Financial Forecasts

Tailored financial forecasts and models that equip you to make informed decisions, adapt to market changes, and confidently plan for your business’s future

Plan for the Future with Confidence

In a fast-paced business environment, having clear and accurate financial forecasts can be the difference between achieving your goals and missing out on opportunities. At The MGroup Partnership, we specialise in creating tailored financial forecasts and models that equip you to make informed decisions, adapt to market changes, and confidently plan for your business’s future. We understand that every business is unique, and we take the time to thoroughly understand yours to deliver financial insights that support your growth.

When Are Financial Forecasts Needed?

Financial forecasting is valuable at many stages of business growth and decision-making, including:

  • Start-Up Planning:
    Forecasts provide the foundation for new businesses, helping to attract investors, secure loans, and plan initial cash flows.
  • Growth & Expansion:
    As your business grows, forecasts guide decisions around hiring, entering new markets, or launching new products, ensuring resources are optimised and risks are managed.
  • Budgeting & Annual Planning:
    A forecast forms the backbone of an annual budget, providing clear financial targets and measurable goals that keep your business on track.
  • Investment & Financing Needs:
    Forecasts are essential when seeking funding or financing, giving potential investors and lenders confidence in your business’s future performance.
  • Crisis or Change Management:
    During economic uncertainty or market changes, forecasts allow you to adapt quickly, anticipate impacts on cash flow, and implement cost-saving strategies.

Our Approach: Understanding Your Business First

Effective financial forecasting goes beyond numbers—it’s about having a deep understanding of your business, its goals, and the challenges you face. At The MGroup Partnership, we begin every forecasting project by getting to know you and your operations, ensuring that our models reflect the realities of your business and the industry you operate in. This understanding enables us to create forecasts that are not only accurate but also relevant and actionable, giving you the insights needed to make confident, informed decisions.

The Benefits of Accurate Financial Forecasting

Enhanced Decision-Making

With reliable forecasts, you can make strategic decisions based on a clear picture of future revenue, cash flow, and expenses. This enables you to make proactive adjustments that keep your business moving forward.

Improved Cash Flow Management

Understanding your future cash flow needs helps you maintain sufficient reserves, plan for leaner periods, and make sound investment decisions. Forecasts allow you to plan for upcoming expenses and prevent cash flow challenges.

Reduced Financial Risk

Financial forecasts help identify potential risks and obstacles in advance, allowing you to mitigate them before they impact your bottom line. This is especially important in times of uncertainty when adaptability is key.

Increased Investor & Lender Confidence

A well-prepared forecast demonstrates your business’s viability and stability, instilling confidence in potential investors and lenders and making it easier to secure financing or attract new partners.

Strategic Resource Allocation

With accurate forecasting, you can allocate resources more efficiently, whether it’s investing in new technology, expanding your workforce, or entering a new market. Forecasts ensure you have the resources needed to achieve your goals without overextending.

Our Financial Forecasting Services Include

Revenue & Sales Forecasting

We project revenue growth based on historical data, market trends, and business goals, giving you realistic expectations for your income streams.

Cash Flow Forecasting

Cash flow is essential to a stable business. We create models that track inflows and outflows, helping you manage liquidity, anticipate funding needs, and plan for capital expenditures.

Expense Forecasting & Budgeting

Accurate expense forecasts allow you to create realistic budgets and monitor spending in key areas. We provide detailed expense models that align with your financial goals and cost-saving initiatives.

Profit & Loss Projections

Our profit and loss forecasts give you a snapshot of anticipated profitability, providing valuable insights into how business decisions impact your bottom line.

Scenario & Sensitivity Analysis

For businesses facing uncertain futures or preparing for major decisions, scenario modelling enables you to explore potential outcomes and impacts. Our sensitivity analyses help you understand how changes in key variables—such as sales volume

The MGroup Partnership – Turning Financial Data into Strategic Success

Partner with The MGroup Partnership for Financial Clarity

With our tailored financial forecasts, you’ll gain the insight needed to make confident, strategic business decisions. Our team at The MGroup Partnership is dedicated to supporting your success by delivering financial forecasts that are accurate, actionable, and aligned with your business’s unique needs. Contact us today to discuss how our forecasting services can empower your business to plan effectively and achieve its goals.

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Ollie Squire

Partner

Chris Denton

Partner

Jordan Lyne

Partner

Jordan has worked with various client’s over his ten years at The MGroup. The services provided range from bookkeeping, VAT returns, annual accounts and management accounts. He has been involved in recruitment of new staff members and helped move the firm on with it’s systems by creating and improving internal controls and procedures.

Jordan manages his resources efficiently to meet deadlines and where clients have specific requirements, he works closely with them to ensure these are both feasible and met in a timely manner. Jordan has clients in various sectors, ranging from international companies to smaller locally based businesses.

Wendy Tatham

Partner

Wendy joined the firm in 2015, after starting in finance for the NHS and then qualifying with another local firm of accountants. She brought with her experience across all areas, having previously managed payroll support, corporate and personal tax compliance and planning alongside other general practice elements.

Wendy works with clients across a range of sectors and enjoys supporting them with their statutory reporting, internal financial processes, corporate and personal tax planning and business advisory services. A key area of interest is working closely with her clients to support them with growing and restructuring their businesses to align with their long term goals.

In her spare time Wendy is the lead volunteer for Oxfordshire Scouts, supporting 95 Scouts groups across the county to deliver a fun programme of activities to young people aged 4 to 24.

Geoff Pinder

Corporate Finance Partner

Geoff has operated in the Mergers & Acquisitions and the corporate finance arena since 2004. He has held Executive roles leading and managing the performance and productivity of cross functional teams focused on delivering a high quality service to clients across complex portfolios.

Selling a business is a life changing event, and Geoff’s passion is working with businesses owners to help them explore the various exit options and strategies available to achieve their objectives, leading to excellent results for all stakeholders.

Geoff has been involved in over 500 deals across multiple industry sectors, working predominantly on the sell side of transactions, including sales to strategic buyers, private equity, and MBO’s.

Darren Green

Partner

Having grown up in North Oxfordshire, Darren joined The MGroup in 1999 as a trainee, qualified in 2003, and became a partner in 2010. Darren is best known for his ability to ‘go the extra mile’ for clients; even changing a flat tyre outside the office when it was discovered after a meeting, helping his clients to safely make their way home.

Aside from changing tyres, Darren enjoys helping clients to grow their varied and interesting businesses, and gaining insights into a wide range of sectors. In particular, he likes working within the corporate finance team, assisting with financial projections and due diligence for prospective buyers. Darren enjoys the challenging and pressurized nature of this type of work. Many of his clients are from manufacturing, technology or start-up backgrounds.

In his spare time Darren is a family man and he also enjoys sport, including football, skiing and running. He has taken part in a 26 mile walk for a cancer charity with colleague Geoff.

Peter Smith

Partner

Peter joined The MGroup in 1990 and became a partner in 1996. Originally from Wiltshire, Peter is a member of the Oxford Chamber of Commerce where he has been a Chamber council member for over 20 years.

Helping to provide a complete finance solution to companies is one of Peter’s key focus areas. He believes this to be a service that sets the partnership aside from its competitors, alongside The MGroup values and employees.

Peter provides financial mentoring, support with strategy and planning, solutions to increase profitability and improve cash flow, and help with expansion/diversification plans. His specialist interest areas include not-for-profit, healthcare and international organisations.

Peter enjoys the opportunities and challenges he is faced with every day at The MGroup and making a difference to clients’ lives. He is also a keen local charity supporter, regularly helping to raise funds and awareness for SeeSaw and SpecialEffect where he is an ambassador.

Outside of work, Peter is a Chelsea Football Club season ticket holder. He likes walking in the local area, especially if there is a pub or café at the end of the walk, and enjoys holidays in Devon, in particular to a secret escape in Dartmouth.

Richard Clayton

Partner

In 1984 Richard became the youngest ever partner at The MGroup at the age of 27 and is now the longest serving partner. Richard is a true team player, having been a prominent local footballer in his early years. He very much brings the team ethos to The MGroup who like to work as an integral part of their client teams.

Richard qualified in 1982 and has worked with many of his clients for decades, evidence of the excellent service provided by both Richard and the firm. Richard is proud of the firm’s exceptional reputation. He continues to develop new strategies and explore improvements to the services they provide and remains highly ambitious and committed. Outside of work Richard enjoys golf, football, spending time with his family and the very occasional glass of wine (normally accompanied by too much food!).

Richard has a depth of knowledge and experience in all areas of the construction industry and also deals with most of the firms agricultural clients. He also deals with a wide range of other clients which include a substantial number of UK subsidiaries of overseas companies together with a number of high profile local businesses. Richard is a firm believer that the role of a trusted accountant is to provide clients with the best possible advice and support. The client does not always have to follow advice but he believes they must have all options on the table to form a meaningful decision.