Edexcel-Internal finance 2.1 Flashcards
Capital expenditure
Spending on fixed assets
Revenue expenditure
Spending on raw materials and day to day expenses
Internal
Inside the business
Owners personal savings
Key when business starts
Introduce savings from *redundancy payments
Invest more as business grows *short time cash flow
Retained profit
Profit which is reinvested into the business
Retained profit advantages
Cheap since does not involve borrowing and extra fees.
Retained profit disadvantages
Opportunity cost is shareholders do not receive extra profit
Sales of assets
Selling business assets which are no longer required to generate a source of finance
Sales of assets example
machinery
buildings
Sale and leaseback arrangement
Business sell asset and rents the premisies
Sale and leaseback arrangement example
sainsburys leased a property for 500m to LXIREIT
Managing working capital more effectively
Extended payments with suppliers
Incentivise customers to pay promptly for purchases
Advantages of Internal Finance
Often free does not require interest
Does not involve third parties influencing decisions
Can be organised quickly
Disadvantages of Internal Finance
Significant opportunity cost-retained profits cant be used again
May not be enough
Isn’t tax efficient