STRUCTURED BUSINESS PLAN
A business plan is a written description of your business's future, a document that tells what you plan to do and how you plan to do it. If you jot down a paragraph on the back of an envelope describing your business strategy, you've written a plan, or at least the germ of a plan.
Business plans are inherently strategic. You start here, today, with certain resources and abilities. You want to get to a there, a point in the future (usually three to five years out) at which time your business will have a different set of resources and abilities as well as greater profitability and increased assets. Your plan shows how you will get from here to there.
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Business plans are inherently strategic. You start here, today, with certain resources and abilities. You want to get to a there, a point in the future (usually three to five years out) at which time your business will have a different set of resources and abilities as well as greater profitability and increased assets. Your plan shows how you will get from here to there.
You can visit our small business encyclopedia to learn more about business plans or our FormNet area to get the necessary forms to get started.
FINANCIAL STRATEGIES
Introduction :
A financing strategy is integral to an organisation’s strategic plan. It sets out how the organisation plans to finance its overall operations to meet its objectives now and in the future.
A financing strategy summaries targets, and the actions to be taken over a three to five year period to achieve the targets. It also clearly states key policies which will guide those actions.
1. Where are we now?This section summaries where the organisation is at the start of the strategy. This includes an assessment of the key risks facing the NGO and the opportunities and resources it has available.
2. Where would we like to be?This section summaries key financial targets for three to five years’ time, and is informed by the risks and opportunities identified in the first section. It will include as a minimum:
This might include sections on:
A financing strategy is integral to an organisation’s strategic plan. It sets out how the organisation plans to finance its overall operations to meet its objectives now and in the future.
A financing strategy summaries targets, and the actions to be taken over a three to five year period to achieve the targets. It also clearly states key policies which will guide those actions.
1. Where are we now?This section summaries where the organisation is at the start of the strategy. This includes an assessment of the key risks facing the NGO and the opportunities and resources it has available.
2. Where would we like to be?This section summaries key financial targets for three to five years’ time, and is informed by the risks and opportunities identified in the first section. It will include as a minimum:
- The desired funding mix – the balance and sources of restricted and unrestricted funds.
- Donor dependency – linked to the funding mix, this is the realistic and appropriate level of funding to accept from donor agencies (expressed as a percentage of overall income).
- Level of general reserves – usually expressed as the number of days that the organisation could continue without external funding.
This might include sections on:
- how to increase the mix and level of unrestricted funds
- how to finance core costs
- how to build up reserves
- how to replace and maintain fixed assets
- how to apply funds to achieve maximum benefit
- increasing or introducing fees for users of services to recover some or all of the costs of providing the service;
- introducing income-generating activities;
- making use of under-utilized resources (eg renting out office space, vehicles);
- increasing the priority given to fundraising for unrestricted funds.
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