Business Plan Help

Free Sample Business Plans

Looking for a fast, easy way to write a business plan? Start with one of the 100+ free sample business plans available in their entirety below. These business plan templates contain realistic sample content for all sorts of businesses. See examples of how to write an effective executive summary, craft a mission statement, and put together accurate cash flow projections, expense budgets, break-even analysis, and more. Click here to read the sample plans.

Free Sample Business Plan for a Convenience Store

If you’re planning on opening a local shop, the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) provides a helpful free sample business plan that you can download from their website. Their sample business plan only covers the financial aspects of the plan but it does give you a detailed breakdown of the figures that you could expect to see with this type of business. A very useful, financial guide.

Business Plan Template for Kennel or Cattery Business

If you’re planning to start-up a kennel or cattery business Kennel Design provide a business plan template you can use for your new venture. Members can download the business sample business plan free. There’s a one-off membership fee of £50 to join and members can access other useful resources such as advice, articles and case studies on planning and running a kennel or cattery business.

Preferred Business Plan Structure from Advent Venture Partners

Advent Venture Partners – a UK venture capital company that invests up to £20 million – provide a business plan template on their site. They specialise in helping develop growth stage businesses and have a strong industrial background. If you’re going to approach them for funding you should download their sample business plan from their website. You’ll stand a better chance of succeeding.

Business Plan Template with Prompts

To help speed up your business plan Microsoft's bCentral website gives you a sample business plan to download free. It outlines the main sections of the business plan and guides you with prompts on what you need to write in each of the sections. The layout of bCentral's business plan template is more stylish and modern than most freely available templates.

Business Gateway’s Business Plan Template

The Business Gateway website allows you to download a copy of their business plan template (in MS Word) for free. The template gives you their suggested outline structure of a business plan but there is no sample text with it.

Free Business Plan Template and Business Plan Review

You can download a free business plan template from the Business Plans section of the National Federation of Enterprise Agency (NFEA) website. There’s tailored guidance depending whether you’re a new or existing business. Once you’ve completed one of the templates you can ask one of the NFEA’s business advisers for a free and impartial review of your business plan.

Business Plan Template from Innovateur

You can download a free business plan template from the Innovateur website. The free template includes detailed guidance on what should be included in each section of the business plan as well as example text for fictional projects which can help to kick-start your thoughts. This business plan template is particularly suitable for technology businesses.

Download up to Four Free Sample Business Plans

You can preview and download up to four sample business plans from the Smartonline website. The sample business plans are for a Golf Shop and Training Centre, Furniture Manufacturer, Catering and Event Planning and Web Design firm. If you’re planning a business in any of these lines the sample business plan will be particularly useful.

Template for Farm-Based Businesses

The Marches Farm Enterprise Partnership (MFEP) site provides a range of business planning templates. You can download an entire sample business plan or select specific sections of the plan. The business plan template is aimed at farm-based businesses.

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