Resources - Useful Stuff
This is where you may find some free useful stuff - useful if you are thinking about
setting up or managing a small business or social enterprise.
Concept Outline Worksheet
You may have an idea for a new product or service - but do you find it changes each
time you explain it to someone? To develop your brilliant concept you need to spend
a bit of time 'fleshing out' exactly what it is (and isn't). This worksheet poses
the blindingly obvious questions that sometimes never get asked and even lets you
score you idea so you can compare it against others. Download Concept Outline
Sales 'What If' Scenario Builder
This spreadsheet lets you play around with numbers while it calculaes your sales
figures, total income and gross profit. You can use this in the early stages of
planning but remember to move on to something less formulae driven and more realistic
as time goes by. Download Sales Scenario Builder
Sample Cashflow Forecast
A simple template of a cashflow forecast, with associated notes. Download Cashflow template
Sample Profit & Loss Account
A template helping you to work out your gross and net profit figures. Download Profit & Loss template
Sample Balance Sheet
This simple template of a balance sheet lets you know when it doesn't balance! With
an associated workbook to record your notes. Download Balance Sheet template
Sample Budget
A simple template allowing you to record estimated real figures and to compare variances,
with an associated workbook to record your notes. Download Budget template
Note: all of the above are downloaded as zip files containing Microsoft Excel or Word files.