“How long is a piece of string?”
This is the most common answer I get when I ask business owners the question - “Do you complete a cash flow forecast for your business?”
Understanding your cash flow (money in and money out) is critical to managing a financially successful business.
If you have never done a Cash Flow Forecast before then the place to start is the next 90 - days.
Why? Because the next 90 days will set up your financial success for the next
What are the variables to a Cash Flow Forecast?
Money going out:
Supplier and other creditor payment terms
Frequency you pay wages
Statutory obligations (ATO, Super + PAYG Withholding)
Fixed Operating Expenses (Rent, Loan repayments, electricity, other utilities, marketing and advertising, accounting etc)
Variable Expenses (Cost of Goods Sold) such as; purchases, direct labour, freight & packaging etc
Money coming in:
Sales by
If you’re like most business owners I speak with
- then, I’m sure you can relate in some way.
Their most common complaints are around their numbers, which include:
Forecasting and managing cash flow
Finding ‘the right’ Finance or
Not knowing when, where and how to make their next business investment.
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I want to help you. If you’d let me. Here is how.
As a Business Financial Consultant. I specialise in:
Cash Flow Forecasting - to help improve and manage cash flow.
Debt Advisory - sourcing the right finance or improve bank relationships.
Competitor, Industry & Financial Analysis - planning for growth
Bottom line. If you have the desire to grow a successful, profitable business, one that provides for you, your family and your team - then properly understanding how to leverage your business cash flow is a MUST.
