Sample households
Fictional Egyptian households, built to show the choices behind a number.
How to load a profile
Each built-in profile loads its accounts and sample activity into an empty Lightning profile.
Create a profile for sample data, or select an existing empty one. Samples cannot be added to a ledger that already has accounts.
Select a profile, then choose Load sample. Lightning creates the accounts and adds the fictional transactions.
Open Overview, Expenses, Budget, Investments or Cash planning to see the pattern behind that profile.
Pick a real question
Each story starts with a different financial reality, then names the question worth exploring.
Cash flow
Amr works an engineering job in Cairo and earns EGP 14,500 a month. Alongside it, he occasionally helps businesses with technical freelance and outsourced projects. Those payments are unpredictable: some months bring nothing, while others add EGP 7,000–22,000. Rent, food, family support and bills keep arriving, and a few project costs need to be paid before the client settles.
Consistency
Abdelrahman is a salaried engineer in Giza. His pay rises from EGP 32,000 to EGP 36,000 over the year, with a performance bonus. He keeps daily spending measured and invests around EGP 6,000–8,500 a month in a fictional equity fund. In June, a new laptop and an unplanned weekend push spending well above his normal month.
Safety
Menna lives in Alexandria and illustrates for agencies and small businesses. Her invoices range from EGP 8,000 to EGP 33,000, with a few months where no client payment arrives. Materials, rent, transport and everyday costs continue between projects, so she draws on a modest cash reserve during quiet stretches. By October, only EGP 4,000 is set aside against a EGP 60,000 emergency-fund target.
Emergency reserve
Fatma works in Cairo and earns EGP 18,000 a month. She keeps track of groceries, rent, utilities, school costs and household supplies. Those planned costs average about EGP 17,300, leaving a small monthly margin. A refrigerator repair in June costs EGP 7,800 and comes from her savings; EGP 7,800 remains designated for the next unexpected cost, against a gradual EGP 54,000 target.
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