Investment Appraisal

Know whether an investment pays back before you commit.

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What this involves

Assess whether major projects, investments or opportunities are financially viable before committing resources.

A single net present value hides more than it reveals. We model the investment across its life, show payback, return and the cash profile alongside each other, and build the downside and breakeven cases explicitly. Afterwards we review what actually happened, which is the part most businesses skip.

What you get

What’s included

  • The investment modelled across its full life
  • Payback, internal rate of return and net present value calculated
  • Cash profile shown alongside the return
  • Downside and breakeven cases modelled explicitly
  • Non financial factors set out honestly rather than buried
  • A post investment review to test what actually happened

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Not sure which you need? The strategy call maps it in about twenty minutes.

Where does your finance function stand today?

A short conversation will tell you whether this is the right place to start, or whether something earlier in the sequence needs fixing first.

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