Business Support Toolkit
Providing you with specialised resources and templates to support your early years childcare business.
Business planning support
This document supports you to create a comprehensive business plan.
Business Sustainability Tool
This spreadsheet tool helps you to explore your business as a whole. By answering a series of questions on a range of tabs, you will receive an overall score that is a good initial indicator of business health.
You will examine:
- your business and its context in the sector
- the financial health of your business *
- your marketing and engagement with both your customer base and in identifying new opportunities
- how your business is managed by considering leadership and management processes
Business Sustainability Tool for settings
* Business tools have been provided in a separate spreadsheet for you to examine and record your:
- Cashflow
- Breakeven point
- Occupancy
- Ratios
- Marketing plan
There are two versions of this spreadsheet. One aligns with the tax year, the other with the academic year.
Business Tools (Academic year)
Additional resources to support your organisation are provided by ChildcareWorks. This website includes:
HUB resources - childcareworks.org.uk
You may also find lots of additional useful information on Childcare Choices.
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