Free CA Tool — Schedule III Format

Free Balance Sheet & Profit and Loss Generator Online

Fill in your figures and get a complete Schedule III statement set — Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss, and every note to accounts, numbered automatically. Built for proprietorship firms, with audited, provisional and estimated modes.

18Notes to accounts
Schedule IIIStatement format
CY & PYComparatives built in
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Client Figures
Sales₹42.60L
Purchases₹18.20L
Debtors₹9.40L
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Balance Sheet P&L Notes
Total Assets₹14.82L
Total Liabilities₹14.82L
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Balance Sheet Generator

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The Format, Explained

What Is the Schedule III Balance Sheet Format?

Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013 is the standardised format the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) prescribes for presenting financial statements in India. It organises a Balance Sheet into clear categories — Shareholders' Funds / Capital, Non-Current Liabilities, Current Liabilities, Non-Current Assets, and Current Assets — with a matching Statement of Profit and Loss and numbered Notes to Accounts that explain each line item in detail.

While Schedule III is a statutory requirement for companies registered under the Companies Act, the same structured, categorised presentation has become the format banks, NBFCs, and auditors commonly expect when a proprietorship or partnership firm applies for a loan, a credit line renewal, or a tender that asks for "audited" or "provisional" financials. A Schedule III-style layout signals that your numbers are organised, classified correctly between current and non-current, and backed by proper notes — which is exactly why lenders ask for it even from non-company entities.

That's the gap this tool fills: a Schedule III-format Balance Sheet and P&L, built specifically for proprietorship firms, without needing a CA to manually format it in Excel every time.

The 5 Schedule III Categories
Shareholders' Funds / Capital
Non-Current Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Non-Current Assets
Current Assets

Plus numbered Notes to Accounts explaining every line item above.

Who Needs This Tool?

Proprietorship and sole-proprietor businesses

Applying for a bank loan, overdraft, or credit limit renewal that requires a formatted Balance Sheet and P&L.

CAs and accounting professionals

Preparing provisional or estimated financials for multiple proprietorship clients, especially around bank renewal season.

Small business owners

Who need a professional-looking, correctly classified financial statement for a tender, vendor onboarding, or investor conversation, without maintaining full-time accounting software.

Anyone who currently builds this in Excel

And wants to stop worrying about broken formulas, mismatched totals, or manually renumbering notes every time a line item is added or removed.

Statement Modes

Audited vs. Provisional vs. Estimated — Which One Do You Need?

Banks and financial institutions typically ask for one of three types of financial statements, and the terminology matters — submitting the wrong type can delay a loan application.

Audited

Based on your actual, finalised books of accounts for a completed financial year, reviewed and signed off by a Chartered Accountant. This is what's required for annual filings, tax audits, and most formal loan sanctions once the year has closed.

Provisional

Based on actual transactions recorded so far in the current, still-ongoing financial year — for example, figures up to a recent month, used when a bank wants to see how the business is performing before the year has closed. Commonly required for loan applications submitted mid-year.

Estimated

A forward-looking projection for a financial year that hasn't been completed yet — used when a lender wants to see the expected year-end position, often alongside the provisional figures, to assess how the business is trending.

This tool supports all three modes, so you can generate the correct format depending on what the bank or client has actually asked for — rather than manually rebuilding the statement in Excel for each scenario.

How Depreciation Is Handled

Depreciation is calculated using the Written Down Value (WDV) block method, where fixed assets are grouped into blocks by category and depreciated as a group rather than asset-by-asset. Depreciation on additions during the year is prorated based on the number of days the asset was in use before the year-end. The resulting depreciation schedule feeds directly into both the Balance Sheet (as accumulated depreciation reducing the asset block) and the Notes to Accounts, without needing a separate manual calculation.

See The Output

This is what you'll actually generate.

Not a mock-up — the same Schedule III layout, note numbering, and CY/PY columns the generator produces.

Statement of Profit and Loss - ABC Enterprises.pdf

ABC Enterprises

FY 2025-26 · Statement of Profit and Loss · Schedule III
Balanced
Particulars Note No. CY (2025-26) PY (2024-25)
Revenue from operations Note 12 ₹42,60,000 ₹36,80,000
Other income Note 13 ₹40,000 ₹28,000
Purchases of stock-in-trade Note 14 ₹18,20,000 ₹15,90,000
Depreciation & amortisation Note 7 ₹1,30,000 ₹95,000
Profit for the year   ₹2,36,000 ₹1,84,000
Why Switch

ERP Group Generator vs Excel Template vs Fully CA-Prepared

See exactly what you're missing — and what you gain on day one.

Feature ERP Group Excel Template Fully CA-Prepared
Speed & Cost
Turnaround Hours (manual)
Cost Free (usually)
Notes to accounts Manual renumbering
Accuracy & Compliance
Depreciation schedule (WDV) Manual formula
Balances automatically If formulas correct
Provisional/estimated modes Separate templates Separate requests
Privacy & Fit
Data privacy Stored on device Shared with CA
Best fit Proprietorship firms One-off, simple Complex, multi-entity
Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions About Balance Sheet & Profit and Loss

No. Every calculation runs in your browser. Nothing is sent to a server and nothing is stored. You can export your working file as JSON and keep it on your own machine.

Yes. Set the statement type to Provisional or Estimated. The heading changes accordingly and the audit sign-off block is suppressed, since an unaudited statement must not carry one.

Using the income-tax block written-down-value method: the full rate applies to opening balances and additions held more than 180 days, and half the rate to additions held less than 180 days. Set a 0 per cent rate for land and buildings carried at cost.

On the credit side of the owners capital account, not in profit and loss other income. For a proprietorship these are taxed under other heads, so they do not form part of business income.

Yes. Every schedule referenced on the face is generated as a numbered note, with note numbers assigned automatically at first reference working through liabilities, then assets, then profit and loss. Blank schedules are skipped.