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Cash Flow - The life blood of your business

Poor financial management is one of the main reasons why businesses fail. Therefore this is not something that you should delegate to your banker, consultant or accountant. You need to have a grasp of the basic principles of your entities financial projections. Cash is the lifeblood of any business. Cash inflows and outflows occur at different times. Managing the timing of these inflows and outflows will determine whether the entity will survive or not.

These models will assist you in ensuring that your enterprise can meet it's cashflow requirements. Once you have completed your financial projection model, you will have created a projected

• cash flow statement
• income statement and
• balance sheet

These are workable models for managing the finances of your small business and give you an understanding of how the financial decisions you take affect the activities of your business.

You cannot break these models so play with them. Enter one or two figures then take a look at what appears in the reports section. Go back and edit or adjust what you have entered. Repeat this process until you understand the impact of the assumptions and figures you have entered. On completion of the models you will have an understanding of the difference between cashflow and profit.

After completion you will always be able to access your projections by entering your user name and password. Once you understand the functioning of this model you should be able to complete this model in approximately 15 minutes

NB – THESE MODELS ARE NOT DOWNLOADABLE. YOU MUST COMPLETE THE INPUT SHEETS ONLINE. THE RESULT OF THE INPUTS CAN BE PRINTED.

NB: You must have an Enterprise Support Account and be logged in to use this tool. AN ENTERPRISE SUPPORT ACCOUNT IS FREE. Click here to get your free account.

There are two different financial projection models:

The standard financial projection model has been discontinued and is only kept online so that users who previously used this model are able to access their projections. 

The new and improved financial projection model which incorporates an advanced help mode as well as unlimited projection periods makes it even easier for non-financially literate users to complete their financial projections.