Free planner for dance studio owners
Plan your cash for the slow season
A dance studio follows the school year. Enrollment peaks in the fall, holds through spring, and drops in summer. Rent and core staff stay the same all twelve months.
Adjust your season (share of yearly revenue by month)
Lowest month-end cash
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Cash burned in the slow months
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total of the months that lose cash
Cash to hold before the slow season
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burn + one month of fixed costs
The starting numbers and the monthly pattern are an example for a dance studio. Adjust them to your own history.
A slow-season plan for a dance studio
- Run summer camps or intensives to keep revenue in July and August.
- Offer twelve-month tuition plans so families pay through summer.
- Set aside part of each fall month's surplus for the summer gap.
How cash moves in a dance studio
- Tuition runs on the school-year calendar, with a slower summer.
- Costume fees are collected in the fall, and costume orders are paid in winter.
See the slow season coming, every Monday
One Page CFO tracks your cash 13 weeks ahead from your QuickBooks, so the slow months never arrive as a surprise.