The totals match
Key numbers are compared with answers worked out separately, to within half a cent. A Premium order is also tested against at least three worked examples that you give us.
How we build
Proven parts. Then proven again.
We don't ask you to trust a title. We ask you to look at how the work is checked. Every workbook is built by our own software engine from parts that have already been tested, and it is not delivered until it passes every check.
The short version
You tell us what you track
Your columns, your categories, and a few examples where you already know the right answer.
The engine builds it from tested parts
Trackers, budgets, ledgers, dashboards and lists are parts we have built and tested before. Your workbook is those parts, fitted to your words and your colors.
The checks run
The workbook is recalculated, compared, cleared and inspected. One failure stops the delivery.
A person looks it over
The owner opens the finished file in Excel and in Google Sheets and works through a written checklist. It takes about 10 minutes, and nothing is sent without it.
You get the files
The workbook with a filled-in example, a blank copy ready for your own numbers, and a read-me that shows how everything works.
Anatomy of a workbook
One tab from the studio bookings sample, as it ships. Every workbook we build follows the same rules.
- A Sand cells
- The only cells you type in. Everything else is worked out for you.
- B Dropdowns
- Class and Status read from the Lists tab, and refuse anything not on the list.
- C Locked formulas
- The rate is looked up from the Prices tab; the fee and what is still owed follow from it.
- D Flags
- The Check column says what is due soon or overdue, from today's date.
- E A live count
- Rows, overdue and due soon, counted at the top of the tab.
- F An example, and a blank copy
- It arrives with a made-up example filled in, beside an empty copy for your own numbers.
What the checks look for
These are the engine's own checks, in plain words.
No errors, on any date
The workbook is recalculated on today's date and on other dates. A single error value anywhere fails the build.
It still works when empty
The example is cleared out and the blank workbook is checked again, so it works on the day you start typing your own numbers.
Formulas are locked
The cells that do the math are locked against a stray key. The sand-colored cells are yours to type in. There is no password.
Dropdowns behave
A dropdown refuses anything that is not on its list. Each list has spare rows, so an entry you add shows up in the dropdown.
Excel and Google Sheets
Formulas use only functions that work in both, with no macros. Workbooks are made for Excel 2016 or later (tested in Microsoft 365) and for Google Sheets.
The file itself is sound
The file is validated against the published standard for spreadsheet files, so it opens without a repair message.
The words are true
Spelling and leftover placeholder words are audited, and the delivery note is checked against what the order really contains.
One honest limit. Cell locks are an Excel feature. Google Sheets does not keep them when it opens the file. Every workbook's Start Here tab says how to add them there.
The numbers behind this page
Counted by the engine, not estimated. Each figure is listed with its source file in our claims list, and a test fails if the source stops saying so.
- 2,164
- checks passed by the studio bookings sample
- 4,184
- checks passed by the production cost sample
- 814
- checks passed by the event budget and guests sample
- 11,235
- checks passed by a practice financial model, our largest build so far
Together the three samples passed 7,162 checks with 0 failures. Download them.
Who stands behind it
Quiet Numbers is owner-run. The owner reviews every delivery before it goes out and is the person who answers if something is wrong.
We don't claim degrees or certifications. What we offer instead is work you can inspect: the samples and the checks.
We build with our own tested software engine and AI tools, always under the checks on this page.
What we don't do
We don't give tax, legal or investment advice, we don't keep your books for you, and we don't deliver a workbook that has not passed its checks.
Your files
An order's working folder is kept for 21 days after delivery and then it is deleted.