Benchmarks / DeckBench / Northgate Homes

Measured by Spring Prompt

Particle-1: 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
1,163
Slides
7 (brief: 6-9)
Design quality
64%

Why it is not presentable

  • Layout defect: something off the slide, colliding, too small or too faint to read

In detail

  • Slide 1: A text box set at 9 pt, too small to read
  • Slide 2: A text box set at 9 pt, too small to read
  • Slide 3: 3 text boxes set at 9 pt, too small to read
  • Slide 3: Chart labels at 9 pt, too small to read
  • Slide 3: 2 body text boxes set at 11.5 pt, too small to read
  1. Slide 1 of Particle-1's deck
    Slide 1Download slide imageAcceptable Most content sits in the upper half, leaving a large unused lower area and a top-heavy composition.Lower 40% of the slide is empty, so the composition feels top-heavy
  2. Slide 2 of Particle-1's deck
    Slide 2Download slide imageAcceptable The supporting rationale is text-heavy, with key figures buried in multi-line bullets.Dark recommendation box has a large empty area below 'Do not fully renew the contract'
  3. Slide 3 of Particle-1's deck
    Slide 3Download slide imagePolished
  4. Slide 4 of Particle-1's deck
    Slide 4Download slide imageAcceptable The right-hand commentary is dense and lacks emphasis within the bullets.Chart shows the raw October jump, but the title's point (adjusted demand still rose) is made only in the text; no adjusted series or annotation carries it
  5. Slide 5 of Particle-1's deck
    Slide 5Download slide imagePolished
  6. Slide 6 of Particle-1's deck
    Slide 6Download slide imageAcceptable The oversized 92% is the strongest visual emphasis, although the takeaway concerns rising complaints and the survey's limitations.The large 92% satisfaction figure is the dominant visual and competes with the title's main point that complaints are rising
  7. Slide 7 of Particle-1's deck
    Slide 7Download slide imageAcceptable The right-hand panel extends substantially below the left panel despite containing mostly empty space, creating an unbalanced layout.Title is a topic label ('Decision requested'); the takeaway sits in the smaller subtitle