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Working Capital Reality Check 2026

Community intelligence gathering

Thank you for taking part in this short survey. Your insights will help to benchmark working capital across different sectors and geographies, while informing the next generation of working capital solutions.

The survey should take about five to ten minutes to complete. As a thank you for your time, we’d love to offer you the opportunity to receive the findings and win a few prizes, too (working capital health check and career calibration session).

So, please do leave your contact details at the end if you’d like to be in with a chance to win – we promise to keep your data safe.
1.What is your role/responsibility?(Required.)
2.Which country or region are you based in?(Required.)
3.What is your organisation’s approximate annual revenue?
4.Over the next 12 months, do you expect pressure on working capital to:
5.What are your biggest working capital priorities for the next 12 months? Select up to THREE
6.Where is working capital currently most constrained in your organisation? Select one
7.How has your cash conversion cycle (CCC) changed over the past 12 months? Select one
8.Roughly how much liquidity would you like to release by addressing your biggest working capital constraints? Select one
9.What is the single biggest barrier to improving working capital performance in your organisation? Select one
10.How would you describe your organisation’s visibility over working capital?
Very poor – we struggle to obtain a reliable overall view
Poor – significant manual consolidation is required
Moderate – periodic reporting provides a reasonable picture
Good – reliable information with limited manual work
Excellent – near real-time, enterprise-wide visibility
11.Which best describes your organisation's current position?
12.Which working capital funding solution(s) does your organisation currently use or which have you used in the past or would consider going forward? Please complete the grid
Have used before (no longer)
Currently using
Considering using
Not used or considered
Bank facilities / revolving credit
Receivables or invoice finance
Supply chain finance / reverse factoring
Working Capital Notes / digital negotiable instruments
Inventory finance
Other non-bank / private credit solutions
None of these
13.How well do your current financing arrangements meet your working capital needs? Select one
14.What, if anything, limits your organisation's use of supply chain finance or other working capital programmes? Select all that apply
15.Which events would be most likely to prompt your organisation to consider a *new* working capital or supplier finance solution? Select up to TWO
16.As a thank you for completing the survey, would you be interested in any of the following? If so, please fill in your contact details below. Select all that apply
17.Please add your details below (to receive findings / prize):
Thank you for completing the survey! Please press 'done' to submit.