Cashflow Plan is a range of software packages for
preparing monthly cash flow forecasts (along with fully integrated
projected income statements, balance sheets and ratios) for 12 months
ahead for new and/or established businesses of all sizes and types.
It incorporates a roll-forward facility
to simplify and speed up the updating the projections every month.
Use it for business plans, cashflow planning and management, budgeting,
fund raising etc.
Cashflow Plan can save time and money and add substantial
business, financial and spreadsheet know-how to your cashflow
planning - check the benefits and full
details of Cashflow Plan or download
a free trial copy using the links further down
on this page.
Cashflow Plan is available in six versions (Free, Micro, Lite,
Plus, Super and Ultra) to suit
different sizes/types of businesses and levels of planning detail. Each
version can handle either UK/International or US/Canadian
accounting conventions.
Fast
Facts
Name: Cashflow Plan (six versions).
Function: Excel template for 12-month income, cash flow & balance
sheet projections with roll-forward facility.
Cashflow Plan needs Excel (releases 5, 7, 8, 95, 97, 2000, XP, 2003 or 2007) running on Windows (95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista).
The downloadable trial versions of Cashflow Plan Micro, Lite, Plus,
Super and Ultra (download links in table below) are operational
but contain use restrictions. They can be remotely upgraded after
payment to become fully-operational commercial
versions. Alternatively, unrestricted, fully-operational versions
can be downloaded immediately after payment. Check here for
upgrade and payment methods.
The downloadable Cashflow Plan Free (download link
in table below) is free but
contains some initial restrictions. These are completely removed once
you have registered (for free) and Cashflow Plan Free immediately becomes
fully usable and useful both as a package in its own right and as a great
introduction to the entire Cashflow Plan range.
Note: If you need projections extending beyond 12 months for a business plan
etc., you should have a look at Exl-Plan,
our range of fully-integrated financial planners which can generate projections
for months and quarters extending to three, five or seven years. Details and
trial-version downloads.
Quick Guide to Cashflow Plan Versions
Some advice about downloading:
All versions include a Word-based, 90-page
manual and a series of Flash-based
tutorials (running for 19 minutes) covering setting up Excel, getting
started, the basics and using Quik-Plan. The Super and Ultra versions
also include the Cashflow Plan Consolidator Guide.
You don't need to download a trial copy prior to making a purchase.
If you know which version of Cashflow Plan you want, you can buy and
immediately download a fully-operational copy here.
You cannot download one version of Cashflow Plan and then remotely
upgrade it to a different version. To switch, you must download the
specific version you need and then upgrade it.
If you envisage upgrading a trial copy to fully-operational, you
should install Cashflow Plan, at the very outset, onto the PC where
you would propose to use the upgraded version.
If you are using Windows
XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) - released August 2004 - you can ignore the
Security Warning about "unknown
publisher" when
downloading an EXE file from a link below as
we are the publisher.
Our Privacy & Security
Statement applies
to all our software. This means that it DOES NOT contain "adware", "spyware" or
any devices for collecting and/or transmitting any user information.
The
ZIP files below need to be uncompressed using an utility like WinZip before
installation.
Click a link below for the desired version
of Cashflow Plan. Go here for detailed information
on the different versions.
Take a note of the downloading file's name (CASH*.*) for reference
(in case it gets lost on your PC).
Once the downloading is complete, refer to the installation and running
instructions immediately below the download table or, better still,
open and print this Quick Start Guide which contains critical information about setting Excel to load and run Cashflow Plan's macros.
While
downloading, take a moment to complete or view these
surveys:
Super
(Trial copy)
For substantial businesses (sales
from $2m to $100m or so). Financial know-how essential.
Handles six
revenue/cost streams. Includes consolidation tool.
Ultra
(Trial copy)
For substantial businesses (sales
from $2m to $100m or so). Financial know-how essential.
Handles ten
revenue/cost streams. Includes consolidation tool.
Free (Free
copy)
For all businesses seeking short-term, high-level projections.
Minimal financial expertise. Rolling projections for 6 months.
Handles
one revenue/cost stream.
>>>> View Tutorial (2
minutes) on how to set up Excel and load Exl-Plan Free (its
procedure is identical to that for Cashflow Plan Free).
If downloading is very slow, try
again when the Internet may be less congested. If necessary, request
a copy to be sent to you by email
- be sure to specify either file name or version. Please bear in
mind that it will be a big attachment (up to 5 Mb) and your email
system must be able to accept delivery of such a large file.
* Includes main Cashflow Plan file, online help, manual and
tutorials.
Suggestion: Instead of having to
refer back to the notes below, you may wish to open and print
this Quick
Start Guide. It will lead you through installing, running
and exploring Cashflow Plan. In particular, it
contains critical information about setting Excel to load
and run Cashflow Plan's macros which are essential for using
Cashflow Plan.
Note: Your downloaded copy of Cashflow Plan includes a Word-based,
100-page manual suitable for all versions of Cashflow Plan and
a series of Flash-based tutorials (running for 19 minutes) covering
setting up Excel, getting started, the basics and using Quik-Plan.
After installation, they can be found in the CASH* folder and
they are accessible via the Start > Programs > Cashflow
Plan menu.
Installation
Once Cashflow Plan has been downloaded (and unzipped if appropriate),
run the CASH*.EXE file and you will be guided through the installation
procedure. You will be informed in README.TXT on how to uninstall Cashflow
Plan.
Running
When installed, do one of the following to run Cashflow Plan:
Select Cashflow Plan from the Start, Programs menu (W95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista). or
Load Excel and open the CASHPLAN.XLS file from within CASH*
subdirectory or folder specified during installation (this may be located below
the EXCEL subdirectory or MY DOCUMENTS folder).
You
can watch several How
to ... Tutorials covering the basics of setting up and using Cashflow
Plan and addressing many of the problems covered in the following notes.
These refer to Cashflow Plan running with Excel 5, 7, 8,
95, 97, 2000, XP and 2003. If using Excel 2007, see Frequently
Asked Questions for Using Excel 2007.
If Excel displays a message about enabling macros while Cashflow
Plan is loading, you must select Enable Macros.
If Cashflow Plan loads and then displays an "Important Notice" and
a message indicates that Cashflow Plan has not been properly loaded,
you need to reduce the security level set within Excel from High to Medium via Tools
| Macro | Security | Security Level. You should then close and reopen
Excel and then reload Cashflow Plan. During reloading, you will
be asked whether you want to enable macros. This is quite safe to
do provided you secured Cashflow Plan from our site or another reliable,
trustworthy source. For more guidance, click the thumbs below.
Load Excel, select Tools,
Macro, Security ...
... click Medium security
level and close Excel.
Reload Excel,
load Cashflow Plan and, when prompted, enable macros.
If a blank screen appears while loading of Cashflow Plan and the
system hangs, there has probably been a memory leak, caused by another
application, which has reduced the memory available to Excel and Cashflow Plan.
To resolve, use CTRL+ALT + DEL to close down Excel and Cashflow Plan. Then,
reboot the PC to wash out the leak.
Problems
?
If you experience a problem installing or loading Cashflow Plan,
use this Contact Form. Be sure to
indicate file name; exact stage at which problem was experienced;
and precise nature of problem or text of any message.
Click here to access more detailed
Installation & Running Notes. We suggest that you print these notes
for reference. Once installed, you can directly access Cashflow Plan's
Online Help from within Cashflow Plan, or via the Start, Programs
menu (W95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista). You will also be able to open up
the 100-page Word-based version of its manual and a series of Flash-based
tutorials (running for 19 minutes) covering setting up Excel, getting
started, the basics and using Quik-Plan.
If using Vista and
if Cashflow Plan's help files fail to load and/or Excel indicates "There
was a problem running the macro (1037)." there are two solutions
as follows:
Download and install the widely-used Help program (WinHlp32.exe) needed
for help files used by some versions of Cashflow Plan. You can get it
from the Microsoft
Download Center. If this link is broken, search the Microsoft site
for "Windows Help program (WinHlp32.exe) for Windows Vista".
An alternative solution is to disregard the help files and simply
use the comprehensive manual supplied in PDF format with all versions
of Cashflow Plan. This covers the exact same material as the help files.
If doing this, you should not click the help-related buttons within
Cashflow Plan's worksheets or within the *Cash Helpmenu.
Also, you should turn off Toggle Help for Calculation Errors within
Cashflow Plan's *Setup menu.
Note: By design, Excel's
autocalculate function does not work in Cashflow Plan. To update projections,
click one of the "C" buttons within Cashflow Plan's toolbar or use the
calculate options within the *Tools menu. To restore autocalculate to
Excel after using Cashflow Plan, you may need to close and reload Excel.
Recommended: Click
here for answers to Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ).
Suggestion: Instead of having to
refer back to these notes, you may wish to open and print this Quick
Start Guide. It will lead you through installing, running and exploring
Cashflow Plan.
Support
for Cashflow Plan
1. Registered copies of Cashflow Plan Micro,
Lite, Plus, Super and Ultra are
fully supported.
2. Cashflow Plan Free is unsupported but for assistance
refer to its online help; accompanying manual and README.DOC files; the
Flash-based tutorials; and the Cashflow Plan -
FAQ for Users and Cashflow Plan
- FAQ for Using Excel 2007.
3. When using Cashflow Plan, make regular backup copies of the file in
use e.g. COPY-1.XLS, COPY-2.XLS, COPY-3.XLS and so on.
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