Robin Marsh

-Add colours to make the spread sheet easy to read off, with contrasting colours that aren’t too intimidating -Add conditional formatting so that when the total is a surplus or a deficit, the cell with turn green or red -Use borders to highlight the different sections of the cash flow forecast, such as the incomings and outgoings -Use colours and shading to make the spread sheet have a professional appeal whilst making it easier for the user to understand.

I used clashing colours so that a clear contrast could be made between the incomings and outgoings. I also used colours to make the spread sheet easy for the user to read off, as they can see the separate sections. I applied a conditional formatting rule so that when there was a DEFICIT the cell would turn red, and when there was a SURPLUS the cell would turn green. This visually indicated if there was a profit or a loss. I formatted the appropriate cells to be in a currency form so that they would automatically have a £ sign to 2 decimal places.

This shows all the formulas used to get the values in the spread sheet.

From my research I discovered that the annual fees were rounded up to the nearest £10, however with a senior membership the fee was rounded to 1 decimal place. Similarly with the monthly fees, the cost was to the nearest 5p. In order to reach a breakeven profit, I may have to round the fees to the nearest 5p; I will apply this to the children and teen’s membership fees if possible as their fees are discounted from the original adult membership fee.

These show the cost values I entered in attempt to breakeven and reach zero. The circled cost is the total which should be ask close to zero as possible.

I managed to get closer to zero with values ‘£15.30’ and ‘£12.73’, however from my research I discovered that these were not realistic fees. Therefore I used the fees ‘£15.30’ and ‘£12.75’ which were rounded to the nearest 5. I reached a £59 profit, which was under £100 more than breakeven.

I put all the original costs down to £0 to test that the formulas within the database linked with each other. My test was successful and the total profit and loss came to £0.

I made the total Outgoings to be £10 and the total Incomings to be £100, and the test confirmed that the Net Cash Flow totalled at £90. This proves that the formulas for my Net Cash Flow are working successfully along with the Outgoings and Incomings.