Measure the impact of your help
Understand who you're supporting, track programme performance and make informed decisions with live reporting and dashboards.
A better way to measure programme impact
Understanding the impact of your funding can be one of the most time-consuming parts of delivering financial support.
Teams often spend hours pulling data from multiple systems, building reports for funders and stakeholders, and trying to identify trends across applications. Without real-time insights, it's difficult to understand who's accessing support, where demand is highest and how funding is making a difference.
Lightning Reach brings application data, funding outcomes and applicant insights together in one place. Live dashboards help organisations monitor performance, understand demand and demonstrate impact without the manual reporting.
Benefits of Reporting
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Monitor your programmes in real time
Track key metrics including applications submitted, approvals, declines, award values, completion rates and funding distributed through live dashboards that update automatically.
Understand who you're supporting
View demographic insights such as household income, employment status, housing, benefits, household debt and other characteristics to better understand the communities accessing your support.
Make data-driven decisions
Identify trends by location, monitor demand, measure engagement with additional support and export data whenever you need it for reporting, audits or further analysis.
What our partners say
Before, you were probably just searching for somewhere in their area or looking at Citizens Advice or local organisations. Whereas this, it’s all in one place really
Emma, CDER Group
Using Lightning Reach's reporting dashboards, CEDR gained greater visibility into application trends, funding outcomes and the wider impact of its support programmes, making it easier to evidence social value and share meaningful insights with stakeholders.
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Need help? We've answered some of the questions we hear most often.
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What can I report on?
Lightning Reach provides live reporting on application volumes, approvals, declines, award values, completion rates, funding distributed and engagement with additional support available through the platform.
Can I see who is accessing our support?
Yes. Reporting includes high-level demographic insights, including employment status, housing situation, household income, benefits receipt, dependent children, household debt, gender and other key characteristics.
Can I analyse demand by location?
Yes. Applications can be viewed geographically, allowing organisations to identify regional demand, spot trends and understand where outreach or additional support may be needed.
Can reports be customised?
Yes. Bespoke reports can be created to meet your organisation's internal reporting, governance or audit requirements.
Can I export reporting data?
Yes. Dashboards and reporting data can be exported as CSV files for use in other reporting tools, business intelligence platforms or internal systems.
Can reporting help us demonstrate impact?
Yes. Live insights into applications, awards, demographics and engagement help organisations evidence programme outcomes, monitor performance and demonstrate value to funders, trustees and stakeholders.
Does reporting include activity beyond our own schemes?
Yes. Organisations can also see how applicants engage with wider support available through the Lightning Reach platform, providing a broader picture of customer outcomes and support uptake.
