The financial plan incorporates operating budgets to transform financial data into projected financial statements including a cash flow statement, income statement, and balance sheet. These pro forma statements are projected for a minimum three-year period to determine total costs, financing needs, capital structure, depreciation, loan repayments, cash flows, profits, and financial position over time to assess the financial viability of the project. ChocoholiqsCrunchiezzz requires RM 243,040 in capital and maintains a positive cash balance throughout the projected period based on its prepared pro forma financial statements.
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6.0 financial plan
1. 6.0 FINANCIAL PLAN
6.1 INTRODUCTION
The financial plan is the final step in the preparation of a business plan. A financial plan
incorporates all financial data derived from the operating budget i.e marketing, operations, and
administrative budgets. The financial information from the operating budgets is then translated
transformed into a financial budget. Based on this financial data, projections are then prepared
via several pro forma statements, namely cash flow, income (profit and loss) statement and
balance sheet. These pro forma statements are normally prepared for a minimum three-year
planning period.
The term pro forma statement, used in the context of planning, means a projected
statement of something that the entrepreneur estimates in advance. The pro forma cash flow
statement, pro forma income statement, and pro forma balance sheet, therefore are projected
statements that forecast the financial condition of the business. These statements reflect
estimated values based on planning assumptions rather than actual events.
Ratios provide helpful information about a company's liquidity, profitability, debt,
operating performance, cash flow and investment valuation. ChocoholiqsCrunchiezzz has
prepared the following financial statements for a year projected period.
ChocoholiqsCrunchiezzz requires (RM 243 040) to start the business. The cash, appearing on
the cash flow statement remains positive throughoutthe projected period.
In short, a good financial plan should be able to determine the following:
Total projectimplementation costs or size ofinvestment
Total amount of financing required and the proposed sources offinance
Capital structure of the new firm
Amount ofdepreciation on fixed assets
Amount ofloan and hire purchase repayments
Cash inflow and outflow for the planned period
Profit and loss atthe end ofthe planned period
Financial position at the end ofthe planned period
Financial viability ofthe proposed project