PURPOSE OF MODEL
 
Highly versatile and user-friendly Excel model for the preparation of a rolling 3 statement (Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash flow Statement) financial projection for a startup or existing restaurant business offering both deliveries / takeaways and dine-in options.
 
The model follows best practice financial modelling principles and includes instructions, line item explanations, checks and input validations.
 
 
KEY OUTPUTS
 
The key outputs include:
Projected full financial statements (Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash flow Statement) presented on a quarterly basis across up to 5 years and summarised on an annual basis.
Dashboard with:
Summarised projected Income Statement and Balance Sheet;
Compounded Annual Growth rate (CAGR) for each summarised income statement and Balance Sheet line item;
List of key ratios including average revenue growth, average profit margins, average return on assets and equity and average debt to equity ratio;
Bar charts summarising income statement and Balance Sheet projections;
Chart presenting total delivery / takeaway orders across projection months;
Chart presenting total filled and unfilled capacity across projection months;
Gross profit by menu category.
 
 
KEY INPUTS
 
Inputs are split into Income Statement and Balance Sheet Inputs. Most inputs include user-friendly line item explanations and input validations to help users understand what the input is for and populate correctly. 
 
Setup Inputs:
Name of business;
Currency;
First projection year and quarter;
Naming for menu categories, other income, variable costs, staff cost, fixed costs, fixed assets and borrowings;
Sales tax applicability for revenue and cost categories;
 
Actuals Inputs:
Opening balance sheet (for existing businesses);
Income Statement actuals (for trend analysis);
 
Projection Inputs:
Takeaway/Delivery Revenue inputs including:
Number of orders per day split between weekdays and weekends
Average menu selection per order
Delivery method (Customer pick-up vs Delivery)
DineIn Revenue inputs including
Days open per week
Average turnover per seat
Number of seats
Filled capacity
Average menu selection per cover
Average price per menu category
Other income inputs including
Volume
Revenue per unit
Cost of goods sold inputs including:
percentage of revenue;
 Safety stock percentage;
Average credit terms;
Other cost inputs including
Other variable costs
Marketing costs
Staff costs  
Other costs
Sales and corporate tax inputs including rate and payment periods;
Dividend inputs including amount or percentage of retained earnings and frequency;
Fixed Assets including addition amounts and useful life;
Borrowings including addition/redemption amounts and interest rate;
Share Capital additions.
 
 
MODEL STRUCTURE
 
The model comprises of 9 tabs split into input ('i_'), calculation ('c_'), output ('o_’) and system tabs. The tabs to be populated by the user are the input tabs ('i_Setup', ‘i_Actuals’ and 'i_Assumptions'). The calculation tab uses the user-defined inputs to calculate and produce the projection outputs which are presented in 'o_Fin Stats', ‘o_Charts’ and ‘o_DCF’.
 
System tabs include:
A 'Front Sheet' containing a disclaimer, instructions and contents; 
A Checks dashboard containing a summary of checks by tab.
 
 
KEY FEATURES
 
Other key features of this model include the following:
The model follows best practice financial modelling guidelines and includes instructions, line item explanations, checks and input validations;
The model is not password protected and can be modified as required following download;
The model contains a dynamic timeline that allows for a mix of actual and forecast periods across a 5-year period allowing projections to be rolled forward from month to month;
Timeline is split on a monthly basis and summarised on an annual basis; 
Apart from restaurant revenue, the model allows the user to model 5 additional income categories and their related costs;
Costs are split into: variable and fixed for better driver-based forecasting;
The model allows for the following number of underlying categories for each line item (these can be easily expanded if required):
Menu categories – 10 types;
Other Income – 5 categories
Cost of goods sold – 15 categories (10 menu categories + 5 other income categories)
Other variable costs – 6 categories
Staff costs – 8 categories;
Marketing costs – 5 categories;
Other expenses – 15 categories;
Fixed Assets – 5 categories;
Borrowings – 3 facilities;
Apart from projecting revenue and costs the model includes the possibility to model inventory, deferred income, payables, fixed assets, borrowings, dividends, corporate tax and sales tax;
The model included an integrated discounted cash flow valuation using the projected cash flow outputs;
Business Name, currency, starting projection period are fully customisable;
Revenue, Cost, Fixed Asset and Borrowing category descriptions are fully customisable;
The model includes instructions, line item explanations, checks and input validations to help ensure input fields are populated accurately; 
The model includes a checks dashboard which summarises all the checks included in the various tabs making it easier to identify any errors. 
 
 
MODIFICATIONS & SUPPORT
 
If you require any be-spoke modifications or support, we are more than happy to assist. Please send us a message below or contact us on hello@useprojectify.com