Twelve-month rolling forecast, updated monthly against actuals
Each month the next twelve months are re-forecast from the latest actuals.
For contractors, manufacturers, mining companies and professional services firms.
Know which work makes money and when the cash runs short. I build the forecast and reporting, then work through the decisions with you.
A plan that gets rebuilt as the year moves, not one frozen in July.
Each month the next twelve months are re-forecast from the latest actuals.
The year’s targets for income, costs and cash, agreed up front.
Where the month landed against budget, and why.
What happens to profit and cash if a key assumption moves.
What happened, what is coming, and the operating numbers behind both.
The month’s numbers, with what they mean in plain words.
The handful of measures that run the business, on one page.
How busy your people are, what each job costs, and the work ahead.
Where revenue is heading, and the work already won.
The week your cash runs short, what causes it, and what it does to your bank facility.
Cash week by week, as money comes in and goes out.
The single week cash reaches its lowest point.
Money tied up in unpaid invoices, bills to pay and stock on the shelf.
The room left under the facility, and the numbers the lender wants to see.
Profit, cash and the balance sheet moving together, so you can see what a decision does to cash before you make it.
Change one number and see profit, cash and the balance sheet move together.
Whether a new project or a big purchase pays back, and when.
What one decision does to profit and cash before you commit.
The true margin on each job or product once every cost is in.
Down to the client and the job: which work makes money, which does not, and why.
Profit split down to each client, job and product.
The jobs that lost money, and what caused it.
A price checked against the real cost of the work before you sign.
Everything a client costs beyond the job: visits, rework, slow payment.
The recurring pack, in your format.
The numbers and commentary your board reads each month, in your format.
Regular updates for shareholders and investors, from the same numbers.
It answers where performance is off plan, how low cash gets over the next six months, what is driving margin, and which contracts are behind.
Illustrative example.
Watch a short walk through the dashboard.
Tell me what you report today, and I will tell you what is missing.
The last 24 months, as you already hold them. No access to your accounting system.
A first-draft dashboard on those numbers, and what would need building to take it further.
A monthly retainer, scoped with you.
Tell me the scope and I will price it.
My commitment: each deliverable within 48 hours of receiving what it needs from you.
Tell me the scope