Internal
Finance
Planning
Financial Cheat Sheet
Confidential · as of June 2026
Current state
Cash in bank
£385k
Start of Jun 2026
Total raised
£419k
Pre-seed incl. £250k SEIS
Current burn
~£15k
Per month (Q2 2026)
VGEC accruing
~£12k
To date · paid 12 mo+ lag
Runway — if no further money is raised
Team of 4
19 mo
Runs out Dec-27
Team of 4 + UKGF grant
23 mo
Runs out Apr-28
UKGF grant modelled as £80k in Jul 2026. Neither scenario includes publisher raise.
Post £700k publisher raise (Q1 2027)
Cash at raise
~£948k
£700k + ~£248k pre-seed remaining
Funded through
Q2 2028
EA launch · fully covered
Buffer at launch
~£211k
Pre-seed cash preserved intact
Total VGEC (optimistic)
£223k
On full budget · paid in arrears
Runway post-raise
Funded to EA launch
Full
Production covered Q1 27→Q2 28
Post-launch buffer
~£211k
Before EA revenue begins
£700k raise covers all production (~£737k costs) without drawing on remaining pre-seed cash.
Internal
Finance
Planning
Runway Scenarios
Monthly cash balance projections across four hiring and funding scenarios, from June 2026.
S1 — no hires, no funding
25 mo
Runs out Jun-28
S2 — Art Lead only, no funding
19 mo
Runs out Dec-27
S3 — Art Lead + £80k Jul
23 mo
Runs out Apr-28
S4 — full plan, no funding
14 mo
Runs out Jul-27
S1: No hires, no funding
S2: Art Lead, no funding
S3: Art Lead + £80k
S4: Full plan, no funding
Starting cash: £384,896 (post pre-seed, start of month 6). Assumes no £530k raise in all scenarios.