Group boosts turnover by more than 130 per cent

Northern Ireland’s leading social enterprise has grown its turnover by 133 per cent in the past five years, it revealed to business leaders at a recent Breakfast Seminar.

The Bryson Charitable Group, which employs 600 people in Northern Ireland and delivers services to more than 500,000 people each year, explained at a Centre for Competitiveness (CforC) seminar how it has grown turnover from £8.4 million in 2004 to £19.6m in 2009.  The event at Bryson’s offices on Belfast’s Bedford Street heard how the group has used the Balanced Scorecard to significantly enhance its performance.

Jim Perry of CforC, says that the Balanced Scorecard has provided Bryson with a highly effective means of developing, implementing and assessing its business strategy.

“Bryson has a clear strategy to deliver high quality services to its customers in an efficient way.  They are tangible proof of the benefits of planned strategic management. It has achieved significant financial, process and delivery improvements as a result”, he says.

 “Other organisations and businesses can learn much from Bryson’s achievements in this regard and we are pleased to have been able to offer the chance for a wide range of leaders to hear directly from the group about its experiences,” Mr Perry adds.