Budgeting

Get your budgeting on track for business success

As a business owner, we know that you’re passionate about your products and services and you want your business to grow.

For business success, your budgeting and forecasts need to be on track so you can reach your financial goals.  

Budgeting is simply about breaking down your income statement into categories for monthly, quarterly or yearly stats – the choice is yours. A budget will allow you to compare your actual results against those planned so that you can see whether or not your business is on track to achieve its goals.

An accountant will work closely with you but in a different way each time – it all depends on how many budgets you want to produce and at what intervals.

We can help with:

  • Monthly budgeting for a current period (the next month).
  • Budgeted figures for a future time period (end of year forecast).
  • A combination of both (monthly budgets for the current year and a quarterly forecast for future years).

How an accountant helps with achieving targets

A budget allows our team of accountants to work with you in two key areas: forecasting and budgeting.

A budget is prepared which lays out the plan needed to achieve your targets.

Whilst a forecast allows you to monitor your business finances. You will see how on track you are and any necessary adjustments required to reach your financial goal.

By sending you monthly reports you can see how your business performed against your targets. A full report at the end of the year summarises your performance and allows us to review any necessary changes for the next year. By understanding your income and expenditure, you can take action to improve the areas of your business that aren’t performing as well as others. For example, you may wish to review your product mix and see if there are solutions that can be removed from your range because they aren’t making a profit.

Budgeting and forecasting with McKenzies

We realise that as your business grows, so do your services and product offering which impacts operations through to workforce. This can be daunting and means that you are wearing many hats as the business owner.  

We offer advice and guidance from setting up your business through to managing financial accounts. We can help to guide you on the forms to complete, legal requirements and help with budgeting and forecasting.

Talk To Our Team Of Accountants At McKenzies, we will be here to work with you every step of the way.