Following a disastrous campaign which sees last year's play-off contenders currently occupying a lowly 14th position, Mr Prentice believes lessons have been learned.
Indeed, he is due to hold a crunch meeting with first team boss Terry Brown over the next few weeks to start planning NOW for the ins and outs of the summer.
“This season has made us more determined, you always learn lessons and to some extent on the park dictates what goes on off it,” he told the paper.
“I would like to see a team in place on July 1, and I will be speaking with Terry over the next couple of weeks about players he wants to bring in and those he wants to leave.
“The budget was in place at the end of last season but wasn't utilised, Terry went for the drip down effect and it didn't work out. It had been used to great effect before but it was a freak situation this year that it didn't happen.”
Indeed, this season has been so disappointing for the Shots, the Chairman has admitted for the first time that a big-spending investor could be the solution to the Shots' financial future.
“I think that in an ideal situation Aldershot Town FC would have an investor. There is always a fear of someone coming in and buying the club but if everyone did their job properly and the right person was installed, it would be ideal.
“I'm not in a club ownership situation but if I was, there's one or two situations this season I would have done differently. If there was someone who had the finances to come in, they would want to have some say in the running of the club as a business and we would have to look at it if they came forward.”
With the disappointing form came the inevitable drop in crowd numbers, with the Shots hosting just 1,868 on Saturday against Morecambe — their lowest home league crowd of the season.
With rumours suggesting that the board had budgeted for 3,000, it had been feared serious losses would be on the cards.
“Crowds dropping is a fundamental problem, but it's going on at a lot of Conference clubs, we certainly aren't going to be in a profit situation this year.
“We never budgeted for 3,000, that was really more a guidance for what we would need to sustain a top-flight club. If we think crowds are something to take into consideration we will adjust the budget accordingly,” added Mr Prentice.
Anther financial situation that has caused concern is the rumour that the club has been operating this year with a large overdraft.
For the first time, Mr Prentice outlined the reasons behind these circumstances, adding: “We wouldn't have been able to trade without an overdraft, there have been a lot more costs to meet with going full time.
“It doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out that we've got to pay out more, there's a lot of expenses that come with being full time.”
With the Shots' chances of making the Play-Offs ever decreasing — indeed they will probably need to win all their remaining 12 games to have a chance — it is fair to say that this season has been one of failure for the board, management and players.
But Mr Prentice assured fans that there are no shock moves planned this summer — including no plans to change the management.
“There are no plans to go back to part time, it would be a step backwards. If there were to be cut-backs it would mean being stricter with personnel.
“From a business point of view you don't want to pay players when they're not playing football, and paying 52 weeks in a 38-week season makes a big difference. It isn't dictated that we don't pay summer wages, we understand players still have mortgages to pay.”
Despite this, the Chairman claims there will be a lot of movement this summer: “There's going to be a lot of changes, it's a fresh start across the whole team, we've got key players signed up for next season and that's your starting block to build the side.
“Terry is under pressure but we'll be meeting about the way forward with playing personnel. I'm backing him in the sense that I'll be talking with him about future plans.
“I'm not going to start anything with the manager, he's done a really good job over the last few years and had one season of relative failure, he wants to put it right, we all do,” added Mr Prentice.
Whilst Saturday's win may have temporarily buoyed spirits, there are more permanent measures to be positive about. The new Aldershot Town shirt will be launched in the summer, while the Player Transfer Fund has also been welcomed.
Mr Prentice also said he would be happy to meet with those who had suggestions about creating more revenue streams, like the possibility of setting up an 800 club.
With the Play Off places ever fading, Mr Prentice's realistic hopes now are of securing a place in the LDV Vans Trophy.
“It would be great to think we could go on a run and get up there but realistically after the season so far, we need to make sure that we qualify for things like the LDV Vans Trophy as they are beneficial to us.”
Mr Prentice also gave his views on the sale of Tim Sills to League Two side Oxford United in the January transfer window.
He added: “He wanted to leave and it's probably the best bit of business I've done at the club. If we hadn't let him go he would have left in a few weeks for nothing, we certainly would not have sold Tim Sills if we were pushing for play-offs.
“I'm still very positive and determined to do my utmost to keep this club going forward.”
Whilst plans are in place for a positive summer, the club are yet to secure an official sponsor — although there have been offers. Benefits include local and national exposure with the company name on the front and back of shirts as well as shorts.
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With thanks to the Aldershot News.