Variance bridges for the board pack, in Google Slides.

Draw the EBITDA bridge from a Sheets range, with its delta, and refresh it when the month closes.

Free plan. No card needed.

October board pack
EBITDA bridge

EBITDA rose EUR 4m to EUR 46m: price and volume added 15, mix and costs took back 11

Source: illustrative data, EUR m7

Month end moves the model. The slides are retyped.

By hand

  • Rebuild the EBITDA bridge from shapes after close.
  • Retype EUR 46m in the slide text and miss one instance.
  • Paste last month's chart over this month's.
  • Hear about the stale figure from the board first.

With ChartKit

  • Chart the bridge from a Sheets range, with signed steps and a delta.
  • Refresh the chart when the range changes.
  • Link figures in text to cells and run Refresh links. Part of Enterprise.
  • Draft the commentary with your own Claude.

Change the sheet, refresh the pack.

Linked numbers is part of Enterprise. Change opex in the sheet, then run Refresh links: three figures in the text follow the cell.

Q3 data (Google Sheets)
2FY24 EBITDA
42
3Price
9
4Volume
6
5Mix
-3
6Input costs
-5
7Opex
-3
8FY25 EBITDA
46
Summary

EBITDA reached EUR 46m, up 9.5% on FY24.

Operating costs took EUR 3m of that back.

Questions about ChartKit

Close the month, then refresh the pack.

Free plan. No card needed.