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A monthly view beats a year-end surprise
Growing firms often know sales but not how much of those sales has become cash. A short dashboard drawn from closed books helps owners spot pressure early. Use the same month-end cut-off each time and keep each figure traceable to the ledger, bank, or inventory register.
Five signals to put on one page
Collections: Customer invoices due, overdue, and actually received.
Margin: Sales less direct costs, compared with the last few months.
Stock: Inventory held, slow-moving items, and purchases already committed.
Tax cash: Expected GST, TDS, and income-tax outflows based on the records to date.
