Audit-Ready SECR Reporting for Multi-Academy Trusts.
Don’t spend weeks on manual spreadsheets or thousands on consultants. Generate your ESFA-compliant energy and carbon report in minutes for a flat fee of £199/year per school, capped at £2,000/year for larger school trusts.
Is your Trust meeting its statutory obligations?
If your Multi-Academy Trust has over 250 employees or a gross income over £36m, Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) is no longer optional. It must be included in your Annual Report and Accounts.
We understand, it can be painful…
Chasing multiple school sites for meter readings.
Calculating complex "intensity ratios" per pupil.
Fearing "Greenwashing" or audit failures.
Budget pressure from expensive sustainability consultants.
From your bookkeeping file to your Trustees’ Report in 3 easy steps.
Automatically measure your emissions and get your audit-ready SECR report. All from your Xero or a simple csv file upload.
Step 1: Connect
Securely link your Trust’s accounting software (Xero, csv upload; Sage, Quickbooks coming soon)
Step 2: Automate
Our AI-platform identifies energy spend across all sites and automatically applies the 2026 UK Government GHG Conversion Factors.
Step 3: Report
Download your SECR tables, intensity ratios, and narrative descriptions, formatted exactly as the ESFA requires.
Why Choose Certified Carbon?
We understand schools and academies
“Per pupil metric”: Calculate your carbon intensity ratio based on pupil numbers, the gold standard for educational benchmarking.
Multi-site aggregation: manage 5 or 50 schools from one central dashboard. See which sites are your "carbon hotspots."
Audit-ready narrative: Guidance for providing the mandated text describing your "Principal Energy Efficiency Measures" for the year.
PPN 06/21 Readiness. If your Trust is bidding for large government contracts or capital grants, we provide the Carbon Reduction Plan required by law.
No manual spreadsheets
Connect your Xero account once. We automatically pull your financial data, eliminating manual spreadsheets and keeping your emissions data current. Real-time accuracy, zero effort.
Certified & Audit Ready Reports
Generate professional SECR audit-ready in minutes.
The simple, affordable path to SECR reporting in the education sector.
- Xero sync up to 10,000 transactions
- Full footprint analysis
- Supplier engagement tools
- Reduction Action Plan
- PDF report download
- Audit-ready SECR report
- Everything in Footprint
- SBTi target pathway
- 6-step certification roadmap
- Net Zero Accreditation Pack
- Accredited Certificate & Badges
- Xero sync up to 60,000 transactions
- Multi-client management
- White-label branding
- Custom reporting
- Priority ESG support
- API Access
7-day free trial. No credit card required to start.
Frequently Asked Questions
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It can be difficult to know how to start, but we believe that ‘perfect shouldn’t get in the way of good’. It’s better to create an estimate of your carbon footprint now, and start to reduce and offset your carbon footprint today, instead of waiting for tomorrow.
You can start a free 7 day trial of our platform at app.certifiedcarbon.com
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There are lots of online tools and data sets to help you create an estimate of your carbon footprint.
Our online platform lets you connect to Xero or upload finance transactions to create an AI-powered carbon footprint calculation in just a few minutes.
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Certified Carbon offers a walk-through SECR report builder for a flat fee of £199. This includes full carbon footprinting and audit-ready documentation.
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Our platform enables Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) to aggregate energy spend across multiple sites, automatically applying UK conversion factors to produce a consolidated Trustees' Report.
You can create individual analysis for each school, or consolidate in with a single report - its up to you.
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Carbon net zero: you have undertaken actions to ensure your carbon footprint is zero. Our platform enables you to become net-zero accreditation.
Carbon neutral: you have fully offset your carbon footprint by purchasing carbon credits.
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Only if they meet the "Large" criteria, but many report voluntarily for ESG transparency.
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Yes, the GHG Protocol recognises spend-based methodology as a valid approach for SECR, especially for Scope 2 and 3.
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Yes, our platform is built for central finance teams. Contact us to get set up for multiple academies.
Carbon measurement and net zero accreditation an be confusing landscape to navigate.
Don’t worry.
If you have a question, or would like to contact us, please send an email and one of our environmental experts will aim to get back to you on the same day.
Have a question?
Email: contact@certifiedcarbon.com