Resources : Enhancing your business
The list below contains various files to assist you with different areas of your business.
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Book-keeping
Description:
This is an example of a simple book-keeping procedure on an Excel spreadsheet that can also be replicated on paper.
Always set up a book-keeping system that suits your needs and feel free to adapt this example
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Book-keeping - with a Director's Loan Account
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An example of a cash analysis book-keeping system that incorporates a director's loan account (for limited companies).
Always set up a book-keeping system that suits and reflects your business.
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Business Link Dorset Start up Course
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Accompanying day 3 of the course. A usable Excel spreadsheet containing cashflows; book-keeping; sample invoices; sources of finance and more
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Business Plan Guideline
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This sets out topic headings and a few ideas as to what may be included under each heading.
All business plans must be tailored to suit each indiviudal business.
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Business Plan Guidelines for a Childcare Setting
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These are guidelines written to help those in a childcare write a business plan.
If a setting needs additional help then refer to your development worker
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Cash Flow Forecast
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The example of a cash flow forecast for a start up business.
Ensure that the cash flow reflects your busness' income and expenditure.
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Cash Flow Forecast Comparisons
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Spreadsheet showing how once a cash flow forecast has been constructed - how to use that cash flow to monitor the progress of the business - but puting the "actual" figures alongside the "forecast" figures
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Charitable Organisations
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Updated information for charities at April 08 regarding "public benefit", "avoiding governance pitfalls" and "think about change". This is a newsletter from the solicitors Foot Anstey who have kindly allowed the reproduction of their newsletter on this site.
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Example invoices
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These are examples of invoices - for both VAT registered and non-VAT registered business; a blank example and a completed example - ensure that it is tailored to suit your needs
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Expense account
Description:
This is an example of a director's monthly expense sheet with salary details.
Always adjust paperwork to suit your own requirements.
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Festival of Playwork - Finance
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Festival of Playwork 2010. Inter-active Cash flow and budgets. Also sources of finance and ideas for fund raising. Presented at Basingstoke on 30 January 2010
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Festival of Playwork - People
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The PowerPoint presentation for the Festival of Playwork 2010 presented in Basingstoke on 30 January 2010.
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Grants & Funding
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Whilst not the definitive answer to all your funding needs, this page gives brief descriptions and links to various funding sources. If you know of more, please let me know.
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Petty Cash
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This is the example of the petty cash analysis form used on the business start up course.
Always adapt book-keeping to suit your business
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PLA Downloads No 1
Description:
Excel based overheads from Val's presentation "how to have fun with figures" on 28 March 09 in Portsmouth
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PLA Downloads No 2
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In Excel format additional information from Val's presentation for the PLA on 28 March 09 in Portsmouth
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Profit and Loss Account
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This is a simple example of a Profit and Loss Account.
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Provision of Services Regulations 2009
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Effective from 28 December 2009; this legislation sets out what information must be made available to customers as well as additional information should the customer require it. It is EU wide and affects trading within the EU.
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Setting up a Business - the 39 Steps
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A document to prompt you to consider all the aspects that may need research or more knowledge when considering a business.
Set up on one page of A4 a guide to help you think through what you need to consider and what you need to do.
This list is not exhaustive
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Survival Budgets
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These are examples of how to prepare a survival budget. The first is for the individual to know how much they need to live on. The second is the budget of how much the business needs to survive to be able to pay its basic expenses. Once these figures are known then these figures can be transferred to the expenditure section of the cash flow forecast
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The ACT Business Plan
Description:
There are many forms of business plan. This is the preferred outline of a business plan for those working with ACT and the ACT mentor
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Top Tips for Tenders
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1 July 09 Presentation at Moonfleet Manor for Business Link and Compete4
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Val's Baker's Dozen Rules of Business
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These are some of the "Rules of Business" which I have used and found successful.
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