Forecast 5

Powering Accurate, Efficient Financial Decisions

Forecast 5 gives you powerful tools to run your business more efficiently and with greater insight. From multi-entity consolidations and daily cashflow tracking to what-if scenario planning, each feature is built to simplify decisions and provide a complete picture of your financial position in a single platform.

One Touch Reporting

Produce polished, customisable, bank-ready reports in seconds with Forecast 5. No manual effort required—just apply your templates, add your branding, and generate them with a single click.

Our integrated report set: Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, Cashflow and Funds Flow

Reliable, up-to-date reporting is essential for strong financial management. Forecast 5’s reporting tools help businesses make quicker, better-informed decisions by offering a clear view of financial performance. From analysing profits and cash flow to planning investments, you get valuable insights without the burden of manual work or risky spreadsheets.

With Forecast 5, your Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Cashflow, and Funds Flow reports are connected, simple to produce, and compatible with One Touch Reporting—letting you spend more time interpreting results instead of gathering data.

Like a dashboard, Forecast 5’s Visuals tool turns your financial figures into clear, interactive charts. Built to support the standard reports, these visuals offer quick, easy-to-read insights into key metrics, making it simple to track performance and spot trends.

Available visuals include:

• EBITDA: See how earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation change over time.

• Sales: View sales results to recognise growth trends.

• Bank Balance and Movement: Keep an eye on cash flow and account balances.

• Working Capital Days: Measure how efficiently working capital is managed.

• Debtor Days: Track how long receivables take to be collected.

• Net Bank: Review your net cash position after liabilities.

These visuals can be viewed monthly, quarterly, or yearly, giving you flexibility in how you analyse data. Whether for reporting or trend analysis, Forecast 5’s Visuals make financial data easier to understand and use.

Essential Report Schedules for Better Financial Planning

Beyond its standard and advanced financial reports, Forecast 5 also offers a range of schedules and supporting reports that give finance teams deeper insight into both operational and financial performance. These tools help track resources, manage commitments, test assumptions, and review key indicators—all in one connected platform.

Incorporating these schedules into your budgeting and forecasting improves visibility across your business, making planning, analysis, and communication clearer and more confident.

A Unique Toolset to Build Custom Reports

Forecast 5’s Report Views lets you access underlying forecast data directly from your database, so you can build custom dashboards, reports, and visuals tailored to your organisation. Instead of relying only on standard formats, you can create outputs that focus on the figures and patterns most relevant to your business.

This level of flexibility helps finance teams and leaders turn data into practical insights, spot trends, and make well-informed strategic decisions. Whether you’re reviewing revenue, overseeing cashflow, or analysing different forecast scenarios, Report Views supports confident, data-led decision-making.

The Perfect Accompaniment to your Financial Decisions

Alongside its core financial reports, Forecast 5 provides a range of advanced reports that give finance teams greater visibility into budgets, forecasts, and overall performance. These tools let you review historical results, test different scenarios, and monitor variances—all within one integrated platform.

Forecast 5’s Section Summary tool gives you a fast, at-a-glance view of each area within your Profit & Loss forecast. Selecting a P&L section instantly displays the monthly figures for every entry in that section, along with totals, making it easier to review performance and spot items that may need attention.

If something looks off or you want more detail, you can double-click any entry to drill down further. This smooth navigation makes managing and analysing your forecasts simpler and more efficient.

Report Preview: Data at a Glance

Forecast 5’s Report Preview lets you see your financial performance at a glance straight from the home tab. There’s no need to switch screens—just open Report Preview to view your latest updates reflected in your Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet.

With Report Preview, you can quickly track key metrics, confirm how your inputs are affecting reports, highlight items that may need attention, and cut down the time spent preparing reports. This convenient snapshot keeps finance teams and decision-makers up to date, making reviews faster and helping your organisation stay on course.

Financial Software Integrations

By linking with major accounting platforms, you can cut out duplicate data entry, minimise mistakes, and keep your forecasts up to date in real time. Save valuable time, simplify your processes, and concentrate on the activities that move your business ahead.

A specialised feature designed for the construction sector, allowing part of an invoice to be retained until it’s needed, based on the terms of the contract.

Understand the impact of any business change with What-If scenarios, giving you the insight to make informed decisions quickly and plan effectively.

Consolidations merge several entities or divisions into one view in your selected currency, offering a clear overview of your total financial performance.

Eliminations take out inter-company transactions and balances from consolidated reports, guaranteeing accurate totals and avoiding double-counting.

Project forecasts for up to 15 years, adjusting for increases or decreases as required, so you can make confident, well-informed decisions.

Use Hotlinks to automatically update your data from spreadsheets or connected forecasts, simplifying data entry and ensuring consistency.

Export your forecast data from Forecast 5 into a structured spreadsheet for easy import into your ERP or reporting system.

Quickly compare budgets against actual results, examine variances, and adjust your forecasts to support precise, future-focused planning.

Built to manage international budgeting, delivering precise and consistent results across different regions and currencies worldwide.

With a 90-day rolling bank view and detailed adjustments, Daily Cashflow helps you take full control of your cash and overall financial health.

Easily manage your forecasts using Tags, allowing you to differentiate by location, version, budget status, or any category that works for you.

Enhance your security by locking forecasts to protect sensitive financial data from being viewed or altered without permission.

A simpler alternative to consolidations that still provides a clear overview of your financials.

Easily copy, reuse, and expand on your existing plans, avoiding starting from scratch and saving valuable time.

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