# Budget Review

Budget versus actual, explained: the variance, where it came from, the forecast to year end, and the decisions.

A budget review deck explains the numbers to people who must act on them: budget versus actual overall and by category, the reasons for the variances, the forecast to year end, options for closing gaps, and the decisions requested. This template is a complete mid-year budget review for a fictional department with variance tables and charts.

- Industry: Reporting
- Category: Budget
- Slides: 12
- Theme: ledger
- Price: free to use and edit

## Best for

- Finance partners reviewing a department budget
- Department heads presenting spend to finance
- Non-profits reviewing programme budgets

## Slide structure

1. H1 2026 Marketing Budget Review
2. $45,000
3. H1 budget versus actual spend by category
4. Visualizing the H1 allocation gap across major categories
5. Three primary factors drove the $45k H1 variance
6. Customer acquisition cost stabilized at $22.40
7. Year-end forecast predicts a $60k total overage
8. Three options to close the $60k annual budget gap
9. Proposed H2 reallocation shifts $100k between buckets
10. Key risks to the revised H2 financial forecast
11. Decisions requested for H2 execution
12. Next budget review: October 15, 2026

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