Budgeting & Forecasting

Budgets and rolling forecasts that keep plans connected to reality.

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What this involves

Practical budgets and forecasts that help you plan growth, test assumptions and stay close to financial reality.

A budget built from last year plus a percentage tells you nothing about whether the plan works. We build from the drivers: what you sell, who delivers it, what capacity you have. Then we report against it monthly and reforecast at agreed points, so it stays useful past February.

What you get

What’s included

  • A budget built from revenue drivers, not last year plus a percentage
  • Headcount, capacity and cost assumptions written down and agreed
  • Phasing that reflects how your business actually trades
  • Monthly reporting of actual against budget
  • A reforecast at agreed points in the year
  • The budget presented in a form your team can own

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