UK business plan financials excel sheet?
December 20, 2015 3:27 AM   Subscribe

I am looking for a straightforward British economic business plan financials calculator for Excel so that I can look serious! I found a similar thing from startupmodels.com but it is really for the USA. Any signposting to something comprehensive with built in calculations?
posted by parmanparman to Work & Money (3 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
As someone who looks at and prepares a lot of pro formas for various enterprises as as part of my job, let me just say that using a canned template won't make you look serious to anyone who is, um, serious... in fact, it will have the opposite effect. That said, if you like the one you found, can't you just change the formatting to get rid of the dollar signs, correct a few labels, add/subtract a few lines as needed and carry on? If that sounds daunting, then you probably need some outside assistance to help you think through your business idea.
posted by carmicha at 9:50 AM on December 20, 2015 [2 favorites]


Response by poster: I definitely need better assistance. This is the problem with starting a social enterprise. There are no advisers who have any real experience in this field doing anything but field work in health and social care and because most were funded out of community health payments, they don't know how to create financial plans. We are a team badly served by the advisers we have been given by our "social enterprise mentor" and this crass non-answer above is just one more stab to the process.
posted by parmanparman at 5:14 AM on December 22, 2015


[T]this crass non-answer above is just one more stab to the process.

May I suggest that you add more detail or, since this post is falling into oblivion, re-ask your question next week with a lot more information; your retort provided more useful information than the initial query, and additional detail might prompt knowledgeable people to help you. For starters, what are you trying to accomplish with your social enterprise?

With respect, if your cavalier question and your curmudgeonly response is typical of how you're addressing feasibility and the people with whom you're engaging as you try to build this organization, you may continue to be disappointed.
posted by carmicha at 7:54 AM on December 22, 2015


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