Business forecast examples

These Calculator models show three ways to project a company from its latest SIE snapshot. Each example is ordinary editable model code and opens directly in the Calculator.

General company forecast

Open Business forecast in Calculator (available in Marketplace)

The model source is calculator/models/business-forecast.js. It imports the latest SIE snapshot, starts its five-year forecast in the following month, collects outstanding customer balances and pays supplier balances monthly, then closes the books at each fiscal year-end. The automatic forecast uses account history where there is enough reliable activity and its growth fallback otherwise. The model code delegates the operating forecast and account selection to the business forecast and account-plan packs.

The example imports all balances and annual income-statement totals from the selected SIE text. For a December 2019 snapshot, for example, the first forecast month is January 2020. Customer and supplier balances are settled from the preceding month; the model does not invent invoice due dates. An imported year-end result is closed at that period-end before the next forecast year starts.

Consulting company

Open Consulting capacity forecast in Calculator (available in Marketplace)

The model source is calculator/models/consulting-capacity-forecast.js. It uses SNI main group 62 to select the professional-services profile. This emphasizes a people-heavy cost base and uses an editable annual fallback growth assumption when the available account history is too sparse for a trend. It projects three years and includes monthly collection, supplier payment and annual closing flows.

Rental property company

Open Rental property forecast in Calculator (available in Marketplace)

The model source is calculator/models/property-rental-forecast.js. It selects the real-estate profile from SNI main group 68 and forecasts rental income from the company's recorded history. It adds monthly interest and principal payments to show how debt service affects cash, then closes the books annually. The rate and amortization assumptions are editable inputs.

Running the models

The examples include a small built-in SIE snapshot and expose its text as a file input. The timeline and first forecast month follow the latest period found in the selected SIE text, so no separate forecast-start input is needed. Annual closing follows the owner's fiscal year and closes an imported result at year-end before forecasting the next year.

Activate the modules listed for the selected example, inspect the detected inputs, and run the model. The Calculator presents the engine's returned statements, cash flows and declared metrics. It does not calculate extra accounting totals in the browser.