Outcome

Where your budget will land

An overrun found at month end is too late to steer. Project where a budget will land from what has been spent so far.

Work it out with your numbers

The figures below are a worked example. Change any of them: nothing you type is sent or stored.

What it comes to

Forecast at the current pace
135 000 €
Against budget
+15 000 €
Against budget (%)
+12.5%

More than 10 % over plan: in Flowtly, this budget would raise an alert.

How the figure is calculated

In words
Divide what has been spent by the share of the period that has gone to get a straight-line forecast, then compare it with the budget.
In symbols
  • Forecast at the current pace = S ÷ T
  • Against budget = S ÷ T − B
  • Against budget (%) = (S ÷ T − B) ÷ B
With your numbers
  • 54 000 € ÷ 40% = 135 000 €
  • 135 000 € − 120 000 € = 15 000 €

Assumptions

  • A straight line is the simplest trend: it assumes the rest of the period runs at the pace so far. Front-loaded or seasonal spending needs a monthly plan instead.
  • A negative figure against budget means the forecast lands under it.

How Flowtly measures this

  1. 1A budget can start by observing actuals; add a monthly plan with percentage, fixed or per-unit growth once you know the pattern.Read the guide
  2. 2Budgets per project, client or team track real spend against plan, so an overrun shows early.Read the guide
  3. 3Every morning Flowtly checks each planned budget and notifies its recipients when costs run more than 10 % over plan or the margin falls below target. It never changes the budget for you.Read the guide

See budgets and P&L

The plan vs actual tab of a project: a chart and a table with income plan to actual, income variance, expense plan to actual, expense variance and actual net for six months.
Compare plan with actual, month by month: income and expense variance and the actual net result.

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