Request for Information — FarmFlow360 Agriculture Sector

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What are you submitting?

Start with the screening pack if you want us to assess whether we can improve on your current terms. You can come back and complete the full application later.

Phase 1

Screening pack

Two documents. We assess whether we can assist with financing, and at better terms or rates.

Phase 1 + 2

Full application

Screening documents plus the complete business plan pack, submitted in one go.

Phase 2

Formalise my application

You have already been screened and are now submitting the business plan pack.

Applicant & contact details

Your submission is filed and acknowledged under the applicant's name, so please use the registered entity name exactly as it appears on the registration documents.

The applicant

Applicant's name * Registered name of the entity or individual applying.

Authorised person * Full name and position of the person authorised to act for the applicant.

Reason for application * Briefly say what the funding is for.

Funding amount sought

Term required

Current financier Who holds the facility today, and the rate you are paying if you know it.

Contact details

E-mail address * We reply to this address.

Telephone Landline, if you have one.

Cell number * Mobile number we can reach you on.

Physical address

Postal address

VAT number

Tax number

Banking details Bank, branch, branch code and account number.

Phase 1

Screening — can we do better on your terms?

Two documents are all we need to give you an initial read on whether we can assist, and at what rate.

Latest financials

Most recent annual financial statements — audited, reviewed or independently compiled.

Latest annual financial statements * Signed set, most recent financial year.

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Latest management accounts

Interim figures since the last year-end — the more current, the better the read.

Latest management accounts * Income statement and balance sheet to the most recent month-end.

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Phase 2

Formalising the application

The business plan pack. Work through the four sections below — attach what you have now, and note anything still outstanding at the end.

Business & entity information

Who the applicant is, who stands behind it, and what the funding is for.

Statutory documents

Company registration documents CIPC / registration certificate, trust deed or partnership agreement.

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Tax clearance certificate Current SARS tax compliance status pin or certificate.

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Ownership & shareholding structure Group organogram showing legal entities, shareholders and percentages.

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Business plan or funding proposal Sets out the purpose of the funding and how it will be repaid.

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CVs or profiles of key management Directors, members, trustees and key managers — include farming or agribusiness experience.

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Structure & background

Legal entities in the group Registration numbers of companies, close corporations and trusts; ID numbers of individuals.

Shareholders Names and shareholding percentages.

Partners, directors, members & trustees Full names, in each entity.

Management background & experience Qualifications and experience for every key individual in the business.

Short history of the applicant How the business came to be where it is today.

Financial information

Financials are required for the applicant, its shareholders and all related parties. Where a year covers several entities, combine them into one file per year.

Historical financials

Two to three years of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.

Financial statements — most recent year Audited or independently reviewed.

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Financial statements — prior year

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Financial statements — third year

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Management accounts Interim figures since the last year-end.

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Forward view & obligations

Cash flow projections Covering the funding period — three to five years for term loans.

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Existing debt schedule Other loans, overdrafts and lease finance — balances, rates and terms.

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Bank statements Six to twelve months, combined into a single file.

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Notes on existing facilities Anything we should know about current debt, arrears or restructures.

Production & operational information

The farming operation itself — what you produce, on what scale, and who buys it.

Production documents

Production history Yields, hectares planted, livestock numbers, herd or flock records.

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Cropping program or production plan For the season or year being funded.

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Input costs & budgets Seed, fertiliser, chemicals, labour and fuel.

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Off-take agreements or market access Contracts with buyers, processors or exporters.

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The operation

Total hectares Owned and leased.

Hectares under production

Commodities produced Crops, livestock, horticulture — and the split between them.

Livestock numbers Herd or flock size by type, if applicable.

Irrigation, mechanisation & infrastructure Water rights and irrigated hectares, implement fleet, storage and packing facilities.

Main buyers or markets

Asset & collateral information

Land tenure is scrutinised closely in agri finance, so send the title deeds or lease agreements early — they are usually the long pole.

Security documents

Title deeds or lease agreements Proof of land ownership or tenure for every property in the operation.

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Valuation reports Land, equipment or other fixed assets.

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Schedule of movable assets Machinery, vehicles and livestock offered as security.

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Insurance policies Crop insurance and asset cover, with schedules.

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Security offered

Properties Farm names, title deed numbers, hectares and registered bonds.

Land tenure Owned, leased, share-farmed or communal — and lease terms where applicable.

Security offered What you are prepared to put up, and its estimated value.

Still outstanding Anything on this checklist you could not attach today, and when you expect to have it.