--- title: "Free download: Annual Business Plan Template" description: Business planning is about making your business as robust as possible and annual business plans don’t have to be weighty documents. Download our free template. image: https://blog.jpabusiness.com.au/hubfs/Stock_Images/Business_plan.jpg --- 07 February 2017 # Free download: Annual Business Plan Template WRITTEN BYJames Price | JPAbusiness ![Roman aqueduct](https://blog.jpabusiness.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/1.%20Images/1.%20Stock%20Images/Roman%20aqueduct.jpg?width=900&name=Roman%20aqueduct.jpg) [Business planning](https://www.jpabusiness.com.au/business-advice/strategic-direction) is about making your business as robust as possible, so it can take advantage of opportunities and also successfully withstand inevitable shocks. Annual business plans don’t have to be weighty documents, but they do need to contain some key information, with the most important being: - frank and honest appraisal of resources - analysis of your competitive environment - SWOT analysis - targets - budget. The [**JPAbusiness Annual Business Plan Template**](https://landing.jpabusiness.com.au/annual-business-plan-template) is designed to help you gather and organise this information into a document that can be easily and regularly referenced and shared with your team. Whether your Annual Business Plan is one, 10 or 20 pages long, the keys to its usefulness are: - the relevancy of its content - that it can be communicated with - key team members who you are relying on to be accountable for elements of your business performance - important financiers or investors in your business. Use our [free template](https://landing.jpabusiness.com.au/annual-business-plan-template) to ensure your plan is relevant, professional and of value to your business as a key management tool. [![New Call-to-action](https://hubspot-no-cache-ap1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/2108706/e7529cfa-b38f-4c58-b933-f43670b7fc93.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-ap1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/2108706/e7529cfa-b38f-4c58-b933-f43670b7fc93) The [JPAbusiness Annual Business Plan Template](https://landing.jpabusiness.com.au/annual-business-plan-template) consists of four parts: **Part A: Business and Resources Self-Audit** 1. Use the [JPAbusiness Business Health Check](https://www.jpabusiness.com.au/business-health-check) 2. Review your financial performance 3. SWOT analysis 4. Customer portfolio 5. Top 5 issues and challenges **Part B: Competitive Market Analysis** 1. Outline of competitors 2. Top 5 trends on competitive factors 3. [Your point of difference](https://blog.jpabusiness.com.au/blog/uber-versus-lyft-finding-your-point-of-difference-blog) versus main competitors **Part C: Outlook** 1. Outcomes, Strategy, Actions and Targets for the next 12 months **Part D: Budget to deliver the Annual Business Plan** [Click here](https://landing.jpabusiness.com.au/annual-business-plan-template) or on the image below to download the free template. 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James’ blogs provide business advice for aspiring and current small to mid-sized business owners, operators and managers. #### Related Blog Posts ### [When is a good time to sell or exit a business? [video]](https://blog.jpabusiness.com.au/blog/when-is-a-good-time-to-sell-or-exit-a-business-video) Seeking to exit a business just a few weeks or months after making ... [Read more ](https://blog.jpabusiness.com.au/blog/when-is-a-good-time-to-sell-or-exit-a-business-video) ### [How to create an annual business plan](https://blog.jpabusiness.com.au/blog/how-to-create-an-annual-business-plan) **You can’t plan for every eventuality**, but **you can plan to withstand shocks**. Having ... 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