Human in the loop
Every AI suggestion requires a human to review and approve it before it affects your analysis.
Platform capabilities
Tell a compelling impact story
with clear, credible reporting
The Social Value Engine makes it easier to measure and report on social impact, and strengthens the validity of your SROI. The platform guides you through a clear, step-by-step process that supports the careful selection of outcomes and proxies, so your assessments are transparent, defensible, and grounded in recognised evidence.
AI Features
Artificial Intelligence in the Social Value Engine
AI-enabled. Human-led. Fully accredited.
The Social Value Engine pairs new AI-powered capability with the rigour of our accredited approach, helping you get to meaningful insights faster.
Your AI sidekick
Your social value sidekick
Our AI is built directly into the platform to support you at every stage, making your analysis faster and more confident.
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AI-enhanced wizard
Our AI-enhanced wizard guides you step by step through setting up your project. It analyses your description and suggests relevant outcome categories, stakeholder groups, and financial proxies, giving you a structured starting point for your analysis, grounded in your project description and saving you hours of blank-page frustration.
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AI sidekick
Alongside the wizard is our AI chatbot. Ask it anything about social value methodology, proxy selection, or SROI principles. It can also suggest what information to add next to your project, always grounded in published standards and consistent with our accredited approach.
AI Report assistance
Save time and produce social impact reports you can trust
The AI tools in our platform are designed to take some of the effort out of reporting, giving you quick wins without compromising on quality or defensibility. The fewer barriers to producing a strong report, the more likely it becomes that your work is understood and properly valued.
You can focus more time on understanding what your work is achieving, and on how to make it more effective. The AI becomes the guide while the human analyst remains the expert and authority over every figure.
- Get AI feedback on your project objective, with a suggested rewrite you can apply and edit
- Formatting and export handled automatically, with PDF in one click
AI for Social Value
AI built on ethical principles
We believe AI should support people in making better decisions, not replace human decision making. The tools in our platform are designed to work within the same Social Value Engine philosophy: everything it does is transparent, citable, and auditable.
Our approach is guided by the principles we set out in our eBook on Social Value. This includes keeping people in control of suggestions and decisions, having our AI technology help clients understand data better, building proxy sources in an open way, and encouraging human involvement at every stage.
Citable sources only
AI recommendations reference published, peer-reviewed sources only, never hallucinated figures.
SVI methodology aligned
All AI assistance stays within the Social Value International accredited framework.
Extend beyond the catalogue
When you can't find the right proxy in the library, the platform lets you search external sources and bring in values from outside the catalogue.
A Platform built to have intention
"AI should amplify the capacity of social value practitioners, not circumvent the rigour that makes SROI credible. Every AI feature we build is tested against our accreditation principles before release."
Social Value International (SVI) accredited platform
AI features reviewed by our social value methodology panel
Open-source proxy data approach, no black boxes
GDPR compliant: your data never trains our models
SROI Engine
Rigorous, guided SROI calculation
Our structured calculation engine guides you through every step of a Social Return on Investment analysis, from identifying your outcomes and selecting stakeholders through to deadweight adjustment, attribution, and displacement, producing a fully auditable SROI ratio.
- Structured SROI methodology (Social Value International)
- Guided input screens with contextual help and examples
- Automatic deflation (with the option to set these manually)
- Forecast and evaluative SROI analyses supported
- Exportable SROI report with full transparency into proxy sources and calculations
Proxy Library
650+ research-backed financial proxies
Finding defensible financial proxies is one of the hardest parts of social value measurement. Our library draws from over 100 authoritative sources, including New Economy Manchester, NHS England, Frontier Economics, ONS, and more, regularly reviewed and adjusted annually for inflation.
- Adjusted annually for inflation
- Mapped to national and international reporting frameworks
- Custom proxies can be added for your organisation
- Every proxy carries the source institution, publication date, and defined unit of measurement
Platform in action
See what the calculation looks like in practice
The Social Value Engine guides you through every step, from selecting proxies to viewing your live SROI ratio, with full transparency at each stage.
Audit-ready
Complete transparency in every report
Unlike opaque tools that produce a number without showing their working, every figure in an SVE report links directly back to the proxy, source, quantity, and adjustment that produced it. Commissioners, auditors, and funders can follow every pound.
Every figure, fully traceable
Every outcome links to its proxy, source reference, quantity, and all SROI adjustments (deadweight, attribution, displacement, drop-off) for a complete audit trail.
Downloadable SROI reports
Produce publication-ready PDF reports with all working shown. Share with commissioners, boards, funders, or the public via a permanent report link.
SVI methodology compliant
As the UK's leading Social Value International accredited SROI platform, our calculation engine follows the SVI Principles of Social Value, the globally recognised standard.
Free tool
Turn your SROI data into a visual impact story
Once you have your SROI results, the Impact Card Studio lets you generate a beautifully designed impact card from your data: a shareable visual summary for reports, bids, stakeholder communications, social media, and beyond. Free to use.
Try Impact Card Studio
impactcardstudio.com
Included free
Expert training & support included
Every subscription includes free access to training materials, weekly live training sessions, and ongoing support from our social value specialists.
Introduction to Social Value and SROI
Using the Social Value Engine platform
Selecting and applying financial proxies
Stakeholder engagement and survey tools
Producing and publishing SROI reports
Presenting social value to commissioners
"The Social Value Engine has transformed how we evidence the difference we make to communities across East Riding. It gives us the rigour we need to stand behind our numbers."
250+
Organisations
650+
Financial Proxies
SVI
Accredited Platform
Public sector procurement
G-Cloud 14 listed
Procure SVE directly through the Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 14 framework. No lengthy tender process required for public bodies.
Proven in practice
See SVE in action
Economic Development
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
A decade of positive difference — measuring community impact across diverse local programmes.
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NHS & Social Care
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Quantifying the wider social and wellbeing value of NHS capital programmes.
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VCSE
Devon Communities Together
Credible SROI evidence across a broad portfolio of rural community projects.
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Knowledge Hub
Understand the methodology behind the platform
Expert-led services
Consultancy & Support
Beyond the platform, our team of social value specialists is available to work alongside you — from scoping your first analysis to conducting in-depth quality assurance on complex SROI assessments.
Ready to get started?
Book a free demo and we'll walk you through the platform, discuss your specific social value needs, and help you find the right plan for your organisation.
