The authority guide to financial forcasting for SMEs : pain-free financials for finance and planning / by Simon Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Simon, author.

Series:

The Authority Guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business forecasting.

Budget in business.

Small business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Authority Guides, 2016.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Build a better, faster forecast. In this Authority Guide, forecasting guru Simon Thompson shows you how to build financial forecasts quickly, effectively and cheaply through his unique, proven and easy-to-follow 10-step process. By learning how to create effective forecasts you will master the ability to understand the potential financial outcomes for your business and be able to communicate financial information in order to successfully raise investment or loans.

Contents:

The authority guide to financial forecasting for SMEs : pain-free financials for finance and planning

Contents

Part I: Welcome to my world

Introduction

Is this book for you?

How will this book help?

Doing it properly: profit and loss, cash flow and balance sheet

Part II: Before you start

Why do we forecast?

The eight essential benchmarks of all good forecasts

Understanding profit and loss, cash flow and balance sheet

Part III: Ten logical, comprehensive steps to a great forecast

An introduction to the ten steps

Step 1: The global considerations

Step 2: The chart of accounts

Step 3: Opening balances

Step 4: Capital expenditure

Step 5: P&L – sales revenue

Step 6: P&L – direct costs

Step 7: P&L – overheads

Step 8: Debt funding – bank and other loans

Step 9: Investment and dividends

Step 10: Publishing reports

About Edge Forecast

About the author

Also by Authority Guides.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781909116641

1909116645