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Proval
Vantage

Development appraisal software for social housing

ProVal turns scheme assumptions into board-ready numbers, before capital is committed.

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What is Proval Vatange?

ProVal Vantage is the new generation of ProVal, SDS's development appraisal software. Social housing providers use ProVal to model scheme viability, cashflow and risk before committing capital, and Vantage rebuilds it on new technology. It ships on Nova Suite, working alongside Sequel to take a scheme from appraisal to delivery.
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Board-Ready Numbers

Get board-ready appraisal numbers without rebuilding models by hand.

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Stress-Test Viability

Stress-test viability against grant, cost, and sales assumptions before committing.

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Faster Appraisals

Re-run appraisals in a fraction of the time when an assumption moves.

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Consistent Methodology

Standardise appraisal methodology across every scheme and every team

What can ProVal do for you?

All-in-one appraisal
Models scheme viability, cashflow, and risk in one appraisal

Viability, cashflow and risk in a single model, instead of separate spreadsheets reconciled by hand.

long-term forecasting
Runs sensitivity and scenario analysis against key assumptions

Stress-test a scheme against changes in grant, cost or sales price, and see exactly where the viability threshold sits.

Board-ready outputs
Produces consistent, board-ready outputs for governance sign-off

The same standard of output every time, so a board reviewing several schemes in one sitting compares like with like.

Sequel integration
Carries an approved scheme into Sequel

The scheme's numbers become Sequel's baseline, so delivery starts from the plan that was signed off.

long-term forecasting
Projects cashflow up to 100 years ahead

Model long-term financial performance, not just the development phase, for schemes whose viability case runs decades.

Who’s it for?
Development and finance teams at Registered Providers and Local Authorities appraising new schemes, from a handful of units to programme scale, and the consultants who appraise alongside them.
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“We use ProVal and Sequel for appraisals and project management, and the level of detail they provide allows us to see a true picture of our future development plans.”

— Audrey Gaffney, Growth Manager, Cobalt Housing
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"From a finance perspective, our success has been the ability to double the number of projects we support without increasing staff resources."

 — Simon Theobald, Head of Finance, LB Hackney Council

FAQs

What's the difference between ProVal and a generic appraisal spreadsheet? ProVal is purpose-built for social and affordable housing: viability, cashflow and risk modelling structured around the sector's scheme types, grant funding and sales assumptions. It also standardises methodology across a team, so every scheme produces comparable, defensible numbers rather than one officer's spreadsheet.
Can ProVal model grant and subsidy scenarios? Yes. Grant and subsidy assumptions are built into the appraisal, so a team can test how different funding scenarios and grant rates affect viability before committing.
How does ProVal connect to Sequel once a scheme is approved? An approved scheme's appraisal numbers carry into Sequel as the baseline budget and milestones the scheme is then managed against.
What's the difference between ProVal Vantage and ProVal LS? Vantage is ProVal rebuilt on new cloud based technology: the same calculations and methodology, delivered in the browser on Nova Suite. 
Is ProVal built specifically for social and affordable housing? Yes. It reflects the funding structures, grant regimes and reporting requirements that generic development appraisal software doesn't account for, and it's used wherever schemes carry affordable tenures, by providers, councils and their consultants.
See a scheme go from assumptions to board-ready
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