Generic 5-Year Monthy Rolling Financial Projection Model with Scenario Analysis

Rolling 3 statement excel projection model across 5 year period with scenario analysis

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PURPOSE OF TOOL

Highly versatile and user-friendly Excel model for the preparation of a 5-year rolling 3 statement (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow Statement) financial projection with a monthly timeline across 3 scenarios for a generic new or existing business. The model allows businesses to plan for uncertainty across the turbulence caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The model follows good practice financial modeling principles and includes instructions, line item explanations, checks, and input validations.

KEY OUTPUTS

The model is generic and not industry-specific. The key outputs include:

  • Projected full financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow Statement) for all 3 scenarios, presented on a monthly basis across up to 5 years and summarised on an annual basis.
  • Dashboard with:
    • Summarised projected Income Statement and Balance Sheet for each of the scenarios;
    • Compounded Annual Growth rate (CAGR) for each summarised income statement and Balance Sheet line item for each of the scenarios;
    • List of key ratios including Average revenue growth, Average profit margins, Average return on assets and equity, and Average Debt to Equity ratio for each of the 3 scenarios;
    • Bar charts summarising income statement and Balance Sheet projections for each of the scenarios;
    • Gross Profit margin by revenue stream in the table and bar-chart format for each of the 3 scenarios.
    • Variance analysis across the 3 scenarios with bar charts comparing revenue, net profit, total assets, and net assets for the 3 scenarios.

KEY INPUTS

Inputs are split into Income Statement and Balance Sheet Inputs. Most inputs include user-friendly line item explanations and input validations to help users understand what the input is for and populate correctly.

Setup Inputs:

– Name of business;
– Currency;
– First projection year and month;
– Naming of scenarios
– Naming for revenue streams, variable costs, staff costs, other expenses, and fixed assets;
– Sales tax applicability for revenue streams, variable costs, other expenses, and fixed assets.

Actuals Inputs:

– Opening balance sheet (for existing businesses);
– Income Statement actuals (for trend analysis);

Projection Inputs for each of the 3 scenarios:
– Revenue inputs, including sales volume, sales prices, and average credit terms offered;
– Cost of goods sold included percentage of revenue, safety stock percentage, and average credit terms received;
– Variable cost inputs, including % of revenue applicable to and cost percentage of revenue
– Other cost inputs, including staff costs, marketing costs, and fixed costs;
– Sales and corporate tax inputs, including rate and payment periods;
– Dividend inputs, including amount (percentage of retained earnings) and frequency;
– Fixed Assets, including additional amounts and useful life;
– Borrowings including additional amounts and interest rate;
– Share Capital additions;
– Discount rate inputs (for valuation calculation).

MODEL STRUCTURE

The model comprises of 12 tabs split into input (‘i_’), calculation (‘c_’), output (‘o_’), and system tabs. The tabs to be populated by the user are the input tabs (‘i_Setup’, ‘i_Actuals’, ‘i_Assump_S1’, ‘i_Assump_S2’, and ‘i_Assump_S3’). The calculation tab uses the user-defined inputs to calculate and produce the project outputs which are presented in ‘o_Fin Stats’ and ‘o_Dashboard’.

System tabs include:
– A ‘Front Sheet’ containing a disclaimer, instructions, and contents;
– A Checks dashboard containing a summary of checks by a tab.

KEY FEATURES

Other key features of this model include the following:

  • The model follows good practice financial modeling guidelines and includes instructions, line item explanations, checks, and input validations;
  • The model contains a flexible timeline that allows for a mix of actual and forecast periods across a 5-year period. This allows projections to be easily rolled forward;
  • Timeline is split on a monthly basis and summarised on an annual basis;
  • The model allows the user to model 10 separate revenue streams on a Price x Volume basis;
  • The model is not password protected and can be modified as required following download;
  • The model is reviewed using specialized model audit software to help ensure formula consistency and significantly reduce the risk of errors;
  • Costs are split into a variable and other costs for better driver-based forecasting;
  • The model allows for the following number of underlying categories for each line item (these can be easily expanded if required):
    • Scenarios – 3 scenarios
    • Revenue streams – 10 categories;
    • Cost of goods sold – 1 category for each revenue stream (10 categories in total);
    • Variable costs – 5 categories
    • Staff costs – 8 categories;
    • Marketing costs – 5 categories;
    • Other expenses – 15 categories;
    • Fixed assets – 5 categories;
    • Borrowings – 3 facilities
  • Apart from projecting revenue and costs, the tool includes the possibility to model receivables and payables, fixed assets, borrowings, dividends, and corporate tax;
  • Business Name, currency, starting projection period, and scenario names are fully customizable;
  • Revenue, Cost, and Fixed Asset descriptions are fully customizable;
  • The model includes an integrated discounted cash flow valuation using the projected cash flow outputs;
  • The model includes instructions, line item explanations, checks, and input validations to help ensure input fields are populated accurately;
  • The model includes a checks dashboard that summarises all the checks included in the various tabs, making it easier to identify any errors.

MODIFICATIONS

If you require any bespoke modifications to the tool, we are more than happy to assist with this. Please contact [email protected] for further information.

ABOUT PROJECTIFY

We are a small team of financial modeling professionals with experience working in Big 4 Business Modelling teams and strong experience supporting businesses with their financial planning and decision support needs.

Our aim is to provide robust and easy-to-use tools that follow best-practice financial modeling guidelines and assist individuals and businesses with common financial planning and analysis processes. We are keen to make sure our customers are fully satisfied with the tools/models they purchase and will be more than happy to assist with any questions or support required following or in advance of purchase.

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This model template comes as a TRIAL or PREMIUM version in .xlsx and .pdf file type which can be opened using MS Excel and any PDF File Viewer.

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