Business, Tax & Financial
Financial Analysis & Modelling.
Can we put a defensible number on this decision before we make it?
Every decision raises two questions: what do the numbers already tell us, and what will they do under the plan on the table? We answer both — interrogating the statements you have, and building the models you need.
On the analysis side, we read past the headline figures into earnings quality, working capital, and the ratios a lender or acquirer will actually test. On the modelling side, we build budgets, forecasts, and valuations where the three statements tie together — cash flow derived, balance sheet balanced, nothing plugged. Most models treat people as one line that grows with inflation. Ours do not: where labour is material, we model the establishment properly, down to grades, attrition, and backfill timing. Revenue, cost, and workforce assumptions all meet the same standard.
Sound familiar?
You'll recognise this if
- Board papers carry numbers nobody can trace back to an assumption
- Your budget is last year plus a percentage
- Two departments forecast the same thing and disagree
- A valuation is needed for a transaction and there is no internal capability
- Nobody can model what a currency move does to the plan
What you get
What we deliver
Every engagement ends with something your team can operate without us.
A transparent, auditable model with assumptions separated from calculations
Three-statement integration where the decision requires it
Scenario and sensitivity analysis on the assumptions that actually move the answer
Business valuation using the method appropriate to the purpose
Dual-currency handling built into the structure, not bolted on afterwards
Documentation and handover so your team can run the model without us
Also covered here
Business valuation
Business valuation is led by Blessing Zhou CA(SA), whose background spans corporate finance and investment analysis for listed entities and investment firms across Southern Africa. The method follows the purpose. A valuation for a transaction, one for a shareholder dispute and one for an internal capital decision are three different exercises, and treating them as one is where most valuations lose credibility.
FAQ
Questions we get asked
What does a financial model actually give us?
A number you can defend, and a record of how you got to it. A good model keeps assumptions separate from calculations, so when a board member challenges a figure you change the assumption and show what it does, instead of rebuilding the analysis overnight.
Do you provide business valuation services in Zimbabwe?
Yes. Blessing Zhou CA(SA) leads this work, drawing on corporate finance and investment analysis for listed entities and investment firms across Southern Africa. The method follows the purpose. A valuation for a transaction, one for a shareholder dispute and one for an internal capital decision are three different exercises, and treating them as one is where valuations lose credibility.
How do you handle USD and ZiG in a model?
We build the currency logic into the structure of the model instead of converting at the end. That way it presents a consistent view in either currency and shows you where the result moved because of translation and where it moved because of trading. It is one of the more common failure points we see in Zimbabwean models.
Will we be able to maintain the model ourselves?
That is the intention. Models are built to a documented structure and handed over with a walkthrough. If only your consultant can operate it, you have bought a dependency rather than a tool.
Who leads this work?
Blessing Zhou CA(SA), a chartered accountant with over ten years across corporate finance, valuation and financial planning and analysis.
Talk to us about Financial Analysis and Modelling.
Send us the question and roughly what data you hold. We will come back with whether it is answerable, how long it would take, and what it would cost.
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