Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Food & Agriculture

Business and financial plan for life sciences, food and agriculture: production, approval, season.

Food, farming, medtech or biotech: planix calculates equipment, raw materials and stock, season and approval time.

Production, stock, approval, season.

Concept free, business and financial plan £39 – one-off, even without a subscription.

In production, food and agriculture, the money sits in equipment and stock

Equipment and approvals cost money before the first product is sold; raw materials ripen or sit in storage for months. planix calculates equipment as investment, stock with storage period and revenue with season or approval time.

Equipment and approvals cost money before the first product is sold; raw materials ripen or sit in storage for months. planix calculates equipment as investment, stock with storage period and revenue with season or approval time.

What carries the plan in this industry

Rules in detail
Revenue

Buyers, volume, price

Volume times price per buyer – retail, direct sales, hospitality – with the season.

Costs

Raw materials, energy, staff

Raw materials and packaging per unit, energy and staff fixed – plus certification.

Capital

Equipment, storage, approval

Equipment, storage, conversion to hygiene rules, approval – plus reserve for the storage period.

What your bank and lenders check first

  1. 1
    Storage period and tied-up raw materialHow long raw material and product sit in stock before becoming revenue.
  2. 2
    Buyers and contractsWho buys how much at what price – and what is already signed.
  3. 3
    Equipment: depreciation and loanEquipment runs long, loans shorter – the traffic light shows if cash flow suffices.
  4. 4
    Approval and regulationsFood law, hygiene, MHRA: requirements in the company chapter, costs in the capital required.

Metrics that appear in the plan

  • Volume sold per month
  • Raw material share
  • Storage period in months
  • Revenue per full-time position
  • Capital intensity
  • Debt service capacity

Where you submit

  • Your bank for investment loan
  • Farming grants of the UK nations
  • Innovate UK for innovation projects
  • Buyers for purchase agreements and pre-financing

Industry benchmark from: Office for National Statistics, Department for Business and Trade, ONS Business demography, Eurostat, Companies House, Web research

Typical financing

Equity plus investment loan, plus agricultural or innovation funding

Equipment can be lent against, stock and approval cannot. Typical are equity, an investment loan, for farms a farming grant and for innovation an innovation grant.

Equipment can be lent against, stock and approval cannot.

Which package fits

Business & financial planning Pro

The concept is free: product, buyers, approval and competitors. Business & financial planning Pro (£39) calculates equipment, stock, season and debt service.

The concept is free: product, buyers, approval and competitors. Business & financial planning Pro (£39) calculates equipment, stock, season and debt service.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions from the sector

Through opening inventory, cost of goods per unit and time of sale. The cash flow forecast shows how much raw material is tied up and the reserve that takes.

Yes: you enter the start month of revenue, say month 25, and the costs before it. The plan is not legal advice on the approval.

There are farming grants and schemes, different in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. You enter a loan with interest and term, a grant as funding; which fit is clarified by “Find grants”.

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