cash-flow-forecast

name	Cash Flow Forecast
description	Build a rolling cash flow forecast that shows runway and the levers that change it.
category	Finance

Cash Flow Forecast

Project cash in and out over the coming months so the operator can see runway and act before it is a problem.

When to use

• Monthly, to refresh the forecast with actuals.
• Before a hiring, spending, or fundraising decision.

Steps

1. Start from the reconciled closing cash balance.
2. Project receipts by client and timing, not just a total.
3. Project outflows: payroll, vendors, taxes, and one-offs.
4. Compute the running balance and the month runway hits zero.
5. Model one or two scenarios and the levers that move runway.

Output

A rolling month-by-month forecast with runway, a base and a downside scenario, and the levers that change the picture. The operator decides what to do.