Financial forecasting and modelling.
Financial forecasting and modelling turns a pile of assumptions into a plan you can steer by. We build driver-based models, budgets and scenarios that show your burn, runway and the next milestone, so you and your investors can make decisions with confidence.
A forecast is only useful if you can steer by it
Plenty of businesses have a spreadsheet someone built once and never touched again. It is not linked to the drivers that actually move the business, so it cannot answer the questions that matter: can we afford this hire, how long is our runway, what happens if growth slips.
We build models you can use. Driver-based, three-statement where it helps, and kept live, so your budget, forecast and scenarios become a genuine decision-making tool, and a story investors believe.
Signs you need this
- No reliable view of your runway
- A model nobody trusts or updates
- Big decisions made on gut feel
- Investors asking for a forecast
- Cannot test scenarios easily
- Planning to hire or raise
Budgets, forecasts and models that work together
The strategic, longer-term numbers behind your plans and your raise.
Driver-based model
A model built on the things that actually move your business, not spreadsheet copy-paste.
Annual budget
A clear, realistic budget for the year that the whole team can plan and operate against.
Burn & runway
A clear view of monthly burn and how long your cash lasts, with the next funding milestone in sight.
Scenario planning
Best, base and downside cases, with key assumptions stress-tested so you can plan for each.
Investor-ready output
A forecast built to the standard investors expect, ready to stand up in diligence.
Rolling re-forecast
Updated with actuals and re-forecast when things change, so it stays a live, trusted tool.
Our forecasting process
From understanding your drivers to keeping the model live.
Understand the business
We learn how your business makes money and what really drives it.
Map the drivers
We identify the key assumptions and levers the model should be built on.
Build the model
A driver-based model with budget, forecast and scenarios that link together.
Test scenarios
We run best, base and downside cases and stress-test the assumptions.
Make it usable
We turn it into something you can actually use to make decisions.
Keep it live
We update with actuals and re-forecast as the business moves.
A model you trust helps you
“Their expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and managing our full finance operations has been invaluable.”
Tom Webster, Capio Recruitment
Forecasting connects to the rest
It works best alongside these.
Investor Readiness
Your model is the centre of getting investor-ready. We get the rest ready too.
Board & Investor Reporting
Turn forecast versus actual into board packs that drive better decisions.
Cash Flow Management
For short-term, operational cash visibility, this sits in Finance Operations.
Forecasting questions
A budget is your plan for the year, a forecast is your latest view of where you will actually land, and a model is the engine underneath that lets you test decisions and scenarios. We build all three so they work together.
Cash flow management, in Finance Operations, is short-term and operational: knowing and managing your cash week to week. Forecasting and modelling is strategic and longer-term: building the budgets and scenario models you use for planning, hiring and fundraising.
Yes. We build driver-based models to the standard investors expect, so your forecast stands up in diligence and supports your fundraising story rather than undermining it.
Yes. We build best, base and downside scenarios and stress-test key assumptions, so you can see the runway and cash impact of decisions before you commit to them.
Yes. We update the forecast with actuals and re-forecast when something material changes, so it stays a live decision-making tool rather than a one-off spreadsheet.
Forecasting and modelling sits within our Fractional CFO support, which starts from £3,000 plus VAT a month, scoped to how much senior finance input you need.
Build a forecast you can steer by
Swap the stale spreadsheet for a live, investor-grade model. Book a quick intro call and we will map out what you need.