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
White paper lead ‘delivering NHS homes’
Technical Accounting Advice
Global City Futures have co-authored the White Paper ‘A People Driven Approach; Delivering NHS Homes’
Torbay NHS Trust
Technical Accounting Advice
GCF is appointed as commercial and financial advisors for the Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust’s infrastructure programme
Subsidy Control Advice and Levelling Up Funding
Technical Accounting Advice
Global City Futures are thrilled to be commissioned by Swindon Borough Council to assist on two Levelling Up Fund round 2 applications, as well as providing specialist advice on subsidy control
