Budget Modules

Budget modules are specialised tools for forecasting specific parts of your business. Each module has a purpose-built interface tailored to how that part of the business actually works — rather than entering every line manually in a spreadsheet.

Two types of modules

Standalone Modules

Standalone modules are scenario-specific — each scenario in your Forecast has its own version that can be linked to (inheriting the baseline's values) or kept independent. They represent the active planning decisions you make for each scenario.

Module	What you forecast	Key inputs
Simple Budget	Direct monthly values for any P&L line	Month-by-month values per budget account
Personnel Costs	Staff costs by employee with payroll/freelance, social charges, perks	Employees, salaries, departments
Recurring Revenue	Subscription/contract revenue with churn and growth modelling	Subscriber counts, billing rates, churn %
Project Revenue	Billable services revenue linked to headcount capacity	Employee rates, billability %, links to Personnel Costs
P×Q	Product sales by channel — price times volume	Products, channels, monthly price and quantity
COGS	Direct cost of goods sold with per-product cost categories	Cost categories, unit costs, optional P×Q link
Inventory	Stock levels, purchase requirements, prepayments	Opening stock, safety buffers, prepayment timing
Fixed Assets	CapEx planning with depreciation schedules and loan linkage	Asset categories, acquisition dates, depreciation method
Loans	Loan repayment schedules and interest expense	Principal, interest rate, repayment schedule

Global Modules

Global modules apply at the forecast level and are shared across all scenarios. They typically read from data sources (other modules, live integrations, open invoices) and calculate their output rather than requiring full manual input.

Module	What it calculates	Data source
VAT Cashflow	VAT settlement timing and amounts	VAT rates on budget accounts + revenue/cost from other modules
Outstanding Items	Cash timing of open AR/AP with payment delay assumptions	Open invoices from accounting integration + DSO/DPO settings
CRM Revenue	Pipeline-based revenue forecast	Deal data from HubSpot or Teamleader

Adding a module to a scenario

1. Go to Forecasts in the sidebar
2. Select or create a Scenario
3. Click Add a budget within the scenario
4. Choose the module type
5. Work through the setup wizard

For global modules, access them from the Forecast level (not inside a specific scenario).

Modules and the Forecast report

Each module's output flows into your reporting structure through budget accounts and mappings. When you view the Forecast report, all active module outputs are combined to form the full-year forecast.

Module dependencies

Some modules can reference each other, creating a linked planning chain:

P×Q (units sold at price)
  → COGS (cost per unit × volume)
     → Inventory (stock levels + purchase requirements)

Personnel Costs (employee capacity)
  → Project Revenue (billable time × rate)

When you change an assumption in an upstream module, the downstream modules recalculate automatically.

Start simple

If you're new to Monitr forecasting, start with Simple Budget for a few key P&L lines. Add specialised modules for the revenue and cost lines where the additional detail is worth the setup time.