GROUP BUSINESS PLAN TEMPLATE FOR GRANT SEEKING

PART1: INTRODUCTION

Group Name

No. of Group Members Male Female PLWD Total

How many group members Male Female PLWD Total

are/will be in business?
Group Registration Certificate No:

Date of Registration:

Ward/Constituency/County

Group Specific
Location/Physical Address
(Attach Map)
Postal Address

Date Plan Prepared

Description of Business
(Trade/Retail; Services;
Manufacturing;
Construction; Agribusiness;
ICT; or other
Is it a joint/ group business
or an individual member’s
business
Is it new business(startup)
or ongoing business?
If the business is ongoing,
describe what has been
done so far
What loan amount are
requesting from Uwezo
fund?
Any other information

PART 2: BUSINESS DESCRIPTION

 a. Describe your product(s) and/ or service(s)
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b. Why do you think there is need for this product(s) and/ or service(s)?
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c. (i) where do you see your business in three years?
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(ii) how will you take it there?
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d. How much experience do you and your group members have in this business?
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e. Who managers or will manage your business?
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f. Any other relevant information
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PART 3: MARKET AND MARKETING STRATEGY

a. How many businesses like yours are already in your community?
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b. What is your market share?
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c. What makes your business product(s) and / or service(s) different?
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d. Who are/ will your customers be?
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e. How will you attract new customers and retain existing ones?
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f. Have you done any research on your product(s) and/ or service(s)?
Yes. No.
Explain.
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g. Describe the benefit of your product(s) and/ or service(s) to the customer
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h. How do/ will you get your product(s) and/ or service(s) into the market? Will you go to
the customers or will they come to you?
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i. How do/ will you market your product(s) and/or service(s)? e.g. flyers, advertising, word
of mouth?
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PART 4: EQUIPMENT, ONE-TIME EXPENSES AND MATERIAL/PRODUCT COSTS
a. Equipment and one-time expenses
 What equipment will/ do you need for the business and what is the cost?
Example; refrigerator, storage cabinet, sewing machine, boda boda, etc.
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 What other one-time expenses will/ do you have? Example; mobile phone,
licenses fees, business signs, stationery, building a kiosk etc.
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b. Initial material and product cost
What will/ does it cost to bring the product(s) and/ or service(s) to the market?
Example; buying supplies, buying items that you will resell, the cost of electricity to run
your machines, etc.
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For start-ups, skip the balance sheet below

NAME OF THE BUSINESS

BALANCE SHEET
DATE: (End of business year)
 Assets Liabilities + Capital
Current Assets e.g. Cash in Hand, Cash in Short term liabilities e.g. Debts, accrued
Bank, stock wages/ salaries

Long term liabilities e.g. long term loan

Fixed assets e.g. machines, building(s),

equipment

Total Total

NB: This two sides balance sheet should balance

PART 5: CASH FLOW; PROJECTED SALES, EXPENSES AND PROFIT
a) Sales; what do you expect to make in sales in one Month?
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b) Costs:
(i) What will it cost to buy/ produce what you will sell in one Month?
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(ii) If you buy a product for resale, what is the cost per item?
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(iii) If you make a product for sale, what is the cost of producing it?
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(iv) What other Monthly costs will you have to prepare your product for sale? For
example; transportation, feeds for animals, fertilizer, seeds, etc.
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(v) What other costs will be there to sell your product? Example; rent, fuel, brochures,
airtime for mobile phone, pens, writing materials, etc.
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(vi) Have you taken any other loan?
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(vii) How much interest do you pay on those Loans?
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c) Profit: To project your profit for one year, answer the questions below and project your
sales for the next 12 Months.

Project of Monthly sales, expenses and profit:

Total Sales-Total costs=Profit
 Quantity Item Monthly sales Monthly Costs Monthly Profit
Bought/ Sold

Signed by:

a) Chairman:__________________________ID No:____________________________

Tel:______________________Signature:____________________Date:__________
b) Secretary:__________________________ID No:____________________________
Tel:______________________Signature:____________________Date:__________

c) Treasurer:__________________________ID No:____________________________
Tel:______________________Signature:____________________Date:__________