E42: How to Build a Simple Yet Powerful Budget For A Gym (Step-by-Step)

In this episode of the Ash, Hubert, and Kevin Podcast (Accountdads), we dive into one of the most important skills for finance pros and business owners — budgeting and forecasting.

🧮 Learn how to build a practical budget from scratch using Excel

📈 Understand the difference between top-down and bottom-up budgeting

🛠️ See how scenarios like member growth, price increases, and cost control impact your profits

📊 Discover why budgets are critical for managing businesses — from gyms to large corporations

Whether you're new to budgeting or want to sharpen your forecasting skills, this episode breaks it all down in a casual, easy-to-follow way.

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Welcome to the Ash, Hubert & Kevin Pod (The Account-Dads). We share finance stories, lessons, and mistakes to help business owners and finance pros understand sometimes complex concepts.

Our aim is for you to leave each episode thinking, "Ah, k. I get it now."

The hosts are Chartered Accountants, and here is a little bit about them:

Ash (Finance Data & Reporting Leader): Husband, dad, and strategic finance leader with more qualifications than letters in the alphabet.

Hubert (Technical & ‘0 to 1’ Accounting leader): Husband, dad, and the technical finance leader with a passion for anything with engines.

Kevin (Finance operations leader): Husband, dad, and champion of Aussie businesses, with expertise across finance and commercial disciplines.