Centurion Motor Exchange Business Plan — Appendix B: Year-1 Monthly Projections

Month-by-month operating and cash detail for the first year of trading.

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Appendix B: Year-1 Monthly Projections

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Table B.1: Monthly projections, pre-launch and FY28 (R000 unless stated)

	M0	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	FY28
Retail units	0	25	28	34	37	42	45	46	50	51	44	57	56	514
Revenue	0	6,671	7,481	9,163	9,946	11,401	12,198	12,368	13,575	13,927	11,947	15,546	15,123	139,346
Gross profit	0	856	960	1,176	1,277	1,463	1,566	1,587	1,742	1,787	1,533	1,995	1,941	17,884
Operating expenses	(2,204)	(1,390)	(1,408)	(1,446)	(1,464)	(1,502)	(1,527)	(1,533)	(1,572)	(1,582)	(1,520)	(1,635)	(1,622)	(20,404)
EBITDA	(2,204)	(534)	(448)	(270)	(187)	(38)	38	54	171	205	13	360	319	(2,520)
Net profit	(2,204)	(757)	(671)	(493)	(410)	(261)	(184)	(169)	(52)	(18)	(210)	137	96	(5,195)
Stock (units)	60	60	60	60	63	67	68	75	77	66	86	84	87	87
Inventory	13,032	13,032	13,032	13,032	13,700	14,658	14,862	16,313	16,736	14,356	18,682	18,173	18,832	18,832
Floor-plan	10,426	10,426	10,426	10,426	10,960	11,726	11,889	13,051	13,389	11,485	14,945	14,538	15,066	15,066
Closing cash	10,256	8,453	7,717	6,971	6,366	5,706	5,413	5,021	4,728	5,212	4,664	4,233	4,388	4,388

Month-by-month net profit excludes the annual tax charge, which is nil in FY28. Stock and balance-sheet columns for FY28 show the February 2028 position.

Table B.2: Monthly retail units, both sites, FY28–FY32

FY	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Total
FY28	25	28	34	37	42	45	46	50	51	44	57	56	514
FY29	58	53	56	55	59	59	57	60	60	50	64	61	692
FY30	86	83	91	92	100	103	101	108	109	92	118	113	1,197
FY31	120	109	115	113	119	119	115	121	120	100	127	122	1,400
FY32	128	116	122	118	124	125	120	126	125	104	132	126	1,465