Aditum - Business Consultancy & Project Management

_{The start point is understanding what the business plan is for. Such as:}

_{Internal use by management and shareholders}

_{external use for fund raising}

_{There are two parts to the plan:}

_Financials

_{Plan text}

_{Financial forecasts:}

_{Monthly year 1, quarterly years 2 & 3. Specifically:}

_{Excel workbook with unit economics; projected sales lines with direct costs aligned (various algorithms); overheads calculated on the basis of existing actuals plus stepped changes; fixed assets spend. This will auto link to:}

_{WinForecast (latest version Sage Financial Forecasting). Generating P&L, Cashflow, Balance sheet, Funds flow, Key Ratios}

_{Summary of financials; summary of assumptions.}

_{Business Plan text :}

_{Assistance with the preparation of your business plan:}

_{Template for business plan including Executive Summary; Market analysis; Routes to market; Operations; People; Financial Summary; Appendices etc.}

_{Document requirement. Listing of all supporting documents required.}

_{Review of all text (several iterations likely)}

_{See business plan proforma in articles section for a "template". Note that the business plan is always a personal document and it is wrong to be prescriptive about the plan text. The proforma is simply a guide!}

Business Planning