to ensure projects are financially robust.
Case Studies
Financial Advisor to East Kent NHS Trust
Finance and Professional Services
Providing financial services to East Kent NHS Trust to assist in a capital redevelopment programme with a clear net zero carbon target
New sustainable hub West Exe Park
Business Case Development
Global City Futures appointed as Financial Advisors to develop a new sustainable community with business and transport hub
North Bristol NHS Trust Key Worker Housing
Business Case Development
A multi-million-pound capital redevelopment programme to include the development of ground-breaking, reduced carbon accommodation for up to 300 key workers
