Benchmarks / DeckBench / Northgate Homes

Measured by Spring Prompt

Gemini 4 Carbon: Responsive repairs: in-house team or renewed contract

For the board of trustees of a housing association, including two tenant board members. The decision it supports: whether to approve £1.2m to set up an in-house repairs team or renew the contract.

Verdict: Not presentable
Deck rating: 1,021
Slides: 7 (brief: 6-9)
Design quality: 36%

Why it is not presentable

Layout defect: something off the slide, colliding, too small or too faint to read
Made a material claim the analysis does not support
A slide the judges rated as needing work

In detail

Slide 6: “Must not be quoted externally until procurement has a formal bid.” is not supported by the analysis.
Slide 6: “Brakes & Bond's £3.8m indicative figure shown on the slide, with the restriction described as 'Must not be quoted externally until procurement has a formal bid'. The analysis says it must not be quoted at all until a formal bid exists.” is not supported by the analysis.
Slide 7: Text too faint against its background (contrast 2.1:1)

Slide 1Download slide imagePolished
Slide 2Download slide imageAcceptable Three text-heavy panels and a long recommendation require sustained reading; stronger emphasis on the key figures would improve scanning.Text-heavy: nine bullets across three cards make it slow to scan.
Slide 3Download slide imagePolished
Slide 4Download slide imageNeeds work The title wraps into the horizontal divider, which crosses its second line.The title wraps to two lines, and the second line ('completions') collides with the divider rule, so it looks struck through.
Slide 5Download slide imageNeeds work The horizontal divider crosses the second line of the title.The title wraps, and the second line ('complaints') collides with the divider rule.
Slide 6Download slide imageNeeds work The title's second line overlaps the horizontal divider.The title wraps, and the second line ('years') collides with the divider rule.
Slide 7Download slide imageNeeds work The horizontal divider crosses the second line of the title.The title wraps, and the second line ('contract') collides with the divider rule.