If you have a number of projects that start and end at different times of the year, you might need to do a cash flow on a project basis. This is a rolling 12 month projection always looking ahead so that you can see the impact of projects ending and make plans and timetables accordingly.
Before you can use this tool you will need to have worked out the income and costs using more traditional budget tools – or the back of an envelope…..
Here is a project based cash flow template (with an example) which you are free to download and use or edit to suit.