Lag tables: why notice date and cash date both belong on the wall
Cancellation lag tables keep finance and membership from talking past each other during renewal reviews.
Membership hears cancellations when the notice arrives. Finance feels them when cash stops. A lag table puts both clocks on one panel.
How we draw it
Rows show days between notice and effective end (or final paid period). Columns show volume and revenue. Colour marks notices that still sit inside a save window.
Why boards ask for it
Without lag, a “churn spike” in March may be February notices clearing after a cooling-off period. With lag, the room can decide whether to staff the save desk earlier — or accept the cash timing as structural.
Pairing with forecast curves
Lag tables sit beside renewal probability curves in our flagship pack. Curves speak to who renews; lag speaks to when cancelled revenue leaves the ledger.
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