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GP · Management company · Monthly or quarterly

Budget versus actuals

The partners get a short note on how the management company is tracking against budget, fee income and runway, with the period’s figures saved.

PlanBudget versus actuals

  1. Run the income statement

    Held

    Runs the management company’s income statement for the period and for the year to date.

    API action
  2. Read each fund’s management fee

    Held

    Reads the management fee each fund charged for the period, from that fund’s own books.

    API actionper fund
  3. Save the period’s figures

    Held

    Saves the income statement as this period’s report, so the figures stay as they stood.

    API action
  4. Compare with the budget

    Held

    Operator compares spend with the budget you attach, explains the large variances, works out your runway and drafts a short note, citing the statements.

    Operator
  5. Review the note

    Held

    You read the note and approve it before it goes anywhere.

    PersonGP approves
  6. Email your partners

    Held

    Drafts the email with the note to your partners and sends it once you confirm.

    API actionGP confirms

The plan as it runs: each step waits for the one before it, and stops at its gate until the owner approves.

At a glance

Who runs it, and when

Who runs it
GP
What starts it
The management company’s monthly or quarterly close.
How often
Monthly or quarterly
Vehicle
Management company

Ask Operator

Start it in a sentence

Ask Operator in chat. It drafts the plan for your fund, and nothing runs until you release it.

  • You

    How is the management company tracking against budget this quarter?

  • You

    Send the partners our Q3 budget versus actuals.

  • You

    What’s our runway at the current burn?

The outcome

Your partners have a short note on spend against budget, fee income and runway, and the period’s figures are saved as they stood.

What it proves

  • Reads the management company’s books and every fund’s fee from live records.
  • Saves the period’s report on its own, since nothing leaves the firm at that step.
  • Explains each large variance and your runway, citing the statements it read.
  • Emails your partners only after you have approved the note.
  • Shows a junior the note’s totals; you see every account.

Run it on your fund

Talk to the team about running this playbook on your own fund.