13-week cash flow forecasting

Profit is an opinion and cash is a fact. Thirteen weeks is far enough ahead to act and near enough to be accurate.

Method

How the work is done.

The single most useful tool in a small business. Updated weekly, owner-friendly.

  1. 01

    Receipts and payments, not accruals

    Built on when money actually moves, from debtor and creditor ledgers rather than the P&L.

  2. 02

    Weekly rhythm

    Rolled forward every week, with last week's forecast compared to what happened so the forecast gets better.

  3. 03

    Headroom and covenants

    Facility headroom and covenant tests shown on the same page as the balance.

  4. 04

    Owner-readable

    One page you can read in two minutes before deciding whether this is the week to hire.

Output

What lands on your desk.

  • 13-week rolling receipts and payments forecast
  • Weekly variance against prior forecast
  • Facility headroom and covenant view
  • Scenario toggle for slow collections or delayed revenue
  • One-page owner summary
Standard

What it is held to.

  • Reconciles to the bank, weekly
  • Assumptions visible, not buried
  • Forecast accuracy tracked over time
  • Maintained by you or by us, documented either way
Also part of the eight

Related capabilities.

Financial models

Three-statement, monthly, driver-based. Built so an analyst can follow it without ringing you.

Investor decks & executive summaries

The deck, the one-pager and the Q&A pack — one narrative, backed by the model.

Valuation & returns analysis

DCF, LBO, comparables and returns waterfalls, built the way the other side builds them.

Data rooms & diligence readiness

Structured, indexed, complete before the first request list lands.

Next step

Thirty minutes. No pitch. Your situation, and what we would do about it.

If we are a fit, we will say so. If we are not, you will hear that too, and where to look instead. Either way you leave with a clearer picture of what good finance looks like for your business.