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How breakeven is derived

bluprnts finds your breakeven month from the forecast profit after tax — the month it turns positive and holds — rather than from a fixed-cost calculation.

Breakeven is the month your profit after tax turns positive and stays there.

bluprnts derives it from the forecast profit and loss rather than from a fixed-costs-over-contribution formula, so it reflects the plan as modelled — including hires that land mid-year, costs that step up, and revenue that ramps.

The calculation#

Walk the monthly profit-after-tax series and find the month from which it holds positive. A single good month inside a loss-making run isn't breakeven; the app is looking for the point the business stops losing money and doesn't start again within the forecast.

When no such month exists, it reports No breakeven — "the plan never turns profitable".

Profit breakeven, not cash breakeven#

Breakeven is a profit measure. It is not the month you stop needing cash, and the two can be far apart — a business can break even on paper while its bank balance keeps falling because customers pay in arrears.

For the cash question, use runway and the lowest cash point. Both are on the Runway dashboard.

Where it's shown#

  • Overview — as a Breakeven moment on the cash horizon, or a No breakeven warning.
  • Reports — as a cited figure.

If it says No breakeven#

That's a modelling answer, not a display problem. Something in the plan has to change: price, volume, cost base, or the forecast window if breakeven simply falls outside it. Test the options with scenarios.

Learn more#

The definitions and the wider discipline live in the glossary and Learn.