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BM Finance

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Activities carried out by finance function   Calculate employee wages/salaries prepare financial info to aid decision making monitor/control finances and expenses prepare organisations final accounts maintain accurate financial records pay accounts due/bills recieved analyse finacial info  
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Role of the Finance Department   control costs-help be more profitable monitor cash flow-corrective action if problems ensure liquidity plan 4 future-analysing past/future trends dept. make decisions-improve efficiency monitor performace-use final accounts analyse - problems-fix  
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Role of finance dept. in meeting needs of HMRC   profits calculated accurately corporation tax accurate PAYE calculated 4 all employees VAT returned regularly + calculated accurately good record keeping  
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Trading account   summary of the money that has come in (revenue) and gone out (costa) of organisation over particular period - can be done monthly and yearly  
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Sales or turnover   revenue from selling goods and/or services to customers  
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cost of sales   costs associated directly w the production/ purchase of goods from a cash and carry/ other supplier  
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gross profit/ loss   difference between sales revenue and cost of goods sols. money arisen directly from trading activities of organisation - buying low + selling high  
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profit and loss account   shows net profit or loss over specified period of time + takes into account all expenses  
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expenses   all additional expenses incurred by organisation eg. administration, distribution, selling expenses listed here  
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net profit   amount of money organisation has left once all expences deducted from sales revenue recieved. reward 4 being successful in business  
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appropriation account   shows what been done w total funds available 2 company. shows division of total funds between tax payments, investment, external loans, retention  
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Balance sheet   statement shows assets of organisation ( what it owns) and its liabilities ( what it owes to others ) at a particular point in time  
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fixed assets   items owned by organ. - will generate low income - such as property, equipment, furniture, vehicles. without these organ. unable to function  
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current assets   items owned by organ. used up, sold or converted into cash within 12 months. iclude stocks, debetors, bank balances + cash  
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current liabilities   debts owed 2 outside organs. that must be repaid in short term - less than 12 months.  
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net current assets   amount by which total value of current assets exceeds total value of current liabilities  
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net assets   shows net value of firm once short-term debts repaid  
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issued share capital   money put in organ. by the owners or shareholders. in return 4 investment recieve dividend payments  
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reserves from profit and loss account   profits retained by organ. after payment of dividends to shareholders + after provision made for all current liablities`  
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shareholders interest   all issued share value, all reserves, retained profits  
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long term liabilities   dependatures (large loans/ mortgages - debt repayment due over next 12 months  
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Value of financial accounts to competitors   check to ensure making similar % profit look @ costs eg. expenses see if ripe 4 takeover to measure other organs. market share aid decision making  
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poor cash flow problems   £ tied up in stock too much time customers 2 pay debt not enough £ from sales too short credit period by suppliers 2 high spending on machinery 2 high level of drawing taken out by owners of business  
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Solve cash flow probs   JIT - £ not tied up in stock - stock only purchased when required discounts 2 customers if pay early - encourage = £ advertising + promo = awareness= ££ sell assets - instant cash -not required - no disruption to operations  
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cash budget   forecast of money expect to recieve (Receipts) + money expect 2 pay out ( payments) over period of time in future  
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uses of info gained from cash budget   monitro prgress/performance of organ.as whole/ individual depts.assist planning+decision making assess/dem validity of business plam - help secure required finance part of business plan/expansion tool for comparison  
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benefits of preparing cash budget   identify deflict may occur - action indentify surplus- invest machinery eg motivate stqaff- targets managers control expenditure  
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employees   see if payed fair wage compared 2 profits understand decisions eg. redundancies assure organ. makes profit - job security  
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inland revenues (HMRC)   ensure corrct amount taxation being paid  
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shareholders   decide whether 2 purchase additional shares are payed a fair dividend based on profits made  
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lenders eg. bank   see if bank loan / overdraft should be issued based on profitability / liquidity  
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limitations of financial info   Not take into account : external factors eg. recession. abilities/skills/experience of staff. staff morale/motivation. new products launched. how succesful in eliminatig comp. life cycle of products  
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why take over business with poor profits   valuable assets strong brand name loyal customer base  
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Why managers use ratio analysis   compare current performance w prev. year compare organ. w similar organ. identify why differences occurs + improve use info use info 4 forecasting/ budgeting assist decision making  
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Bank loan   sum money given 2 business paid back @ later date. +regular payments +large sums requested -may not b given if bank :/ bout financial position of bus  
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overdraft   bank agrees to business takin more out than available +easy 2 arrange -charges can b expensive -only short term  
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mortgage   loan given to buy premises 4 business +long period 25 years or longer - repossesion of property if not repayed  
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Grant   +niot need repaid -only once -not huge  
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share issue   limited companies issue extra shares. plcs issue on stock market. +large amounts of capital obtained -organisations limited to no. of shares  
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leasing   rent. equipmetn +saves on purching -equipment not owned  
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hire purchase   remains property of seller till all payments made +item organisations after all payments -repossesed  
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Venture capitalists   large loans to companies that bank deny +large loans obtained - part ownership requested - expensive  
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