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show Poor planning e.g. Inaccurate cash-flow forecasts/Inadequate resources Badly organised e.g. Poor stock control/Inefficient labour/Bad customer service Cash-flow/liquidity problems  
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What are the external causes of Business Failure?   show
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What are profits?   show
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What is the formula for profit?   show
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What is a statement of comprehensive income?   show
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show Costs directly linked to the production of the goods or services sold e.g. raw materials  
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What is the formula for Gross Profit?   show
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What is the formula for Operating profit?   show
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show Any unusually large or infrequent transaction  
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show Operating profit - interest and taxation  
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show Gross profit margin (GPM) is a measure of a firm’s profitability by looking at the relationship between gross profit and sales revenue  
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show Gross profit x 100/ Sales revenue  
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What is Operating Profit Margin?   show
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show Operating profit x 100/Sales revenue  
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What is Profit for the End of Year?   show
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What is the formula for Profit for the Year Margin?   show
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show That a firm is not managing its cost of sales effectively e.g. are the cost of raw materials increasing? Sales are in decline  
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show That a firm is not managing its expenses effectively e.g. wages are increasing or overheads are going up Sales are in decline  
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show Gross profit or operating profit are in decline Interest rates have changed Taxation rates have changed  
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show Sell the same quantity but at a higher price Sell more at the current price Sell the same at the same price but reduce costs  
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show Will you lose customers? What price do competitors charge? How loyal are your customers?  
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show Will you gain new customers at a higher selling price? Can you attract new customers from your competitors? Is there a new market you can enter?  
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show Will quality be affected? Will image be tarnished?  
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Why might cash and profit be different?   show
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show A formal financial document that summarises the net worth of a business at a given point in time It balances net assets with total equity  
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show Likely to be kept by the business for more than one year e.g. Vehicles/Premises/Machinery  
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What are current assets?   show
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show Assets are items of value owned by a business  
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What are liabilities?   show
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What are Non – current liabilities?   show
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show Debts that the business may have to repay within one year Overdrafts Accounts Payable (Creditors)  
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What is the formula for Net Assets/Net Worth?   show
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What is the formula for Total Equity?   show
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show A measure of a firms short term survival i.e. its ability to meet short term debts and day to day expenses  
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What is the formula for the Current Ratio?   show
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What is the formula for Acid Test Ratio?   show
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Why is stock removed from the Acid Test Ratio?   show
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show For every £1 of Current Liabilities the firm owes it owns £0.716 in Current Assets  
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show Sell assets that are no longer being used i.e. turn them from a non-current assets to a current asset (cash) Switch to long term sources of finance Monitor debtors to avoid bad debts  
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What is Working Capital?   show
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show Current assets – Current liabilities  
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show Working capital answers the basic question if the firm had to pay off all its short term debts could it do so out of its short term cash resources i.e. inventories, payables and cash. If not then it will have to sell non-current assets to pay its debts.  
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How does having a fast stock turnover affect the Acid Test Ratio?   show
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show In recent years the current ratio has begun to fall as many firms move towards Just In Time production techniques. They have less stock.  
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show Large firms may be able to survive with low liquidity because they may be able to pressurise suppliers and delay payments  
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