Cost and budget

What are projects costing us against what we planned?

30 of 90 projects excluded — no budget set
35 of 90 projects excluded — no budget set
Denominator is projects with a budget set (115) — 40 projects have none and are excluded, not counted as within budget

Cost by category — budget, seven category steps, actual

◻ EPMS
Only Labour sits inside the declared base (£27m); the dashed steps — 49% of recorded cost — are outside it and are excluded from every band above. Hover a step for its top five projects. Click a category below to cross-filter.

Cost variance by project

◻ EPMS
65 of 180 projects excluded — no budget setSorted by variance · every bar drills through

The cost of scope change — additional hours by month, split by change kind

◻ EPMS
2,585 additional hours · 35 projects affected · 35 change events recorded on 35 projects · this is the record Platform 1 captures, and the first time it becomes a number
As at 2026-08-12 · EPMS refreshed 2026-08-12 05:40 UTC · CRM refreshed 2026-08-12 04:05 UTC · GBP, period-average rates
  1. Tab order:
  2. 1. Cost basis note
  3. 2. Cost against budget — in delivery
  4. 3. Cost against budget — closed
  5. 4. Projects over budget, of those with a budget set
  6. 5. Cost by category — waterfall
  7. 6. Cost variance by project
  8. 7. The cost of scope change