Advisory HQ
Plan the building
before the shovel goes in the ground.
New cabins, a dining hall, a waterfront rebuild, a program space that lets you run more sessions. We model what the project does to your cash and your loan payments for the next decade, and how long it takes to pay back.
- Who it is for
- Camp owners planning a building, a rebuild, or an expansion.
- On its own?
- Yes. You do not have to move your accounting to us to do this work with us.
Showing for
Pick your camp type and this page will speak to it.
Feasibility
Does the project earn its place?
We start with what the project changes: more camper weeks, a longer season, rentals in the fall, lower repair bills. Then we compare that to the full cost, so you can see the payback before you sign with a builder.
Financing structure
How it gets paid for.
Cash on hand, a loan, owner money, or a mix. We show what each option does to your cash through the slow months, when tuition deposits have not arrived yet.
Cash-flow planning
Building around the season.
Construction rarely fits neatly between August and June. We plan the draws, the deposits, and the summer you might run with part of the property closed, so opening day still happens.
What the model shows
Ten summers, before the first one.
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What it changes
Camper weeks, season length, rentals, and repair costs, before and after.
02
What it costs
Build cost plus what it takes to run and maintain every year.
03
How it is paid for
Each financing or campaign option, side by side.
04
Cash, month by month
The offseason low points, so nothing surprises you in March.
Related
The rest of Advisory HQ
Buying and Selling a Camp
The camp, the land, and the program as one decision.
Board Advisory
A board packet a volunteer treasurer can read before the meeting starts.
Fractional CFO
A camp financial officer in the room when the decision is big.
Budgeting and Forecasting
Forecasts built from the deposit curve and camper weeks.
FinOps Assessment
A real review of your books, in writing.
Next door
Accounting Operations
A project stays on budget when the books are closed every month.
Next step
Bring us the project before the bids.
Tell us what you want to build and roughly when. We will tell you what we would model first.