We're building the tool councils have been trying to build themselves.
Why We Started
Oxfordshire County Council spent 18 months, a dedicated business analyst, and significant internal resource trying to get a dashboard that showed members where their £288m in S106 funds was. When their scrutiny committee met in November 2025, they were told the dashboard “was not yet available.”
That's one council. Across England, £9 billion sits unspent. Cheshire East got a “No Assurance” audit rating. Essex returned £5.4m to developers. Hillingdon publicly stated it “does not have the resources” to check its own obligations.
The problem is well-documented and unsolved. Council Compass exists to change that — not with another compliance ledger, but with the operational visibility to get funds moving and the transparency to show residents what's being delivered.
What We Believe
The buyer should be a leader, not just an officer.
The real decision-maker is the council leader who faces consequences when money goes back to developers. If the tool doesn’t help them deliver for residents, it’s solving the wrong problem.
The job is spending, not tracking.
Existing tools record what came in and what went out. The question councils actually wrestle with is: which funds can legally be spent on which projects, and by when?
Cross-council intelligence changes the value.
Every current tool silos data per council. A platform that benchmarks across authorities creates value no single-council system can match.
The Team
Irene Omaswa
Co-founder
[Bio — to be written by Irene]
Gianluca Boni
Co-founder
[Bio — to be written by Gianluca]