3.4 - Final Accounts + Depreciation Flashcards
Final Accounts
- Outline the financial performance of a business over a period of time
- For publicly-held companies, these are published in the annual report
Might include:
- Statement of Profit & Loss
- Balance Sheet
- Cash Flow
Internal Stakeholders
- Investors - current and potential - Should I invest (or continue to hold my share in the business)
- Managers - Measure performance against targets
External Stakeholders
- Banks - Should we lend to the business?
- Suppliers - Should we give them trade credit
- Employees, Customers, Government, etc…
Profit & Loss Account
- Also known as Income Statement
- A summary of the business’s financial performance over a given time period
- Uses the revenue, cost and profit over a period of time to calculate how much money the “business has made”
Structure of Profit and Loss
- Statement of Profit & Loss for XX for year ended 31/12/2025
- Sales Revenue
- Costs of Sale
- Gross Profit
- Expenses
- Profit before interest and tax
- Interest
- Profit before tax
- Tax
- Profit per period
- Dividends
- Retained Profits
Sales Revenue
Price x Quantity
Costs of Sales
Costs x Quantity
Gross Profit
Sales Revenue - Costs of Sales
Expenses
Fixed or indirect cost not directly involved in production
Profit before interest and tax
Gross Profit - Expenses
Interest
Interest paid on any loan
Profit before tax
Profit before interest and tax - Interest
Tax
Pay tax on any profit
No profit = no tax (non-profit business)
Profit per period
Profit before tax - Tax
Dividends
- The business may choose to pay out dividends to owners
- The rest is retained, and put back into growing the business
Pros of paying dividends:
- Satisfies shareholders who get a return
- Possible impact on share price
Pros of not paying dividends:
- Can retain the money and grow the business
- May lead to higher profits and dividends in the future
Retained Profits
Profit for period - Dividends
What happens if the company is a non-profit enterprise?
Use “Surplus” rather than “Profit”
No dividend payments as a non-profit
Usually no tax is paid
- Gross Profit = Gross Surplus
- Profit before interest = Surplus before interest