Monthly numbers review
Reads your monthly figures the way a good finance director would and tells you the three things that need your attention.
Updated September 16, 2026 · Finance · In the $399 library
What you get
A short management commentary: what moved, why it matters, and the three actions for this month.
What you need to hand
- This month profit and loss figures, and the same for last month and last year if you have them
- Balance sheet basics: cash, debtors, creditors, stock, lease and loan balances
- Your budget or expectations for the month
- What happened operationally: orders won and shipped, loads run, machine downtime, price or fuel changes, staff changes, one-offs
How you might ask
Here is August: sales $612k against $680k budget, gross margin 21% versus 26% last year, wages $148k, fuel $44k, cash down $88k while the debtor ledger rose to $430k and stock to $310k. We took on two drivers in July and steel went up in June. What should I be worried about?
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