Scaling Faster Than Ever: esenda Passes £1 Billion in Processed Payments in 2025
2025 has been a landmark year for esenda.
So far this calendar year, we’ve processed over £1 billion in school payments; a milestone that once took us seven years to achieve. And in September alone, we reached another record: £200 million processed in a single month, our biggest month yet.
These milestones highlight not only our rapid growth, but also the growing trust schools are placing in esenda to make payments simpler, safer, and more efficient.
The Problem With School Payments Today
Managing payments is one of the biggest inefficiencies schools face, yet it’s often overlooked.
With the impact of recent VAT changes, many finance managers are under pressure to make schools more commercially minded. They review staffing, supplier contracts, and classroom costs in search of savings or efficiencies.
But too often, finance teams don’t look inward at their own finance processes.
Time and money can be wasted there with:
- Manual reconciliation consuming hours of staff time
- Fragmented systems reducing visibility of cash flow
- Security risks from outdated processes like sharing bank details on invoices (a major fraud target)
- Poor communication with parents, patients, or tenants about what they owe, meaning cash collection is delayed.
These inefficiencies increase costs and stress, and often sit in a finance team’s blindspot.
