Cashflow modelling is a tool that enables you to forecast your financial future and bring it to life through charts, graphs and other visual tools. Your financial adviser can use it to model different scenarios so you can see immediately how they could affect your lifestyle.
When combined with the expertise of your adviser, cashflow modelling becomes an extremely powerful tool; a visual representation that brings the numbers to life and demonstrates how your income and expenses may change over time, helping you to make more informed decisions.
What are your goals?
When it comes to financial planning, it’s essential to consider not just your current financial situation, but also what it might look like in the future. As well as the many different potential scenarios that can transpire during the course of everyday life and the impact they may have.
For example;
Would you like to provide a private education for your children (or grandchildren)?
If you have older kids, would you like to contribute towards their wedding or a property purchase?
When would you like to retire?
What level of income will you need in retirement?
Will you have enough money to last?
What if you live until 100?
What about long-term care in later life? Are you planning on downsizing?
Do you have any large expense coming up, like a new car, foreign travel or a holiday home?
Would you like to leave an inheritance?
It’s a lot to consider and 'Cashflow Modelling’ helps clients visualise these scenarios and thus bring clarity to long-term planning.
"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffett
The decisions you make today can profoundly impact your financial security many years down the line. Thankfully, there are ways to model the potential impact of various scenarios and begin putting appropriate plans in place.
Cashflow modelling plays a crucial role in ensuring the financial plans recommended are realistic, effective, and always aligned with the client’s objectives. Furthermore, they can deliver reassurance that a client’s plans are on track for their desired lifestyle.
The key to accurate cashflow forecasting
As with any type of modelling the output is very much determined by the input. Being open and honest about your income, expenditure, investments, savings, debt, expected inheritance, or any other sources of income, as well as any changes coming up that you know about will help produce a comprehensive model.
Critically it will allow you to see if your goals and aspirations are realistic and achievable as well as the modifications that can be made to facilitate them being so.
If there’s a shortfall, your adviser will make recommendations to help bridge the gap and model those too. The beauty of cashflow modelling is that you can plug any of the proposed changes into the model and instantly see how they’re likely to impact your financial plan before you make any decisions.
Conversely, cashflow modelling might also show you that you’re able to retire earlier than you thought.
Furthermore, the model can be stress tested against market events giving a robust providing further reassurance that you can still live the lifestyle you wish or highlighting a weakness in the plan to be addressed.
How can we help?
Initially by listening to your goals and aspirations and how you picture the rest of your life.
Once we have gathered the required basic information from you, we will set to work;
Collating all the wider information, assessing the suitability and costs of any existing investments, and carrying out the required calculations in order to put together your bespoke plan to help you achieve your goals
Produce a detailed cash-flow model following an in-depth analysis of your income and expenses which will clearly visualise your financial journey towards your goals.
Implement the plan
Once in place, we will monitor your investments and ensure they remain aligned to your goals and objectives - should you choose an ongoing service level.
Our periodic reviews - should you choose an ongoing service level - allow us to assess any changes to your circumstances or goals, as well as any market or legislative updates, and then to adjust the financial plan accordingly.
and critically be flexible enough to respond to the changes and challenges that life throws our way
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N.B.
This post is for information purposes only and does not constitute advice.
The content of this article was correct on 07.11.24
The Financial Conduct Authority does not regulate cash-flow planning