When to ask MAYA
- You are busy but the bank balance is not growing.
- You need to know whether a job or a service line actually makes money.
- You are setting or raising prices.
What owners ask MAYA
- Here are my last three months of revenue and costs. Tell me which service line is actually profitable once travel time is counted.
- I am busy but the bank balance is not moving. Help me find where the money is going.
- I have not raised prices in two years. Model what happens if I put them up 10 percent and lose some customers.
Quick asks in the app
- Which jobs actually make money?
- Build a cash flow forecast
- Check my prices cover my costs
Not for MAYA: Tax, returns and bookkeeping. That is MARCUS.
Works alongside
- MARCUS, Tax & BookkeepingTax returns, bookkeeping and what you can claim.Meet MARCUS
- DARA, Data & AnalyticsWhat to track and what your data is telling you, from jobs to customers.Meet DARA
Guides for this work
- How do I make a cash flow forecast for a small business?Week by week for 13 weeks: cash in on the day each customer actually pays, cash out on the day it leaves, VAT and PAYE dates included. UK guide.Read the guide
- How do I make a cash flow forecast for a US small business?Build a 13-week forecast from your books: cash in when customers really pay, cash out for payroll, payroll tax, sales tax and estimated tax.Read the guide
- How to price a quote so the job pays in the UKWork out your cost per billable hour, add overheads and a margin, then show VAT, deposit, validity and any cancellation rights on the quote.Read the guide
- How to price a job estimate so it pays in the USWork out cost per billable hour, add overhead and margin, then state sales tax, deposit and cancellation rights in a written estimate.Read the guide
Free lessons MAYA is part of
- Pricing a colour or treatment so it still pays after commission and VATPrice each service from product cost and the stylist's time, then check what is left of every pound once VAT, commission and product come out.Read the lesson
- December was busy, so why is there no cash in February?Voucher, course and deposit money is service you still owe, no-shows are column hours you never get back, and a 13-week cash view shows both before they bite.Read the lesson
- Pricing a color service so it still pays after commission and productPrice each service from the provider's time and product, check what commission leaves you, and track service sales per available hour before you change the menu.Read the lesson
- We sold a stack of gift cards in December. Why is cash tight now?Gift card and deposit money is service you still owe, no-shows are hours you never get back, and a 13-week cash view shows both before they hurt.Read the lesson
- Pricing a cleaning contract that still pays after holidays, on-costs and next April's riseBuild a contract cleaning price up from the specification, so holiday weeks, employer costs, supervision, margin and next year's wage rise are paid for rather than absorbed.Read the lesson
- Paying cleaners every week while clients take 45 days to payWhy a growing contract cleaner runs short of cash, how much working capital the wage gap needs, and the forecast, payment terms and funding that close it.Read the lesson
Which plans include Cash & Profit
Scale includes all sixteen specialists. On Starter you choose three to work with ALEX, and on Growth nine, and you can swap any time. MAYA shares one memory of your business with the rest of the team, so you only explain things once.
Questions owners ask
What does Greymill's Cash & Profit specialist do?+
MAYA is Greymill's Cash & Profit specialist. Cashflow, margins and budgets in one place, so the numbers stop being a guess. Cash, profit, prices and forecasts: whether the numbers work.
When should I ask MAYA?+
You are busy but the bank balance is not growing. You need to know whether a job or a service line actually makes money. You are setting or raising prices.
Which Greymill plans include Cash & Profit?+
Scale includes all sixteen specialists. On Starter you choose three to work with ALEX, and on Growth nine, and you can swap any time.
Can MAYA send emails or file anything for me?+
Not on its own. Nothing is sent unless you press Send, Greymill only changes your books when you press Approve and never makes a payment, and it files nothing unless you send it yourself. Where a matter needs a regulated professional to sign it off, Greymill says so and tells you exactly what to take to them.
Is there a free trial?+
Yes. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial on full Scale access, no card needed, so you can try MAYA with the whole team.
The rest of the team
- ALEX, Ask AnythingMeet ALEX
- AVA, StrategyMeet AVA
- ELLA, Daily OperationsMeet ELLA
- JAMES, Big ProjectsMeet JAMES
- THEO, TechnologyMeet THEO
- GRACE, Staff & HRMeet GRACE
- MARCUS, Tax & BookkeepingMeet MARCUS
- FELIX, Loans & FundingMeet FELIX
- DARA, Data & AnalyticsMeet DARA
- NINA, MarketingMeet NINA
- LUKE, WritingMeet LUKE
- COLE, Sales & QuotesMeet COLE
- BLAKE, CoachingMeet BLAKE
- LEO, Contracts & DisputesMeet LEO
- IVY, Rules & LicensingMeet IVY