Highveld Detailing Business Plan — Projected Cash Flow

Operating, investing and financing cash flows, and the cash trough through the roll-out.

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Projected Cash Flow

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Operating cash flow turns positive in FY2030 and free cash flow only in FY2031. The four years before that are funded by the capital stack, which is why the funding structure in Section 27 matters more to this plan than the profit and loss account does.

Cash flow by activity and closing cash
Figure 1. Cash flow by activity and closing cash

Table 47. Projected cash flow statement (R million)

FY2028

FY2029

FY2030

FY2031

FY2032

Operating activities

EBITDA

-4.41

-1.28

2.53

6.98

10.15

Movement in working capital

-0.25

-1.12

-1.73

-1.91

-1.92

Interest paid

-0.82

-0.97

-1.35

-1.11

-0.74

Interest received

0.60

0.82

0.54

0.22

0.17

Taxation paid

0.00

0.00

0.00

-0.08

-0.24

Cash flow from operations

-4.67

-2.40

0.80

4.99

7.99

Investing activities

Capital expenditure

-9.71

-9.55

-4.19

-2.96

-2.72

Cash flow from investing

-9.71

-9.55

-4.19

-2.96

-2.72

Free cash flow

-14.38

-11.95

-3.39

2.02

5.27

Financing activities

Equity subscribed

15.00

9.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Term loan drawn

5.09

3.91

0.00

0.00

0.00

Asset finance drawn

1.50

2.65

0.34

0.00

0.00

Term loan repaid

0.00

0.00

0.00

-2.25

-2.25

Asset finance repaid

-0.20

-0.70

-1.12

-1.13

-0.92

Movement in revolving facility

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Cash flow from financing

21.39

14.87

-0.77

-3.38

-3.17

Opening cash

0.00

6.80

9.56

4.58

2.35

Closing cash

6.80

9.56

4.58

2.35

3.87

Two features of this statement warrant comment. First, closing cash is held close to the R1.5m operating floor throughout FY2031, supported by the revolving facility. Liquidity is adequate but not comfortable in that year, and any deterioration in dealer payment behaviour would be felt immediately. Second, the movement in working capital is a persistent drag in every growth year, the business consumes cash as it grows and only stops doing so when growth slows.