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Consultancy Business Excel Financial Projection  Model

Highly versatile and User-friendly 3 statement 5 year rolling financial projection Excel model for a startup or existing consultancy business

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Highly versatile and user-friendly Excel model for the preparation of a rolling 3 statement (Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash flow Statement) financial projection for a startup or existing Consultancy business generating revenue from providing consultancy/advisory services and any other ancillary income.

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The model also incorporates a discounted cash flow valuation calculation using the projected cash flows. The model follows best practice financial modelling principles and includes instructions, line item explanations, checks and input validations.

KEY OUTPUTS

  • Projected full financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash flow Statement) presented on a quarterly basis across up to 5 years and summarised on an annual basis.

  • Dashboard with:

    • Summarised projected Income Statement and Balance Sheet;

    • Compounded Annual Growth rate (CAGR) for each summarised income statement and Balance Sheet line item;

    • List of key ratios including average revenue growth, average profit margins, average return on assets and equity and average debt to equity ratio;

    • Bar charts summarising income statement and Balance Sheet projections;

    • Chart presenting averages revenue mix and gross profit by revenue category;

    • Gross profit by revenue category.

  • ​Discounted cash flow valuation using the projected cash flow output.

KEY INPUTS

Setup Inputs:

  • Name of business;

  • Currency;

  • First projection year and quarter;

  • Naming for revenue categories, other income, variable costs, staff cost, fixed costs, fixed assets and borrowings;

  • Sales tax applicability for revenue and cost categories;

 

Actuals Inputs:

  • Opening balance sheet (for existing businesses);

  • Income Statement actuals (for trend analysis);

 

Projection Inputs:

  • Revenue inputs including

    • Number of FTEs

    • Fee per Hour

    • Working hours taking account of annual leave and public holidays

    • Utilisation rates

    • Average settlement period for revenues

  • Other income inputs including

    • Volume

    • Revenue per unit

  • Staff cost inputs including:

    • Gross salary by annum;

    • Employer’s social security;

    • Average annual bonus;

    • Bonus payment months.

  • Other inputs including

    • Variable costs

    • Marketing costs  

    • Other costs

  • Sales and corporate tax inputs including rate and payment periods;

  • Dividend inputs including amount or percentage of retained earnings and frequency;

  • Fixed Assets including addition amounts and useful life;

  • Borrowings including addition/redemption amounts and interest rate;

  • Share Capital additions.

MODEL STRUCTURE

The model comprises of 9 tabs split into input ('i_'), calculation ('c_'), output ('o_’) and system tabs. The tabs to be populated by the user are the input tabs ('i_Setup', ‘i_Actuals’ and 'i_Assumptions'). The calculation tab uses the user-defined inputs to calculate and produce the projection outputs which are presented in 'o_Fin Stats', ‘o_Charts’ and ‘o_DCF’.

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System tabs include:

  • A 'Front Sheet' containing a disclaimer, instructions and contents;

  • A checks dashboard containing a summary of checks by tab.

KEY FEATURES

  • Other key features of this model include the following:

  • The model follows best practice financial modelling guidelines and includes instructions, line item explanations, checks and input validations;

  • The model is not password protected and can be modified as required following download;

  • The model contains a dynamic timeline that allows for a mix of actual and forecast periods across a 5-year period allowing projections to be rolled forward from month to month;

  • Timeline is split on a monthly basis and summarised on an annual basis;

  • Apart from restaurant revenue, the model allows the user to model 5 additional income categories and their related costs;

  • Costs are split into: variable and fixed for better driver-based forecasting;

  • The model allows for the following number of underlying categories for each line item (these can be easily expanded if required):

    • Revenue categories – 10 types;

    • Other Income – 5 categories

    • Variable costs – 5 categories

    • Staff costs – 10 categories;

    • Marketing costs – 5 categories;

    • Other expenses – 15 categories;

    • Fixed Assets – 5 categories;

    • Borrowings – 3 facilities;

  • Apart from projecting revenue and costs the model includes the possibility to model account receivables, fixed assets, borrowings, dividends, corporate tax and sales tax;

  • The model included an integrated discounted cash flow valuation using the projected cash flow outputs;

  • Business Name, currency, starting projection period are fully customisable;

  • Revenue, Cost, Fixed Asset and Borrowing category descriptions are fully customisable;

  • The model includes instructions, line item explanations, checks and input validations to help ensure input fields are populated accurately;

  • The model includes a checks dashboard which summarises all the checks included in the various tabs making it easier to identify any errors.

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