Corporate Business Plan
As part of the senior management team of a large organisation you need a corporate business plan. For example, your plan may embrace rationalisation of existing business operations, or expansion into new market sectors. Above all, you need a comprehensive corporate business plan. And, it needs to communicate your business strategy clearly to your Board of Directors. In addition, to your management team, employees, & stakeholders. Unfortunately, many business find developing a plan needs time and resource they don't have. So, this is where an experienced external consultancy like The Business Plan Team brings independent expertise to the process.
Our Experience
Our Team of consultants have considerable experience writing corporate business plans. For instance, these include detailed plans for organisations operating on a National, International and Global scale. Our Business Plan Consultants have first-hand experience of helping corporations across a wide range of industry sectors. And, these have been focused on different strategies. These include developing new commercial strategies, and raising debt and equity funding. So, using this depth of expertise & experience, TBPT has had experience working closely with client board directors and management teams. Examples include, Clients needing a global business plan to communicate strategic change to their investor & customer base. And a client seeking to develop an international business plan to raise up to £200m in corporate venture funding.
Fees and Time-scale
Fees and time scale for developing a business plan varies significantly from project to project. Initially, a telephone brief from you will establish the scope of work. Then, we will provide you with a proposal outlining the process, fees and time-scale for delivering your corporate business plan. So, as you might expect, the more research, analysis and complex the business; the higher the cost. For example, for an organisation needing to develop a financial forecast and written plan virtually from existing material fees start at around £5,000. For organisations requiring additional face to face consultancy, research & analysis, fees generally range upwards of £20,000. so, to discuss your options, simply fill in the contact form on this page and we will be happy to set up a preliminary call.
Process
We take responsibility for writing your business plan from start to finish. However, we also fully involving the management team in the process. For example, this will likely involve regular virtual or face-to-face meetings with the sponsor within the client management team. In addition, it could involve the facilitation of strategy development, or collaboration with key members of the management team. Further, it could involve engaging with other stakeholder groups, integration of comment, feedback and analysis. So, typically this is approached in three broad stages:
- Review, Analysis and Research
- Financial Forecasting and Planning
- Writing the Business Plan & Developing Accompanying Documents
Once a plan is complete our team can work with the board and executive management team to measure performance. For example, this could be against identified objectives, milestones or industry metrics. In addition, the team would be available to conduct periodic strategic reviews.
What will be in my Corporate Business Plan?
The content of your corporate business plan will depend on the scope of work. And this is agreed with you ahead of the start of the project. However, each plan will typically comprise a minimum of:
- A 40 - 50 page Business Plan Commentary & Executive Summary
- A 5 year Profit and Loss, Cash-Flow and Balance sheet
- A set of appendices with supporting detail
Other Services
Many of Our Clients are often seeking to explore other potential growth paths & different value propositions, Or, alternative commercial strategies and scenario analysis. So, as well as its core Business Plan Services TBPT provides a range of Other Business Plan Services. For example, these include research & analysis, financial modelling, feasibility analysis, and pitch-deck & investor prospectus development.