Build on a modern payments system whatever LGR brings

The September 2026 pause on Local Government Reorganisation gives councils room to sort out income management properly. Migrate on your timeline, consolidate your data, and manage your income through one unified Income Management System.

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Local Gov IMS dashboard and reports screen

Reorganisation has paused. The need to do things differently hasn't.

With decisions withdrawn and vesting dates no longer fixed, the pressure that held improvement work back has lifted. While the structures reorganisation built are still standing. You now have the space to:

Migrate away from your legacy system on your terms

Navigate vendor contracts on different timelines

Unify systems and data across payments and income management

Work together across council boundaries using LGR structures

Local Gov IMS supports you to transform, if you're impacted by LGR or not.

Council finance team collaborating

One platform for all payments

Once migrated, all your income data lives in a single system. One set of reports. One reconciliation process. One audit trail across the whole authority.

Migrate incrementally

Local Gov IMS supports phased migration —Move one predecessor authority at a time, on your timeline, with full support throughout. 

Your data, consolidated and accessible

Direct access to all your income data from day one. Power BI connected. Flexible reporting built in. 

A defensible procurement decision

Local Gov IMS is enterprise open source, originated as an MHCLG-funded Local Digital Fund project. Transparent code, auditable, commercially supported. 

The risk isn't switching. It's switching too late.

Reorganisation absorbed the capacity improvement work needed with a huge scope, hard decisions, difficult sign-offs, all against a fixed date. With that pressure lifted, there's space to make the technology decision properly rather than squeeze it around a vesting day.

12+ months before renewal

This is when technology decisions should be made. Internal approvals, procurement, and planning all take longer than expected.

6 months before renewal

If you haven't started exploring options by now, you are likely carrying legacy systems into future, with all the cost and risk that brings.

A conversation now costs nothing

Even if your reorganisation timeline is years away, understanding your options early gives you more control over the outcome.

Your Local Gov IMS at a Glance

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Local Gov IMS — Suspense transactions awaiting allocation Local Gov IMS — Transfer screen for moving funds between accounts Local Gov IMS — Transactions view showing payments and refunds

Know where your money is

Live transaction tracking, meaningful transaction references, and real-time income visibility. Know your income position at any moment, not the day after.

Suspense management that works

Smart suspense with tools for allocating payments, managing rules. This means fewer suspense records, and cleaner audit trails.

Make it easy to get paid

Citizens pay how they want, across online, phone, or in person, integrated into Local Gov IMS. A seamless payment experience that reduces queries and keeps things moving. 

Save money

With enterprise open source there's no licence fees for intellectual property and lower costs than legacy vendors. 

Reporting as you need it

Flexible in product reporting dashboards. Intuitive transaction list with multiple filtering options and rapid wildcard narrative search.

Community extensions

When a feature is built for one council, every council benefits. Your priorities shape the product for everyone.

Getting started is simple

Every council's position after the pause is different. We start by understanding yours.

 

Council professional at a Local Gov IMS workshop

01

We talk about your situation

Your reorganisation timeline, your current systems, your constraints.

02

We map your options

What migration looks like for your specific authority — phased or full, and what the realistic timeline is.

03

You take it to your team

We give you what you need to make the case internally. Clear, defensible, no pressure.

04

We're at your side throughout

From procurement through implementation and beyond. Full managed service.

Reorganisation paused? Let's talk.

A short conversation about your specific situation and timeline so we can give you clarity on what's possible. Or just drop us an email if you prefer.

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