PURPOSE OF MODEL
 
Student accommodation refers to specialized housing options designed to cater specifically to students' needs while they pursue their education. These accommodations are often situated in close proximity to colleges, universities, or educational institutions, providing convenient access for students.
 
Our highly versatile and user-friendly Excel model allows for the preparation of a of 10-year rolling 3 statement (Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash flow Statement) financial projection with a quarterly timeline for a startup or existing business developing and operating student accommodations.
 
The model allows the user to model up to 3 separate student accommodation residences each with their own stage of development/operation and own rates, volumes, direct expenses and direct staff costs. Apart from revenue and direct costs, the model allows the user to model indirect staff costs, marketing costs, other administrative costs, fixed assets, borrowings, sales tax, corporate tax and dividend distributions.
 
 
KEY OUTPUTS
 
Projected full financial statements presented on a quarterly basis across up to 10 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;
Revenue and gross profit by residence presented in table and chart formats.
Charts and graphs showing: cash balance by month, free cash flow generation, cash flow statement breakdown, profit margins, income statement breakdown, net cash vs net income, working capital, valuation and capital structure.
Discounted cash flow valuation using the projected cash flow output.
Breakeven analysis
 
 
KEY INPUTS
 
Setup Inputs:
Name of business;
Currency;
First projection year and quarter;
Naming for residences, accommodation packages, services offered, (in)direct staff, direct expenses, marketing costs, staff costs, admin costs, fixed assets and borrowings;
Sales tax applicability for services, direct costs, other expenses and fixed assets.
 
Projection Inputs:
Student accommodation general assumptions including stage of operation (eg in operation, in development or forecast), development period (if applicable), total rooms, maximum capacity (residents),
Student accommodation development assumptions including costs of land, hard costs, soft costs, capitalizable portion of development costs, sales tax applicability.
Occupancy rate per residence, split by accommodation package type, rates by package type,
Other Services revenue including rates and volumes;
Direct expenses and direct staff inputs (for each residence);
Nondirect staff cost inputs including staff numbers, average salary per full time position, average employer’s social security percentage of salary, average annual bonus and bonus payment months.
Other costs inputs including marketing costs and other operating costs;
Sales and corporate tax inputs including rate and payment periods;
Dividend inputs including amount (percentage of retained earnings) and frequency;
Fixed assets including addition amounts and useful life;
Borrowings including addition amounts, interest rate and maturity date;
Share capital additions;
Discount rate inputs (for valuation calculation).
 
 
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_Dashboard’ and ‘o_DCF’.
 
 
KEY FEATURES

 
The model contains a flexible timeline that allows for a mix of actual and forecast periods across a 10-year period. This allows projections to be easily rolled forward as forecast periods become actual period;
Timeline is split on a quarterly basis and summarised on an annual basis; 
The model allows the user to model up to 3 separate student accommodation residences each with their own stage of development/operation, revenues and direct costs.
The model is not password protected and can be modified as required following download;
The model is reviewed using specialised model audit software to help reduce risk of formula inconsistencies;
The model allows for the following number of underlying categories for each line item (these can be easily expanded if required):
Student accommodation residences – 3 locations;
Accommodation Packages – 10 packages;
Other Services offered – 8 categories;
Direct expenses – 8 categories;
Staff costs – 8 direct categories and 8 non-direct 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 fixed assets, borrowings (amortising), dividends and corporate tax;
Business name, currency, starting projection period are fully customisable;
Revenue, cost and fixed asset descriptions are fully customisable;
The model included an integrated discounted cash flow valuation using the projected cash flow outputs;
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. 
 
SUPPORT / MODIFICATIONS
 
We are keen to ensure our customers are satisfied and find the models useful for their financial projection needs. Our models are developed with the user in mind and include instructions, line-item explanations, checks and input validations to ensure they are as user-friendly and easy to use as possible without requiring extensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel, finance or accounting. If any questions do arise, we are more than happy to assist. We are also happy to support with any be-spoke modifications you may require to the models to better suit your business needs. To get in touch, please send us a message through the website or contact us on: hello@useprojectify.com