Services

A business plan consultant for companies raising money or approval

The model is built before the narrative, so the story follows the numbers. For companies going to a bank, an investor or a board in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Thirty minutes. No deck. A senior consultant replies.

Who commissions one

Companies raising debt or equity. A bank facility, a fund, a further round. Every reader wants a credible market and a model they can interrogate.

Companies that need a plan for an approval. A board releasing capital, a parent reviewing a subsidiary, a free zone authority issuing a licence.

Owners who have the business but not the document. You know the market. You do not have the modelling time.

What you get

The plan: summary, market, product, go-to-market, operations, team, financials, funding ask, risks.
A three-statement model in Excel: five years, monthly for two, every assumption on one input sheet.
Debt schedules, covenant tests and sensitivities where a bank is the reader.
An investor pitch deck: 12 to 15 slides carrying the same numbers as the model.
A one-page teaser for first contact.
Bank and authority versions, reformatted to the template you are applying to.
The question list a credit committee will ask, with the answers that support them.

Financial modelling is also scoped on its own, when the plan exists but the model needs rebuilding.

How the work runs

Scoping. Who the plan is for, what they require, what you have, the fee.
Inputs. Sessions with you and your finance lead. Pricing and costs checked against suppliers.
Model first. Built and reviewed before a word of narrative. If the numbers fail, you learn it here.
Plan and deck. Draft, one review cycle, finals, and a rehearsal if you want one.

What goes wrong without one

The template plan. Generic text and 30 percent growth because the template said so. Lenders stop at page two.
Narrative and numbers disagree. The investor spends the meeting reconciling them instead of deciding.
A model nobody can open. Hard-coded figures, no input sheet. The analyst gives up.
A funding ask with no use of funds. The commonest reason a first meeting has no second.

Feasibility studies when the question is still whether to go ahead.
Financial advisory for valuation and deal structuring once investors are at the table.
Market research and market entry when the market section needs primary research.
Consulting in the UAE for plans prepared for Dubai and Abu Dhabi banks and free zones.

Frequently asked questions

How do I write a business plan?

Start with the reader and what they must decide. Build the model before the narrative. Cover the market with evidence, not adjectives. Keep the ask and the use of funds on one page.

What does a business plan consultant do that a business plan writer does not?

A writer produces the document. We test the business first, and tell you when an assumption does not hold. The document is the last step.

How much does a business plan cost?

Fixed fee per scope, quoted in writing after the call. It depends on whether a model exists and how many readers are involved.

Can you build only the financial model?

Yes. Financial modelling is scoped on its own, to a lender's standard.

Do you prepare investor pitch decks?

Yes, with the plan or alone. Same numbers as the model, plus the question list and a rehearsal.

Is a business plan the same as a feasibility study?

No. A study asks whether to build, before the decision. A plan describes how the business will run, after it.

Tell us who needs to read the plan

Who it is for, by when, and what it must contain.