Debt & lenders template

Lender & Refinancing Diligence Data Room Template

The pack credit committees actually read: facilities, security, covenant history and the trading evidence behind the base case.

Spreadsheet preview

Folder index rows

01 Facilities / 01.01 Existing debt
01 Facilities / 01.02 Security package
02 Covenants / 02.01 Compliance history
03 Trading / 03.01 Management accounts
03 Trading / 03.02 Forecast model
04 Working Capital / 04.01 Facilities usage
05 Corporate / 05.01 Group structure

Use case

Refinancing, annual lender review or new facility diligence

Download the CSV, open it in Excel or Google Sheets, customise the rows, then upload the finished index to Data Room Builder. The columns are intentionally simple: Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 and Notes.

Level 1Level 2Level 3Notes
01 Facilities01.01 Existing debtFacility agreements, amendments, hedging
01 Facilities01.02 Security packageDebentures, guarantees, intercreditor
02 Covenants02.01 Compliance historyCertificates, headroom analysis, waivers
03 Trading03.01 Management accountsMonthly packs and budget vs actual
03 Trading03.02 Forecast modelBase case with covenant projections
04 Working Capital04.01 Facilities usageRCF drawings, aged debtors/creditors
05 Corporate05.01 Group structureObligors, guarantors, dormant entities
06 Insurance06.01 Key policiesBI cover, credit insurance, D&O

Implementation tips

  • Show covenant headroom on one page per quarter — make the credit paper easy to write.
  • Flag any obligor-group changes since the last facility; security re-takes drive timelines.
  • Include the hedging book even when out of scope; credit teams ask anyway.

FAQs

What do lenders read first?

Covenant compliance history and the forecast's covenant headroom — everything else supports those two.

How current must management accounts be?

No older than the last full month at credit-committee date; stale packs trigger repeat requests.