Cash Flow & Working Capital Review

Profitable on Paper, No Cash in the Bank

Revenue is growing, the P&L says profit — and the bank account still runs empty before BAS, wages or supplier payments. We trace exactly where cash is trapped in the business and build a 90-day plan to release it.

From $3,500 + GST. For a defined pricing, cash-flow, sales-pipeline or operational question. Scope confirmed at your free Fit Call.

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The symptoms

Cash flow problems are normal in growing businesses. Staying that way is a choice.

Growth consumes cash before it returns it: more stock, more wages, more work-in-progress, longer debtor books. Most cash flow stress in Australian SMEs is not a revenue problem — it is a working capital structure problem.

Revenue up, bank balance flat

Every dollar of growth is being reinvested into stock, debtors and WIP before it ever reaches the bank.

Scrambling at BAS and wages time

Predictable obligations keep arriving as surprises because there is no forward cash view — only the bank balance today.

Customers pay slow, suppliers want fast

You are financing your customers' businesses on terms you never consciously agreed to.

What you get

A cash map, a forward view, and a 90-day release plan.

The review works from your actual invoices, stock and payment data — not templates. You leave knowing where every dollar is trapped, which levers to pull first, and what the next 13 weeks of cash look like. Where the review shows the underlying cause is underpricing or an operational bottleneck, we say so and scope the fix.

Common questions

Questions owners ask before booking.

Why is my business profitable but has no cash?

Profit is an accounting result; cash is timing. Money gets trapped in unpaid invoices, stock, deposits paid to suppliers, tax liabilities and loan repayments. A business can show profit on paper while the bank account runs empty — the review finds exactly where your cash is trapped.

Is this bookkeeping or accounting work?

No. Your bookkeeper records what happened and your accountant reports it. This review changes the operating decisions that create the cash position: payment terms, invoicing cadence, stock levels, supplier terms and the pricing and job mix behind them.

How fast can cash flow improve?

Timing levers — invoicing faster, tightening payment terms, chasing overdue debtors, renegotiating supplier terms — can improve cash within one to two billing cycles. Structural levers like stock reduction and pricing take a quarter to flow through.

Do you work with our accountant?

Yes, where useful. We translate the findings into an operating plan and can brief your accountant or bookkeeper on what changes and why.

Eleonora Shapiro, founder of Margin & Co
Enquiry

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