How long does cash last?
See runway, working-capital timing and the point at which funding is required.
Accounting and financial modelling for startups
Turn the plan into numbers you can defend.
A startup forecast should do more than produce an attractive revenue curve. It should show how the business operates, when cash is required and which assumptions have the greatest effect on survival and growth.
Request a complimentary fit callDoes this sound familiar?
The idea is clear, but the financial plan needs more substance.
- The business plan needs credible profit, cash-flow and balance-sheet projections
- Founders need to understand runway under more than one scenario
- Pricing, hiring or customer-acquisition assumptions need to be tested
- A lender or investor expects an integrated and explainable model
- Basic accounting needs to be established before transaction volume grows
The practical outcome
What founders should be able to answer.
What must be true?
Identify the volume, price, margin and cost assumptions behind the plan.
What changes the outcome?
Test slower sales, delayed collection, higher costs and alternative hiring plans.
Can we explain it?
Present schedules that founders can understand and discuss with stakeholders.
Where to start
Choose the service that resolves the immediate constraint.
The first working cycle
Make the first weeks produce something useful.
Define the decision
Clarify whether the immediate need is runway, pricing, funding or operating planning.
Challenge assumptions
Connect commercial expectations to realistic timing, costs and cash movements.
Build for use
Deliver a model and reporting approach founders can update and explain.
Not every startup needs a Virtual CFO from day one. The right starting point may be a clean accounting setup, a credible model or a cash forecast that tells the founders what must happen next.
Complimentary 20-minute finance fit call
Find the right starting point before you commit.
Bring the finance problem taking up the most attention. Our team will establish whether the requirement fits and what a sensible next step could look like.
Speak with our accountancy team. No obligation and no need to choose a service beforehand.