Financial Control & Cashflow Dashboard
Three scenarios from a starting position of €130,000. Built on Jan - Jun 2026 actuals (EUR 236k revenue, 20.4% EBITDA), projected forward at a EUR 100 average check and EUR 2.6k fully-loaded cost per hire. February = planned 2-week closure. Illustrative.
3 kitchen staff, 5 service days. Profitable, cash-generative. EUR 130k in the bank.
Requires 5 total kitchen staff (2 additional hires @ EUR 2.6k). At a EUR 100 average check, the 6th day gets 6/7 to EUR 250k by M12.
Gate: 90%+ seat fill, contribution margin positive by M2
Requires 6 kitchen staff + 1 part-timer (20h/wk, @ EUR 2.6k FTE). At a EUR 100 average check: EUR 250k bank by M10, ~EUR 152k FCF by M12.
Self-fund Location 2. Negotiate from strength, not need.
Increasing the opening days per week does more than lift cashflow — it makes the business scalable. Building the extra days forces real processes and removes the dependency-on-one-person risk. The result: by the end of this transformation, the business is ready to open another location.
The 4th kitchen hire is already committed for September 2026. This cost exists in every scenario.
Opening the 6th day adds ~EUR 9,400/mo revenue. The only incremental variable cost is F&B at 25% (~EUR 2,350/mo).
Net of the 2 extra hires (EUR 2.6k each): the 6th day still adds cash and gets 6/7 to target by M12. If it does not work, revert to 5/7 with no structural impact.
218+ person waitlist guarantees demand. 95% occupancy on current days proves the product.
How margins improve as fixed costs are spread across more service days. All figures illustrative.
| Metric | Current (5/7, 3 staff) | At 6/7 (5 staff) | At 7/7 (6 + PT) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service days / week | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Monthly covers | 472 | 566 | 661 |
| Monthly revenue | €44,400 | €56,600 | €66,100 |
| Labour (% of revenue) | 34.8% | 34.4% | 33.2% |
| F&B cost | 25.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| EBITDA / month | €13,232 | €15,082 | €18,307 |
| EBITDA margin | 13.4% | 17.1% | 19.8% |
| Revenue per seat / month | €1,938 | €2,324 | €2,710 |
What TMG Books delivers as your fractional CFO. Illustrative cadence.
Rolling 12-week cashflow forecast updated. Cash position check.
The Second-Location Review — a weekly working call where we steer every euro of Free Cash Flow toward the €250k target and turn the plan for opening #2 into reality.
45-minute strategic review call. Dashboard updated with live KPIs and trend analysis.
Location 2 scenario model update. Build-out costs, lease terms, cash impact analysis.