Restaurant Startup/Existing Business Financial Projection 3 Statement Excel Model

Highly versatile and user-friendly Excel model for the preparation of a rolling 3 statement (Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash flow Statement) financial projection for a startup or existing restaurant business generating revenue from restaurant sales, bar sales and events. The model follows best practice financial modelling principles and includes instructions, line item explanations, checks and input validations.

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PURPOSE OF MODEL
Highly versatile and user-friendly Excel model for the preparation of a rolling 3 statement (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow Statement) financial projection for a startup or existing restaurant business generating revenue from restaurant sales, bar sales, and events.

The model follows best-practice financial modeling principles and includes instructions, line item explanations, checks, and input validations.

KEY OUTPUTS
The key outputs include:
– Projected full financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow Statement) presented on a quarterly basis across up to 5 years and summarised on an annual basis.
– Dashboard with:
o Summarised projected Income Statement and Balance Sheet;
o Compounded Annual Growth rate (CAGR) for each summarised income statement and Balance Sheet line item;
o List of key ratios including average revenue growth, average profit margins, the average return on assets and equity, and average debt to equity ratio;
o Bar charts summarising income statement and Balance Sheet projections;
o Chart presenting total filled and unfilled capacity across projection months;
o Gross profit by menu category.

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 quarter;
– Naming for menu categories, other income, variable costs, staff cost, fixed costs, fixed assets, and borrowings;
– Sales tax applicability for revenue and cost categories;

Actuals Inputs:
– Opening balance sheet (for existing businesses);
– Income Statement actuals (for trend analysis);
Projection Inputs:
– Revenue inputs, including:
o Days open per week
o Average turnover per seat
o Number of seats
o Filled capacity
o Average menu selection per cover
o Average price per menu category
– Other income inputs, including:
o Volume
o Revenue per unit
– Cost of goods sold inputs including:
o percentage of revenue;
o Safety stock percentage;
o Average credit terms;
– Other cost inputs, including:
o Other variable costs
o Marketing costs
o Staff costs
o Other costs
– Sales and corporate tax inputs, including rate and payment periods;
– Dividend inputs, including amount or percentage of retained earnings and frequency;
– Fixed Assets, including additional amounts and useful life;
– Borrowings including addition/redemption amounts and interest rate;
– Share Capital additions.

MODEL STRUCTURE
The model comprises of 9 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’ and ‘i_Assumptions’). The calculation tab uses the user-defined inputs to calculate and produce the projected outputs which are presented in ‘o_Fin Stats’, ‘o_Charts’ and ‘o_DCF’.
System tabs include:
– A ‘Front Sheet’ containing a disclaimer, instructions, and contents;
– A Checks dashboard containing a summary of checks by tab.

KEY FEATURES
Other key features of this model include the following:
– The model follows best practice financial modeling guidelines and includes instructions, line item explanations, checks, and input validations;
– The model is not password protected and can be modified as required following download;
– The model contains a dynamic timeline that allows for a mix of actual and forecast periods across a 5-year period allowing projections to be rolled forward from month to month;
– The model has been reviewed using specialized model audit software to ensure consistency of formulas and significantly reduce the risk of errors;
– Timeline is split on a monthly basis and summarised on an annual basis;
– Apart from restaurant revenue, the model allows the user to model 5 additional income categories and their related costs;
– Costs are split into: variable and fixed 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):
o Menu categories – 10 types;
o Other Income – 5 categories
o Cost of goods sold – 15 categories (10 menu categories + 5 other income categories)
o Other variable costs – 5 categories
o Staff costs – 8 categories;
o Marketing costs – 5 categories;
o Other expenses – 15 categories;
o Fixed Assets – 5 categories;
o Borrowings – 3 facilities;
– Apart from projecting revenue and costs, the model includes the possibility to model inventory, deferred income, payables, fixed assets, borrowings, dividends, corporate tax, and sales tax;
– The model included an integrated discounted cash flow valuation using the projected cash flow outputs;
– Business Name, currency, and starting projection period are fully customizable;
– Revenue, Cost, Fixed Asset, and Borrowing category descriptions are fully customizable;
– 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 any questions or clarifications.

Reviews

  • Restaurant Accounts

    It’s a comprehensive programme but not foolproof and the first/second-time user is likely to make edits without realising the consequences on the formulae on the linked sheets, leading to errors which are difficult to resolve.

    I also think that there could be more reports such as Quick/Current Ratio and Interest Cover.

    Overall, the software has great potential but the user-interface could be a lot friendlier….i.e. step-by-step questions and more colour-coding to inform the user what/where to input and where to leave well alone!

    Thank you for your feedback.

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