The Opportunity Planner

The Aftersales Network

The Opportunity Planner

Decide what funding must achieve before it arrives.

Funding is only as valuable as the plan behind it. Set the outcome, give every pound a job and understand the terms of the money.

You leave with a one page plan to bring to your next funding conversation.

Start Your Plan Access Finance Now!
Private by Design Your entries stay in this browser. Nothing is sent or stored.
A Thinking Aid Illustrations based only on what you enter. Not financial advice.
One Page to Take Away Print your plan or save it as a PDF.
FCA Authorised Regulated credit broker, FRN 725655.

The funding isn’t the outcome. It’s the opportunity. The real question is what you turn that opportunity into.

Curtis Goring, Managing Director, The Aftersales Network

1

Start With the Outcome

Money spread thinly changes little. Money aimed at one constraint changes the business. Name the constraint before you divide a pound.

Related pagesStructuring a Funding RequirementUnderstanding Cost vs Structure

2

Give Every Pound a Job

Divide the amount across five uses and state what each must deliver. Keep the reserve in view. It is part of the plan, not what happens to be left over.

£0 Allocated
£0 Still to allocate

Enter the amount you are planning for.

People Hiring, training and specialist skills Business Loans
0%
Equipment Machinery, vehicles and technology Asset Finance & Leasing
0%
Marketing Winning and keeping customers Unsecured Business Loans
0%
Working capital Stock, suppliers and wages before payment arrives Invoice Finance & Cashflow Solutions
0%
Reserve Held back and not spent Financial Winter Is Coming… Are You Prepared?
0%
3

Know the Terms of the Money

The same sum asks different things of the business depending on how it arrives.

Where would the money come from?

Profit or savings already in the business. There are no repayments, but the money can only be used once.

Related pagesFinancial Winter Is Coming… Are You Prepared?Understanding Cost vs Structure

4

Your Plan on One Page

Review it, print it, and bring it to your next funding conversation.

Explore Further

Guidance and funding routes from across The Aftersales Network to help you take the plan forward.

A clear plan is the strongest start to a funding conversation.

If you are considering business finance, property finance, invoice finance or a more complex funding requirement, The Aftersales Network provides a structured route into the right funding conversation.

Access Finance Now! Request a Private Discussion
About Us Lender Panel Charter Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Complaints Procedure

This planner is a thinking aid. It does not give financial advice or recommend any form of funding, and every figure is an illustration based only on what you enter. Links to funding pages are for information and are not a recommendation. Your entries stay in this browser. Nothing is sent to The Aftersales Network or stored. The Aftersales Network Limited is a credit broker and not a lender. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, FRN 725655. Registered in England and Wales, company number 07729039. Commercial finance is subject to status, lender criteria, terms and conditions. Lenders typically will pay The Aftersales Network Limited an introductory commission in respect of funding arranged.