Trinava consulting

Investigative Accounting

Financial, business, and data  analysis on public policy and public interest issues.

Our work has been covered by

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Services we provide

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Company & Financial analysis

Research into the ownership, profitability, management, property ownership, business strategy, and business model of a target company.

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Industry analysis

Research into the profitability, growth, size, and value-for-money of different industries.

Production of policy reports and papers to promote and highlight key findings.

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Media work

We work with journalists, reporters, and documentary makers to help them understand and research target companies and industries.

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Data analysis

Data gathering, cleaning, exploring, modelling, and visualisation. Predominantly using SQL and Python. Often used in industry analysis and land ownership projects.

With experience across a range of industries...

Health & Social Care

Including: hospitals, private ambulance services, medical services, care homes, and veterinary care. 

Childcare

Including: nurseries, children’s care homes, and fostering agencies.

Private Equity

Research into value creation and extraction, explaining finances and business models, and measuring financialisation.

Real Estate

Review of property investment strategies and their impact on costs and profits across a range of sectors.

Monopolies & Competition

Assessing competitiveness using financial analysis and through calculating economic profits.

Various other industries

Including: local authority finances, ticketing, music, food producers and co-operatives, energy, pharmaceuticals, and social housing.

Check out our latest public projects

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How much is lost to financialisation in adult social care and nurseries

This research analysed the finances of thirty-two of the largest operators in the adult social care sector (12) and nursery care sector (20) and found that the twenty-five for-profit providers (of the thirty-two) have £984m in excess spending (relative to the seven not-for-profits) on non-frontline costs.

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The ownership structure of adult care home services in Cymru

Trinava’s report for the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research (CICTAR) reviewed the ownership of the largest providers of adult care home services in Cymru (Wales) and looked at how it had changed over the five years from April 2020 to April 2025.

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West Cumbria Mining

Back in 2021 we looked into the companies involved in developing the proposed coal mine in West Cumbria and highlighted concerns. Now with the mining licence denied the company involved is suing the UK in an international arbitration tribunal. Trinava Consulting director, Vivek Kotecha, was interviewed for the story given our research into the companies.