Why most budgets go off track by Q2

Budgets don't fail in the boardroom, they fail in January.

Most budgets are signed off once a year, but the spending happens through hundreds of purchase and payment approvals after that. If those approvals aren’t checked against the budget, spending drifts away from the plan.

So before you lock in your 2027 budget, join David Tuck (Mayday), Sam Newton (Gravitate Accounting), Andrew Griffiths (HFL Education) and Alex Keselman (ApprovalMax). This session will cover the points where spending most often goes off budget, and the checks finance teams use to catch it early.

What you'll take away

Where budgets leak after sign-off, and how to close each gap
How to keep budget-versus-actual accurate across multiple entities
How to enforce the budget at the point of approval, not at month-end

Who should attend:

Finance leads, FDs and controllers at growing and multi-entity UK and European businesses on Xero and QuickBooks Online, plus the accountants and outsourced FDs who support them.