Weekly
Three figures and one delta. Weekly reports are read in a chat window, so nothing on them should need scrolling or zooming.
Report infographicsThe report gets read
The report gets read
when it fits on one page.
Bring the document or the month’s figures. Get back a one-pager with the finding at the top, the evidence under it, and what happens next at the bottom — in your colours, ready to send before the meeting.
Make a one-pager1
Revenue grew 24%, from two regions
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£54.4m
total revenue, FY26
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- Retained
- 91%
- Return
- 3.1x
- Accounts
- +412
Retained
Return
Accounts
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↑ 22% on last quarter
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Next: open a third region — A. Okafor, by 30 Nov
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Illustrative · source: finance ledger, 4 Oct 2026
Anatomy of a one-pager
Seven parts, in this order
The order is the argument. A reader who stops after part two should still leave with the right impression, and a reader who reaches part six should know what is being asked of them.
- 1
The finding, as a sentence
Not “Q3 Performance”. “Revenue grew 24%, driven almost entirely by two regions.” If the reader stops here they should still know what happened.
- 2
One headline figure
The number the finding rests on, set larger than anything else on the sheet, with its period and unit attached.
- 3
Three to five supporting figures
The evidence. Ranked, not listed alphabetically or in the order your dashboard happened to output them.
- 4
One chart, doing one job
A trend, a split or a comparison — whichever the finding claims. A second chart on a one-pager usually means it should have been two sheets.
- 5
What changed since last time
The most-read line in any recurring report, and the one most often missing. Deltas beat absolutes for anybody who saw the previous edition.
- 6
What happens next, and who owns it
A report with no next step is a newsletter. One line, one name, one date.
- 7
Source and date
Where the numbers came from and when they were pulled — so the sheet stays quotable a month later.
Different cadences want different sheets
The mistake is using the quarterly format weekly. Nobody reads a full anatomy every Monday.
Monthly
The full anatomy above. This is the cadence that best fits a one-pager: enough has changed to be worth a sheet, not so much that it needs a deck.
Quarterly
A one-pager per theme, plus a summary sheet on top. Send the summary, attach the rest.
Board and annual
The sheet goes in front of the pack, and the pack answers the questions the sheet provokes. Print it as a vector PDF so it survives the photocopier.
Five habits that make a recurring report worth sending
- Write the headline before you open the data
- If you cannot state the finding in a sentence, another chart will not help you find it.
- Keep the same shape every month
- A recurring report is read by comparison. Moving the figures around costs your reader the fluency they built up last month.
- Show the delta, not just the value
- “£18.4m” is a fact. “£18.4m, up 22%” is a report.
- Keep the bad number on the sheet
- A one-pager that only shows what went well trains people to distrust the format, and then they read nothing.
- Link, do not append
- The sheet is the summary. Everything it summarises should be one click away, not stapled underneath.
Practical questions
What do I give it to start?
Whatever the report already exists as: a PDF, a Word document, a spreadsheet of the month’s figures, or a paste of the summary you wrote in an email. It reads all of those.
Can I make the same report every month without redoing the design?
Yes. Make one you like, then generate the next month from the new figures — with a brand kit saved, the palette, typeface and logo stay identical, so the set reads as a series.
Can it produce a slide instead of a sheet?
Choose the wide shape and you get something composed for a 16:9 slide, exported as PNG, SVG or PDF to drop into your deck.
Is my data used to train anything?
Your documents are used to build your pieces and stay in your account. They are not published, not shown to other users and not sold on — see the privacy policy for the full statement.
Can my team work from the same brand?
Yes. Paid plans include shared seats and multiple brand kits, so a finance one-pager and a marketing one-pager still look like the same company.
Can I share it without sending a file?
Yes — every piece has a share link that opens on any screen with no account and no app. Useful when the report goes to people outside your organisation.
Next month’s report, in ten minutes
Start with last month’s. It will show you what the format does to it.
Make a one-pager