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What is the financial model of an architectural firm?
This editable Excel workbook predicts the architectural firm's revenue from a cohort of clients and billable hours within five years, with financial statements and scenarios.
Use the model to convert customer acquisition, storage, mixed services, billable hours, rates, costs, personnel and capital plans into a combined financial forecast.
You edit the operational assumptions; they are stored in the workbook through monthly calculations, financial statements, scenario comparisons and management reports.
Cohorts-oriented planningRevenue results from the active customer cohort, their monthly billable hours and the hourly rate allocated to each service level.
revenue engine of the customer cohort
How does an architectural firm generate revenue in this model?
New customers come from marketing expenditure allocated to CAC, remain active through the life model and generate paid hours at service level.
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Get customers
New customers are equal to marketing expenses divided by the cost of acquiring customers each month.
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Separate the cohorts
New customers are assigned to different service levels and retained for a specific period of use at each level.
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Number of active customers
Active customers connect new customers with every cohort in their customer life.
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Building an hourly settlement
Invoicing time is equal to active customers multiplied by average monthly invoicing hours for each level.
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Calculation of revenue
The monthly level Revenue shall be equal to the hours invoiced multiplied by the hourly rate, followed by the total results in each level and month.
Worksheet revenue combines marketing acquisition, customer allocation and usage period, billable hours and hourly rates with a model cohort-based revenue calculation.
Revenue
The revenue view shows purchases, customer groups, billable hours and price assumptions.
02 / COGS & OPEX
How are operating expenses organised?
Worksheet COGS & OPEX organizes direct costs, Variable Costs and Fixed operating expenses with assumptions about time, interest and expenses.
COGS & OPEX
COGS & OPEX distinguishes the assumptions of direct, variable and fixed operating expenses.
03 / Scenarios
How do you compare the events planned?
The scenario compares the low, basic and high levels for revenue, gross margin, contribution margin and EBITDA over the forecast period of five years.
Scenarios
The scenarios shall show charts of low, basic and high performance across four financial instruments.
04 / Dashboard
What Does the Dashboard Bring Together?
The Dashboard combines scenario controls, basic financial results, a mix of revenue, profitability, cash flow, return, working capital assumptions and key metrics.
Dashboard
Dashboard consolidation of scenarios, financial tables, revenue, profitability, cash flow and return charts.
Product adjustment
Is the financial model of an architectural firm suitable for your planning?
A ready-made model is suitable for scheduling accounting hours on a cohort basis, whereas substantially different revenue logics, operational schedules or reporting structures may require individual modelling.
Model ready
It fits perfectly
Your company primarily generates revenue from billable hours through active customers or service levels.
You want to edit CAC, client allocation, client usage time, billable hours and hourly rates.
You need five-year monthly and annual financial statements with a low/basic/high scenario perspective.
You want the combined operating expenses, payments, CAPEX and management reports schedules.
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Think about the model
Your revenue depends on fixed fees, milestones, keepers or mechanics outside of the cohorts billing hours.
You need different types of backlog structures, contracts, capacity, or billing schedules for each project.
Reporting sizes or calculations are required which differ significantly from the results of the workbook.
You need a model architecture built around entities, departments, projects, or other dimensions.
The indicator is the starting point for planning, not a guarantee of performance.
Financial modelling service for orders
Do you need a pattern that meets your requirements?
Financial Models Lab may build or adapt a model where the requirements require a different revenue logic, operational schedule or reporting.
Once you've cashed in, you'll receive the architectural firm's editable Financial model as an instant download for planning and financial reporting for five years.
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Book to be edited
Work with an editable Excel model and change the assumptions that drive the forecast.
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5 - Annual Forecast
An overview of the five-year forecasts with detailed monthly and annual visions.
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Analysis of scenarios
Compare Low, Base and High in key financial and operational products.
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Financial statements
See the income statement, cash flow, balance sheet, balance sheet and supplementary reports.
Before purchase
Financial model of the architectural firm FAQ
The basic answers are visible in their entirety, without the need to click on the accordion.
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How does the model calculate the revenue of an architectural firm?
Revenue come from an active cohort of customers multiplied by average monthly billing hours and hourly rates per service level. New customers are driven by marketing spending shared by CAC and retained over their model life.
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Which assumptions can I change?
You can change the launch date, initial customers, marketing budget and seasonality, CAC, level allocation, customer retention period, billable hours and hourly rates.
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What can I compare between low, basic and high scenarios?
A comparison can be made of how low, base and high cases affect revenue, gross margin, contribution margin and EBITDA throughout forecast.
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What financial results are taken into account?
The product shall present the income statement, the cash flow report, the balance sheet, the dashboard, the scenario analysis, the summary and other financial statements.
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Can the Financial Models Lab adapt the model to individual requirements?
Yes. Financial Models Lab offers personalised financial modelling for buyers who need different revenue logic, operational schedules or reporting structures.
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Is the book a prediction or a guarantee?
This is forecast based on edited planning assumptions, not a guarantee of business results or financial results.
What Does the Architectural Firm Financial Model Contain?
This pre-written financial template for an architectural startup includes everything you need to build a comprehensive financial plan from the ground up.
All-in-one Dashboard
Core inputs and core outputs
Low/Base/High
Three scenario analysis
Professional Charts
Presentation ready
ROE Components
DuPont analysis
Revenue Inputs
Researched revenue assumptions
Bank-Ready Reports
Lender-friendly financial outputs
Revenue Breakdown
Revenue stream detailed view
KPI Dashboard
Performance metrics benchmark
Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.
Revenue
COGS & OPEX
Scenarios
Dashboard
