Service 03 · The Plan
A budget that gets used, not framed
An operating budget built from your real numbers, tracked against actuals monthly — drift is caught while steerable.
The Problem
Most small-business budgets are written once, admired briefly, and never opened again — because they were built on guesses and nobody compares them to reality.
What We Do
We build your operating budget from your actual history (clean books make honest budgets), then track budget-vs-actuals every month as part of your close. When a line drifts, you hear about it that month — while the correction is still cheap.
What You Get
Annual operating budget
Monthly budget-vs-actuals
Mid-year re-forecast
Micro-FAQ
Is a budget the same as a forecast?
No — the budget is the plan, the forecast is the prediction; you need both and we do both.
Can you budget a first year with no history?
Yes — built from your model and market, flagged honestly as assumption-driven.