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Free Cash Flow Health Assessment Template

Score runway visibility, collections, payables, burn efficiency and buffers, and get an AI report flagging your highest cash-risk pattern.

~10 min
5 weighted dimensions
AI PDF Report
AI Consultant
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Score runway visibility, collections, payables, burn efficiency and buffers, and get an AI report flagging your highest cash-risk pattern.

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About this template

Profitable companies still die of timing: receivables stretching, payables tightening, a buffer nobody rebuilt after the last scare. This assessment scores the five cash-management habits that decide survival in a bad month, and the AI report highlights the pattern most likely to bite first — with the specific visibility or policy change that defuses it. A screening self-check for founders and finance owners, not treasury advice.

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Template at a Glance

TemplateCash Flow Health Assessment
CategoryBusiness & Strategy
FormatWeighted 1–5 assessment with personalized AI PDF report
Time to completeAbout 10 minutes per response
What you getA personalized AI report (printable PDF) per response, plus the raw answers
Best forFounders · Finance managers · CFOs
CostFree to copy and customize on FormLM
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What This Assessment Measures

Five dimensions, scored 1–5 and weighted into one result.

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Live Preview

Sample form and AI report preview — fill it in to see live scoring and the report.

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Sample AI report with scoring visuals and recommendations, printable as a PDF.
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Scan the QR on the report to start an AI consultant chat.
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What's Included

Everything you need to run this template.

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Five weighted dimensions

Runway visibility, Collections, Payables discipline, Burn efficiency, Buffers & contingency — each scored 1–5.

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Weighted composite score

A defensible overall view that keeps dimensions separate.

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Personalized AI PDF report

The weakest dimension, what it caps, and a prioritized fix list.

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QR into an AI consultant chat

Every report links a chat trained on this topic for follow-ups.

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How It Works

From copy to deliverable in four steps.

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Use This Template

Copy the five-dimension cash-flow checklist and scoring into your FormLM workspace — free.

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Enter your numbers

Score runway, collection cycle, burn discipline, buffers and contingency each 1–5.

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Share and collect

Send the link or QR; each response is scored automatically.

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Read the liquidity report

AI ranks which dimension breaks first under stress, with a sequenced fix plan.

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Who Is This For

Pick your role — see how it fits your workflow.

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Founders

An early-warning cash habit.

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Finance managers

A quarterly risk framing.

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CFOs

Structured pre-board cash narrative.

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Key Features

What makes this template work as a professional deliverable.

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Sample Questions Inside

A preview of real questions — the full version adds scoring and a personalized report per respondent.

  1. We maintain a rolling 13-week cash view without drama (1–5)
  2. Receivables arrive close to agreed terms (1–5)
  3. Payables are planned, not crisis-sequenced (1–5)
  4. Monthly burn buys visible milestones, not just time (1–5)
  5. A two-month revenue dip has a rehearsed response (1–5)
  6. Which payment relationship worries you most? (open)
  7. What visibility would you trade for one extra buffer month? (open)
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the 13-week cash view mentioned here?
The short-horizon weekly cash forecast lenders and CFOs conventionally demand; the assessment scores whether you can produce and trust one, not whether you should build it.
How often should cash health be checked?
Visibility monthly, the full five-dimension assessment per quarter, and always before adding fixed cost or extending credit.
Is this suitable for profitable businesses?
Especially — the classic cash failure is profitable growth outrunning collection timing; the report weighs burn against incoming structure.
Does this constitute financial advice?
No. It is a structured self-check for awareness and conversation-starting with your accountant or CFO.
What does the AI report highlight?
The riskiest current pattern — e.g., stretched receivables hiding behind a comfortable buffer — plus the policy or visibility change to make first.
Is it free to use?
Yes. Click Use This Template to copy the form, scoring and report configuration into your FormLM workspace for free, then customize and share it.

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