Cash Flow Statement Template for Excel

Download a Free Template for Cash Flow Forecast

Brixx has created a free cash flow forecasting template to help ease the workload of setting up your cash flow forecasting spreadsheet.

If you aren’t aware of how much cash is going in and out of your business then you may have a risk to your business survival and potential for success.

Because cash flow is the lifeblood of any business, having a Cash Flow Forecast Template allows you to quickly calculate expenses and expected earnings to predict your company’s future finances.

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What is a Cash Flow Forecast?

Cash flow is the lifeblood of any business. This means that understanding the cash flow is an essential activity for your company:

• Predict cash movements
• Understand when you might run out of cash
• Plan the best time to invest the cash back into your business for growth
• Plan your cash reserves to cover risk of unexpected demand for cash
• Validate your business model
• Foresee cash flow issues in time to take action and solve

Building a cash flow forecast spreadsheet (sometimes called a cash flow projection or cash flow model) can be time-consuming and painful. But our free Cash Flow Forecast Template for Excel and Google Sheets helps ease the process.

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How to use a cash flow forecast template

In our template you’ll find:

• Automatic formulas
• An adaptable structure
• Handy notes to help you input your numbers
• Extra rows for expenditure – crucial for breaking down what’s costing your business money, and more importantly, when these costs hit your cash flow
• Extra rows for income – breaking down income sources helps you get a better grip of which products make you the most money.

All these handy features will allow you to create better, more accurate, more bespoke forecasts for your business. As with many things in life, the first step to learning is to try it out. 

Plug in your expected numbers and the template will do the calculations for you, summing all of the totals and putting the right positives and negatives on each account line.

Make sure you are on top of your numbers.

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Using specialised software for cash flow forecasting

A cash flow forecast or cash flow projection is merely one aspect of gaining a better financial understanding of your business. While templates make life easier, often, business owners and decision-makers are looking for more than just the data.

For that reason alone, businesses should consider using specialised software to better manage, forecast and present their financial data. A tool will allow them to present in a way that is meaningful to the company’s progression.  For less work, specialised tools can deliver faster, broader and more accurate results than spreadsheet forecasts.

With Brixx, you can visualise your cash flow, profitability and balance sheet progression on beautiful charts, all automatically generated from your inputs and more. Sign up below.