Financial Projections are the life blood of any business

 

What is a financial Projection?

A financial projection is an estimate of future financial outcomes for a company or project, usually applied via budgeting, capital budgeting and / or valuations. It can extend over many years and includes adjustments for inflation, expected increases in turnover, wage increases, increases in rent, and other future costs.

 

The difference between a budget and a financial projection

Your budget is a plan for where you want the business to go and is usually done on a year by year basis.  A forecast shows where it is actually going based on what’s happened before and can stretch out over a number of years into the future.

When you first start out, there won’t be any difference between your budget and forecast. That’s because they’ll be built from the same set of estimates and assumptions. But as your business gets going, you’ll start collecting real-life information and you’ll see how sales and costs are going.

By looking at this data, you’ll get a better idea of where the business is headed and you’ll modify your predictions. When you do that, you’re reforecasting and applying projections.

 

Simplifying Financial Forecasting

Online accounting software makes working with a forecast easy.

KTS can upload your financial forecast to MYOB or Xero so that you can automatically compare your forecast to actuals and produce up-to-date reports, like a profit and loss or balance sheet, whenever you need them.

 

What if’s

Once you have a financial forecast, you can then have a look at ‘what if’s’.

  • What if we have another lock down due to Covid, how will that affect my business?
  • What if my turnover goes down, how far down can I go before I am in trouble?
  • What if I want to invest in property, buy a vehicle, expand, or take on new staff?
  • What if my lease costs increase?

Once you have estimated the cost of any of these changes, you can simply insert them into your forecast and see how this will affect your end results.

Having a financial forecast in place can bring certainty, confidence and a whole lot less stress.

 

What does it cost?

Give us a call at KTS and we are happy to quote – it will be the best money you will ever spend on your business.

The best person at KTS to call about financial projections is Tony Forlong, he is experienced, skilful and insightful and has done many financial projections in his long experience with his Clients.