MONEY INTO TIME.
£6,420 is abstract.
3.2 months isn’t.
Add what you have, what’s coming in and what’s going out. A Runway To tells you how long you can keep going.
HAVE + IN + OUT → TIME
THE LEDGER
DEMONSTRATION BUDGET
HAVE
- Monzo£850
- Savings£3,000
IN
- Cafe£650/mo
- Retainer£400/mo
- Grant£2,500 · 10 DECEXPECTED
OUT
- Rent£950/mo
- Studio£180/mo
- Materials£250/mo
- Adobe£20/mo
- Food£350/mo
- Transport£120/mo
4.7 MONTHS
CONFIRMED MONEY ONLY. 7.7 MONTHS IF THE GRANT COMES THROUGH.
AN EXAMPLE.
MONEY DOESN’T ARRIVE MONTHLY.
Neither should your budgeting app assume it does.
- £350DJ SETFRIDAY
- £1,200INVOICE42 DAYS LATE
- £650/MOCAFE SHIFTS
- £2,500GRANTEXPECTED
- £900COMMERCIALCONFIRMED
Add salaries, shifts, retainers, gigs, commissions, invoices, grants and one‑off jobs.
A Runway To models when money actually arrives, when it stops, and what happens before the next payment comes in.
Change money. Watch time change.
4.2 MONTHS
COMMERCIAL
+£1,500
CONFIRMED
4.2 → 5.6 MONTHS · A DEMONSTRATION
CONFIRMED ISN’T EXPECTED.
3.8MONTHS
CONFIRMED
5.1WITH EXPECTED INCOME
Freelancers know the danger of mentally spending money that hasn’t arrived.
A Runway To keeps expected income visible without pretending it is already yours.
TRY ANOTHER LIFE FIRST.
WHAT IF...
CURRENT 4.7 MONTHS
4.7 MONTHS
THE LEDGER AS IT IS
A DEMONSTRATION ON THE EXAMPLE LEDGER ABOVE.
NOTES ON SURVIVAL
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THE FINANCIALLY AWKWARD MIDDLE
Why becoming good at something and being paid for it rarely happen at the same time.
COMING SOON
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THE SIX-MONTH NUMBER
What actually changes when an artist has half a year of runway.
COMING SOON
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LOOKING SUCCESSFUL IS EXPENSIVE
The strange economics of appearing like your career is already working.
COMING SOON
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A JOB ISN’T THE ENEMY
The work that pays for the work.
COMING SOON
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WHAT DOES A FILM COST IN MONTHS?
COMING SOON
A RUNWAY TO
Budgeting for artists.
Your budget doesn’t need another dashboard.
It needs a horizon.
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