Saratoga
Management Information

Bench & Utilisation

Rolling 12 months
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
As at Jul 2026
Business Unit
5.2
Avg FTE on bench / month
62.6
Total bench FTE-months
R7.6m
GP foregone to bench (12 mo)
35.7
Investment FTE-months (Kiota + Origin + PMP)
R5.3m
GP committed to investment work
2026-05
Peak bench month
Bench definition: the gap to 100% allocation each month, counted only from each consultant's employment start date (the joining month is pro-rated for days actually worked). The three investment projects — Kiota, Origin Rocket Implementations and Project PMP — count as allocated (people are working) but are tracked separately because they pay in equity / at cost, not standard cash revenue. The dashed line on the first chart shows what bench would look like if that investment work were also treated as bench. Other internal time counts as real allocation only for Charlene, Willo, James and Melanie; for everyone else it is treated as bench.
Trend
Bench over the year, by business unit

Monthly bench (FTE), stacked by unit — dashed line = bench if investment work counted too

036912FTE on benchAug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJul
TC BC QA If Kiota + Origin + PMP were bench

Bench share by unit

63FTE-monthsTC29.0 (46%)BC27.2 (44%)QA6.3 (10%)

Most-benched consultants — bench (blue) and investment work (amber), FTE-months

0246810Richard CalfTC10.0Morongoa MalebeBC8.5Patience KudyatasaQA6.3 +3.0 invAldo DamonBC6.0Jaco De GoedeBC4.5Werner VenterTC4.1 +1.5 invNkosinathi KozaTC3.7 +1.9 invShamimah KhanBC3.6Donal SlemonTC3.5Sharief EdwardsBC2.5 +1.2 inv
0246810Richard CalfTC10.0Morongoa MalebeBC8.5Aldo DamonBC6.0Jaco De GoedeBC4.5Donal SlemonTC3.5Jason ElderTC1.2Charlene SeiniBC1.1Malcolm FlorenceTC1.0
Investment projects
Capacity committed to Kiota, Origin & PMP (equity / at-cost)

Monthly capacity on investment projects (FTE)

0246FTE on investment workAug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJul
Kiota Origin Rocket Project PMP Total FTE-months  —  Kiota 20.6  ·  Origin Rocket 6.5  ·  Project PMP 8.7
Financial impact
Cost of the bench — gross profit foregone

Monthly GP not earned: bench (lost) and investment work (at cost / equity)

R0.0mR0.5mR1.0mR1.5mGP per month (Rand)Aug2025SepOctNovDecJan2026FebMarAprMayJunJul
GP foregone to bench GP committed to investment projects

Total GP foregone to bench: R7,614,229 (~R634,519/mo)  ·  GP committed to investment: R5,331,796  ·  based on 151 billable hours/month at ~30% GP rates

Detail
Individual bench analysis

Only consultants with bench or investment time during the year are listed. The "Current" pill shows status in the latest month (Jun 2026) — green means allocated now, even if they had bench earlier in the year. Five consultants who were fully billable all year are not shown.

Consultant Bench FTE-mo Avg bench % Investment FTE-mo Commercial FTE-mo Current (Jun 2026)
TC13 shown · 29.0 bench FTE-mo
Richard Calf10.083%2.0On bench now (100%)
Werner Venter4.134%1.56.4Allocated now
Nkosinathi Koza3.731%1.96.4Allocated now
Donal Slemon3.530%8.4On bench now (100%)
Daniel Barrett2.118%9.9Allocated now
Sheri Cummings1.412%10.6Allocated now
Jason Elder1.210%10.8On bench now (40%)
Malcolm Florence1.08%11.0On bench now (100%)
Willo van Der Merwe0.87%5.50.0On investment now
Devin Norman0.33%11.7Allocated now
Lance Kuttner0.22%10.03.1On investment now
Mario Cilliers
started 2026-01 · 7.0 mo capacity
0.24%3.53.5Allocated now
Mzukisi Makaluza
started 2026-04 · 3.6 mo capacity
0.27%3.4Allocated now
BC8 shown · 27.2 bench FTE-mo
Morongoa Malebe8.571%3.5On bench now (100%)
Aldo Damon6.050%6.0On bench now (100%)
Jaco De Goede4.538%7.5On bench now (100%)
Shamimah Khan3.630%8.3Allocated now
Sharief Edwards2.520%1.28.3Allocated now
Charlene Seini1.19%9.8On bench now (40%)
Rafieqah Isaacs0.76%2.510.1Allocated now
Jan Retief0.43%6.67.2Allocated now
QA1 shown · 6.3 bench FTE-mo
Patience Kudyatasa6.353%3.02.6On investment now