🎂 MeasureUp Turns One!
Posted: November 3, 2025
One year on, MeasureUp continues to grow — helping organisations of every size measure what matters most.
When MeasureUp launched in October 2024, the goal was simple: make social value measurement open, practical, and free. We believed that data hidden behind paywalls and frameworks that only told part of the story were holding the field back.
Twelve months later, MeasureUp has grown far beyond what we imagined – both in reach and in richness.
A Year of Progress
Since launch, hundreds of organisations – from small enterprises to national education providers – have used MeasureUp to evidence the impact of their work. Many are using it to strengthen bids, complement other frameworks, and start important conversations about what “good” really looks like.
As Matt Haworth, a co-founder of MeasureUp and Impact Reporting, puts it:
“Social value is an emerging field and every framework has its limitations. MeasureUp was designed to be a supplement, not a substitute – a tool that helps everyone do better.”
This philosophy has guided every update we’ve made. MeasureUp continues to evolve based on community feedback, new research, and the realities faced by practitioners on the ground.
What’s New
We’ve added dozens of new and updated values that reflect a broader, more realistic view of impact.
- 🌱 Environmental Value Set Expansion – incorporating trusted data from DENSZ, Defra, and WRAP, with deeper coverage of Scope 3 emissions, waste management, habitat conversion, and pollution control.
- đź’¬ Wellbeing & Inclusion Updates – capturing outcomes linked to youth engagement, digital inclusion, mental health, and wellbeing, including revised values for young person’s wellbeing programmes and exposure to workplace technologies.
- 🏙️ Community Participation – recognising the often-overlooked impact of charity shop participation, volunteering, cultural attendance, and informal learning.
Each addition helps build a fuller, fairer picture of social and environmental outcomes – so organisations can tell a more meaningful story about the difference they make.
In Practice
Professional training provider BPP Education Group was among the first to adopt MeasureUp. Their Head of Social Impact, Lucy Wildig, explains why:
“We found that many of the values we were trying to measure didn’t fit neatly within the frameworks we were using. By using MeasureUp alongside them, we’ve been able to strengthen our bids and reporting – and capture the qualitative insights that really matter.”
Similarly, Related Argent was a trailblazer and one of the first to embrace MeasureUp:
“We didn’t want to simply follow what was already out there – we wanted to be part of building a measurement framework that genuinely reflects the communities we serve. Adopting MeasureUp has allowed us to be more honest, more intentional and ultimately more impactful in how we design and deliver social value. This is just the beginning, but it already sets a new benchmark for what place-based social value measurement should look like,” said Sizi Sibanda, Related Argent’s Social Value Manager for King’s Cross.
It’s this kind of real-world use that defines MeasureUp. The platform isn’t about replacing existing tools -it’s about complementing them, making measurement more inclusive, transparent, and reflective of reality.
Looking Ahead
The past year has been about progress over perfection – a principle that remains central to MeasureUp’s mission.
As the regulatory landscape evolves and expectations rise, open access to credible, trusted data is becoming a business imperative. MeasureUp will continue to bridge the gap between what’s measurable and what matters – with collaboration at its core.
We’re immensely grateful to everyone who has contributed, tested, and shared MeasureUp this past year. You’ve helped shape a community that values openness, evidence, and continuous improvement.
Here’s to another year of learning, sharing, and measuring up – together.
Best, founders of MeasureUp (Impact Reporting, State of Life and PRD)