Sporting club financial model, built free.
A three-statement Excel model for a sporting club or sporting organisation, built from your own figures and checked to balance.
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A member-based sporting club, state or national sporting organisation, or member-owned professional club earning memberships, sponsorship, league distributions, match-day and event income and government grants, and spending it on competitions, participation programs, athletes and facilities.
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, as Excel draws it.
Built by the same system and checks as yours: its structure and its inputs, ready for your own figures.
The sample describes no real business. Yours is calibrated to your own figures, so its results are your business’s.
How the model works for a sporting club.
- How it earns revenue3 formulasMemberships and subscriptions · All member segmentsSubscription and membership revenueSubscription revenueJoining feesMemberships and subscriptions · All member segmentsClosing subscriptions received in advanceClosing membersAnnual subscriptionAverage months of subscription unexpired at each period endMemberships and subscriptions · All member segmentsClosing membersOpening membersNew membersMembers lapsed
- What drives its costs3 formulasProgram delivery costs · All programsFrontline staff costsSalaries at award ratesOn-costsProgram delivery costs · All programsProgram delivery costsFrontline staff costsBrokerage and client supportProgram operating costsCost of goods sold and content costs · All venuesCost of goods sold and content costsBeverage cost of salesFood cost of salesMerchandise cost of salesContent costs on admissions
- What it invests in3 formulasCorporate fixed assetsCapital expenditureRevenuefrom statementsCapex as % of revenueAdditional planned capexCorporate fixed assetsDepreciationDepreciation of the opening asset baseDepreciation of new capexCorporate fixed assetsClosing net book valueOpening net book valueCapital expenditureDepreciation
- How it is funded3 formulasDebtRepaymentsScheduled repaymentsPrepayments from an equity raise and the cash sweepDebtClosing balanceOpening balanceDrawdownsRepaymentsDebtInterest expenseOpening balanceAll-in interest rateshare of the year
- How profit becomes cash3 formulasWorking capitalTrade receivablesRevenuefrom statementsDebtor daysDays in periodWorking capitalInventoryDirect costs (positive)from statementsInventory daysDays in periodWorking capitalTrade payablesCash operating costs (positive)from statementsCreditor daysDays in period
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
- Corporate fixed assetsStraight-line over remaining life
- DebtAmortising term loan
- Discounted cash flow valuationDCF on free cash flow to the firm
- Multiples valuationEV / EBITDA multiple
- Capital grants and contributionsFunding mix by capital projectGrants to build or acquire assets the entity will control, recognised as income as the asset is built (AASB 1058 paragraphs 15–16; a conditional-grant liability under IPSAS 23 and similar standards), with unspent amounts held as a liability and the income kept below the operating result. Used by councils, agencies, health services, charities, clubs and housing providers.
- LeasesLease register
- Reserves policy and restricted fundsFund roll-forwardFund balances by class — restricted, endowment, designated and general (free) reserves — and whether free reserves meet the reserves policy target.
- Memberships and subscriptionsRenewals, lapses and new membersMembers by class and the subscriptions, joining (entrance) fees and levies they pay — for clubs, associations, professional bodies and member-based charities — recognised over the membership year, with renewals billed in advance held as deferred revenue.
- Grants and restricted fundingDeferred until deliveredGovernment and philanthropic grants funding a program — recognised under AASB 15 where the agreement is enforceable with sufficiently specific performance obligations (deferred until delivered), otherwise on receipt under AASB 1058 — with unspent funds refunded or rolled over on acquittal.
- Program delivery costsCaseload × staffing ratio × award ratesDirect cost of delivering a program — frontline staff under the relevant award, client support and brokerage, program premises and travel.
- Event revenue and direct costsCapacity × sell-through × ticket price
- Venue registerOpening date, closing date and capacity
- Food, beverage and secondary spend revenueCovers × average spend per head
- Cost of goods sold and content costsMargin by revenue stream
- Venue revenue and site EBITDA
The numbers it tracks.
- 01members
- 02sponsorship revenue
- 03league distributions
- 04football department spend
- 05match-day net return
- 06grant dependency
- 07operating result
What it is used for.
- Budget and rolling forecastGuide · Cash flow forecast
- Operating forecastGuide · Financial projections
- Lending and credit analysisGuide · Three-statement model
- Development feasibilityGuide · Financial modelling services
- Scenarios and sensitivities
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