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3.5 Flashcards

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income statement

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measures the business performance (income & costs) over a given period, usually a year

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statement of financial position

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snapshot of a business’s assets and its liabilities on a particular day

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cash flow statement

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shows how the business has generated and disposed of cash and liquid funds during a specific period

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examples of non-current liabilities

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  • long -term borrowing
  • other long term liabilities
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examples of current liabilities

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  • trade creditors (payables)
  • Short-term borrowing
    -accrues & provisions - e.g. tax
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examples of non-current assets

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  • land & buildings
  • plant & machinery
  • goodwill - value of the business for it containing due to loyal customers
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examples of current assets

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  • cash balances
  • trade debtors (receivables)
  • inventories ( stocks)
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2nd side of the statement of financial position

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+ share capital
+ reserves profit

= capital & reserves/ total equity

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1st side of the statement of financial position

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+ noncurrent assets
+ current assets
- current liabilities
- noncurrent liabilities

= net assets

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what are payables

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amount of money owed by a business to someone e.g. dividends

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total equity

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shareholders fund and retained profits

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what are inventories

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value of all the stock a firm holds

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what are receivables

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sums owed by customers who have bought items for credit

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what are total current assets

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sum of all current assets

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what are net current liabilities

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current assets - current liabilities

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what are net assets

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difference between total assets and total liabilities

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what is share capital

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investment giving shareholder part- ownership in the company, with the right to dividends

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what is revenue

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value of sales made in a trading period

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what are costs of sales

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direct costs for making the product

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gross profit

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revenue - operating costs

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what are distribution and administration expenses

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expenses incurred that are not tied to a core function in the business

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what is operating profit

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profit after deduction of costs of sales and overheads

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what is tax

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mandatory contribution from a firm by a government entity

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stakeholder interest in the statement of comprehensive income

  • Shareholders
  • Employees
  • Managers and directors
  • Suppliers
  • Government
  • Local community
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  • Shareholders - dividend payments
  • Employees - potential wage increase and job stability
  • Managers and directors - key performance data
  • Suppliers - continued success of the firm, to determine the trade credit offered to businesses
  • Government determines tax
  • Local community- effect for jobs in the community
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statement of financial postion effect on liquidity
- contains the financial info required to judge the liquidity of the business - Liquidity is the ability of a business to meet its short-term commitments with its available assets
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stakeholder interest in the statement of financial position
use the statement of financial position sith the statement of comprehensive income to perform ratio analysis and compare performance over time
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Interest in the statement of financial position - Shareholders - Managers and directors - Suppliers and creditors
Shareholders - identify the asset structure of the business and their investment has been put to use - calculate the working capital of the business and determine its solvency Managers and directors - identify the financial position of the business at a given point in time - determine if there are enough liquid current assets to pay its bills Suppliers and creditors - judge the solvency of the business to determine the risk when offering firms trade credit - firms with low levels of working capital may find it difficult to pay short-term debt, so suppliers offer trade credit, with stricter terms
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liquidity ratios
asess whether a business has sufficient cash equivalent current assets to be able to pay its debts as they fall due
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current asset ratio
current assets/ current liabilities
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acid test ratio
current assets (excluding stocks) / current liabilities
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gearing ratio
non-current liabilities / capital employed x 100
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Evaluating a highly geared business
- More than 50% of its capital employed is long-term loans - High interest to be paid on this - low profit to pay to shareholders - seen as a risk for further investment difficult to raise loan capital
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steps to reduce gearing
- Issuing more shares to increase share capital - retaining profits to avoid borrowing
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capital employed equation
total equity + non current liabilities
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return on capital employed
operating profit/ capital employed x 100
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what does the return on capital employed measure
How well a business generates profits from the funds invested in the business
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key uses of ratios
- profitability - liquidity - financial efficiency
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why ratios may not be reliable
- subjective judgments - Different businesses have different accounting policies - manipulate accounting information
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what ratios don't mention:
- competitive advantages - quality - ethical reputation - future prospects - changes in the external environment
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what does the gearing ratio
proportion of finance that is provided by debt relative to the finance provided by equity.
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benefits of a statement of financial position
see if the business can acquire capital, rather than selling non-current assets - so they can cope with more debt from long-term loans if their non-current assets are larger than non-current liabilities
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benefit of high gearing
can fund growth, as they are making a profit, so can fund expansion gaining a competitive advantage
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main measures of employee effectiveness
- labour turnover - % of staff who leave during a period - labour productivity - output per employee - absenteeism - % of staff who are absent - labour retention - % of staff staying
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what is labour retention
the ability fo a business to keep its employees within the firm
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labour retention formula
no. of staff staying/ average no. of staff employed x 100
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what is labour turnover
% of the workforce that leaves a business within a given time period
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labour turnover formula
no of employees leaving during period / average no employed during period x 100
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problems of high staff turnover
- high costs (recruitment & training) - disruption to productivity - increased pressure on remaining staff - standard of quality & customer service may drop
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ways to improve staff turnover
- effective recruitment and training - rewards and pay - reward staff loyalty - job enrichment - opportunities fro promotion
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labour productivity formula
output per period (units)/ number of employees at work
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ways to improve labour productivity
- measure performance & set targets - invest in employee training - operations management
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absenteeism formula (absent)
no of staff absent during a period / total no. of days that should have been worked x100
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