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Business Start-up Costs & Funding Planner

Every one-off set-up cost, the first year's running costs and sales, and how much funding you need – month by month

£20

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Business Start-up Costs & Funding Planner

Overview

Most new businesses that fail run out of cash, not ideas. This workbook works out how much money you need to get to the point where the business pays for itself, with enough left over for the unexpected.

Price
£20
Who it’s for
Planning & Finance
Works with
Microsoft Excel for Windows and Mac
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See how it works

A walk through the main sheets

The sheets you will use most, in the order you will use them – shown with the sample data every workbook comes with.

Step 1

Start-up Costs

One-off costs to get going, from equipment to deposits. What you do: one line per cost.

Start-up Costs
Sales

Step 2

Sales

Expected sales month by month for the first year. What you do: enter your forecast.

Step 3

Cash Flow

Money in and out each month and the funding gap. What you do: nothing to enter.

Cash Flow

Step 4

Who it is for

Made for people like you

  • Example – text
  • People starting a business – Know how much money you need before you sign a lease or give notice.
  • Applicants for a Start Up Loan or bank finance – A clear funding requirement and cash flow to show the lender.
  • Business advisers – Work through a start-up plan with a client.

Quick start

Up and running in minutes

  1. Example – text
  1. Settings – Start month, the month you open, the buffer you want and VAT.
  2. Start-up Costs – Every one-off cost with the month you will pay it. Get quotes where you can.
  3. Running Costs and Sales – Normal monthly costs (including what you need to live on) and realistic sales.
  4. Funding – Savings, loans and grants, and when they arrive.
  5. Dashboard – If the balance goes negative, add funding or cut costs until it does not.

Key features

  • Lists every one-off cost of starting up – fit-out, equipment, stock, deposits, legal, branding and launch – with the month each is paid and the VAT.
  • Adds your running costs, your own drawings and a realistic sales build-up to give a twelve-month cash flow with loan repayments worked out for you.
  • Shows the lowest point your bank balance reaches and how much extra funding you need, including a cash buffer – ready for a loan or grant application.

What’s included

  • Dashboard – Costs, funding and the gap
  • Settings – Start month, VAT and buffer
  • Start-up Costs – One-off costs
  • Running Costs – Monthly costs
  • Sales – Expected sales
  • Funding – Savings, loans and grants
  • Cash Flow – Month by month
  • Guide – How to use this workbook

How buying works

Your file is only released to your client portal once payment has cleared.

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Download your file

Your file is ready in your client portal as soon as payment clears, and we email you your invoice with a link to the portal.

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