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Pharmacy financial model, built free.

A three-statement Excel model for a community pharmacy group, built from your own figures and checked to balance.

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The business

Retail pharmacies earning dispensing remuneration on PBS and private scripts plus front-of-shop retail margin.

In short

  • 01

    Three linked statements

    Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow, linked in every period.

  • 02

    Valued two ways

    Discounted cash flow and trading multiples, side by side.

  • 03

    Monthly to annual

    Monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annual periods, for up to 30 years.

  • 04

    Checked every period

    A Checks sheet shows the balance sheet balances and the cash reconciles.

The sample

The sample, as Excel draws it.

Built by the same system and checks as yours, on illustrative figures: every sheet as Excel draws it, or live.

Annual · 10 years · Low detail
Pharmacy sample model.xlsx
The Summary sheet of the sample pharmacy model

Illustrative figures: the sample describes no real business. The live preview shows values; your model’s Excel file has every formula.

How it works

How the model works for a pharmacy.

  1. How it earns revenue3 formulas
    Pharmacy sales and gross profit · All pharmacies
    Pharmacy salesDispensary salesFront-of-shop sales
    Pharmacy sales and gross profit · All pharmacies
    Cost of goods soldDispensary cost of goods soldFront-of-shop cost of goods sold
    Pharmacy sales and gross profit · All pharmacies
    Scripts dispensedScripts dispensed in the last reported yearScript index (reported year = 1)share of the year
  2. What drives its costs3 formulas
    Headcount and payroll · Across the business
    Total salariesDirect labourSales and customer serviceAdministration and financeManagement
    Headcount and payroll · Across the business
    Total staff costsTotal salariesOn-costs
    Headcount and payroll · Across the business
    Direct labour costsTotal staff costsDirect labour share of salaries
  3. What it invests in3 formulas
    Corporate fixed assets
    Capital expenditureRevenuefrom statementsCapex as % of revenueAdditional planned capex
    Corporate fixed assets
    DepreciationDepreciation of the opening asset baseDepreciation of new capex
    Corporate fixed assets
    Closing net book valueOpening net book valueCapital expenditureDepreciation
  4. How it is funded3 formulas
    Debt
    RepaymentsScheduled repaymentsPrepayments from an equity raise and the cash sweep
    Debt
    Closing balanceOpening balanceDrawdownsRepayments
    Debt
    Interest expenseOpening balanceAll-in interest rateshare of the year
  5. How profit becomes cash3 formulas
    Working capital
    Trade receivablesRevenuefrom statementsDebtor daysDays in period
    Working capital
    InventoryDirect costs (positive)from statementsInventory daysDays in period
    Working capital
    Trade payablesCash operating costs (positive)from statementsCreditor daysDays in period
What it covers

19 parts, each one tested.

Every part is a tested building block with its own checks: yours is put together from the ones your business needs.

  • CPI forecastConsensus curve with long-run anchor
  • Operating expensesHeadcount build by function
  • Corporate costsFixed cost base indexed to CPI
  • Working capitalFull working capital
  • Income taxCorporate rate with tax losses
  • Corporate fixed assetsStraight-line over remaining life
  • DebtAmortising term loan
  • Equity raisingDistribution reinvestment plan
  • Dividends and distributionsPayout of net profit
  • Discounted cash flow valuationDCF on free cash flow to the firm
  • Multiples valuationEV / EBITDA multiple
  • Practice and site acquisitionsAcquisitions per year × size × multipleRoll-up acquisitions of practices, clinics, imaging sites or pharmacies — consideration paid, goodwill, and the revenue and costs acquired.
  • LeasesLease register
  • Key-metric summaryLast-twelve-month and run-rate metrics
  • Headcount and payrollFTEs by department x loaded cost
  • Case selectionStackable stress toggles
  • InventoryStock per store plus DC stock
  • Pharmacy sales and gross profitScripts plus front of shopDispensary (PBS and private scripts) and front-of-shop retail sales and their cost of goods.
  • Store networkScheduled openings and closures
Key numbers

The numbers it tracks.

  1. 01scripts
  2. 02gross profit per script
  3. 03front-of-shop sales
  4. 04gross margin
  5. 05wages to sales
  6. 06EBITDA per store
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The sample is built on illustrative figures and describes no real business. Models are calculations prepared from the information you provide. They are not financial advice and must be independently verified. See our terms.