Borrower-Side Covenant Monitoring

Protect your clients from invisible bank triggers.

Monitor covenant headroom, lender-defined EBITDA and reporting obligations before they become a bank problem.

Lenders have monitoring tools. Borrowers often have spreadsheets.

Many SMEs and their advisors still track DSCR, leverage ratios, EBITDA add-backs, reporting dates and covenant headroom manually.

That creates risk when definitions drift, reporting deadlines are missed, or headroom deteriorates before anyone sees the warning signs.

Spreadsheet tracking can create:

  • Missed reporting deadlines
  • Incorrect covenant calculations
  • Lender-defined EBITDA add-back errors
  • Poor covenant headroom visibility
  • Last-minute bank reporting pressure
  • Unexpected breach risk

Covenant Headroom

COMPLIANT
DSCR 1.45x / 1.25x
Leverage Ratio 2.1x / 3.0x
Next reporting deadline: 18 days

Most businesses do not breach covenants because they are reckless. They breach because they cannot see the warning signs early enough.

Managed Service Flow

From loan agreement to covenant visibility.

1

Upload

Loan agreements and covenant requirements.

2

Map

Definitions, add-backs and reporting dates.

3

Connect

Accounting data or management reports.

4

Monitor

Green, amber and red covenant headroom dashboard.

5

Report

Bank-ready reporting support packs.

Covenant monitoring discipline for the borrower side.

Covenant Registry

Centralised view of facilities, thresholds, definitions and measurement dates.

EBITDA Add-Back Tracker

Configure and monitor lender-defined add-backs and exclusions.

Headroom Dashboard

Track covenant pressure using simple green, amber and red status views.

Deadline Tracker

Monitor reporting due dates and compliance preparation windows.

Breach-Risk Alerts

Identify covenant pressure before it becomes a last-minute issue.

Reporting Support Pack

Prepare bank-ready covenant reporting support aligned to lender requirements.

Built by a Chartered Accountant

Covenant Guard is built by Owen Chiunda, founder of SimplifyNumbers.com, a Chartered Accountant with extensive commercial finance and business transformation experience across:

  • Banking
  • Commercial Finance
  • Transformation
  • Performance Management
  • Debt & Covenant Reporting
Founding Philosophy

SimplifyNumbers.com

This is not generic reporting software. It is borrower-side decision support for covenant visibility, bank reporting discipline, and early financial risk detection.

The value is: Owen Chiunda reads your loan agreement and builds the monitoring framework. It is a premium managed covenant monitoring service, not automated lender software.

Programme Admission

Founding Partner Programme

We are inviting a small number of Fractional CFOs, outsourced finance teams, and SME leaders to test Covenant Guard.

Founding Partner Pricing

Setup

$1,500

Includes loan agreement review, covenant registry setup, dashboard configuration, and the first reporting cycle.

Monthly

$750/month

Includes ongoing monitoring, breach-risk alerts, and monthly reporting support.

Additional clients: $150/month

What's Included

  • Expert manual loan agreement onboarding
  • Custom covenant registry setup
  • Headroom dashboard configuration
  • Active deadline tracking & alerts
  • Monthly reporting packs support
Book a Call

Or email owen@simplifynumbers.com

Frequently asked questions

How does onboarding work?

We start with a discovery call to review your current debt structure. Once onboarded, you securely share your loan agreements, and our team manually extracts the thresholds, covenants, and definitions to configure your dashboard.

Do I need Xero?

No. While we can integrate with accounting software data, Covenant Guard can ingest manual data inputs, structured spreadsheet exports, or standard management reports.

Can you support multiple loan facilities?

Yes. The system is designed to map separate covenants, margins, and reporting due dates across multiple different bank facilities or lenders.

Is Covenant Guard lender software?

No. Covenant Guard is strictly borrower-side software and support. We provide visibility and compliance discipline for fractional CFOs, advisors, and SME finance leaders to protect borrower interests.

How long does setup take?

Onboarding and registry configuration typically take between 7 to 10 working days, depending on the complexity of your loan agreements.

Disclaimer: Covenant Guard is a decision-support and monitoring tool. It does not replace professional judgement, lender advice, legal advice or formal sign-off by the responsible CFO, accountant, director or borrower. Covenant Guard is a borrower-side covenant monitoring service, not lender software.