Investment Approval Committee — Overview

Proposals ranked by committee score. Scores reflect financial return (payback, NPV, ROI, ROIU) only; committee should overlay strategic and operational judgement.

Total Proposals
10
Total CapEx (non-rejected)
£1.85M
Portfolio NPV
£2.91M
Recommend Approval
8
Portfolio by Category
CategoryCountTotal CapExAvg ScoreScore Profile
IT Software Renewal 3 £125,000 53.3
New Property Lease 2 £305,000 100.0
Property Refit 2 £1.12M 80.0
Wildlife Monitoring Equipment 3 £294,000 100.0
Ranked Proposals — Committee Pack
Rank Proposal Category CapEx Payback ROI NPV ROIU Score Recommendation Urgency
1 Acoustic Bat Monitoring Array – Dorset Survey Portfolio
Dr. Sarah Okonkwo · EMEA – UK South
 Wildlife Monitoring Equipment £58,000 1.09 yrs 544.5% £220,020 92.1%
100
Recommend Approval High
2 Drone Fleet Upgrade – BVLOS Bird Survey Capability
James Whitfield · EMEA – UK North
 Wildlife Monitoring Equipment £94,000 1.61 yrs 273.4% £176,438 62.2%
100
Recommend Approval Medium
3 Hydrophone Array – Cetacean Monitoring (Atlantic Canada)
Priya Mehta · Americas – Canada East
 Wildlife Monitoring Equipment £142,000 1.38 yrs 480.3% £438,836 72.5%
100
Recommend Approval Critical
4 New Brisbane Office Lease – 800 sqm – 120 Creek Street
Marcus Reid · APAC – Australia East
 New Property Lease £220,000 1.29 yrs 286.4% £458,761 77.3%
100
Recommend Approval High
5 Dublin Office Lease Extension & Floor Expansion
Fiona Gallagher · EMEA – Ireland
 New Property Lease £85,000 0.68 yrs 341.2% £237,137 147.1%
100
Recommend Approval High
6 Deltek Vantagepoint ERP Upgrade – Module Expansion
Rachel Kim · Americas – US East
 IT Software Renewal £125,000 1.47 yrs 240.0% £214,380 68.0%
100
Recommend Approval High
7 Denver HQ Laboratory & Collaboration Space Refit
Tom Baxter · Americas – US Mountain
 Property Refit £780,000 2.91 yrs 243.6% £1.02M 34.4%
90
Recommend Approval Medium
8 Manchester Office Sustainability Refit – BREEAM Excellent
Alicia Torres · EMEA – UK North
 Property Refit £345,000 4.93 yrs 305.8% £342,270 20.3%
70
Recommend Approval Low
9 Microsoft Azure AI Services – Environmental Modelling Platform
Amir Hassan · EMEA – Middle East
 IT Software Renewal £0 0.0 yrs 0.0% £438,106 0.0%
60
Conditional Approval Medium
10 Esri ArcGIS Enterprise Platform – 3-Year ELA Renewal
Chris Nolan · Global
 IT Software Renewal £0 N/A 0.0% £633,966 0.0%
0
Further Scrutiny Required Critical
Scoring methodology: Proposals are scored 0–100 based on four financial dimensions: Payback period (≤2 yrs = 35 pts; ≤4 yrs = 25; ≤6 yrs = 15; ≤10 yrs = 5), Life-of-project ROI (>50% = 30 pts; >20% = 20; >0% = 10), Net Present Value (positive = 25 pts), and ROIU year-1 (>25% = 10 pts). Thresholds: ≥70 = Recommend Approval; 45–69 = Conditional Approval; <45 = Further Scrutiny. Strategic necessity, risk, and urgency are qualitative overlays for committee judgement.