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Finance Key Terms Flashcards

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Objectives

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A specific result that a person/business aims to achieve within a time frame and with available resources

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Corporate objectives

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A realistic goal set by a company that often influences its internal strategic decisions

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Functional objectives

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Set for each major function and are designed to ensure that the corporate objectives are achieved

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Aims

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An attempt to reach a certain goal. A specific goal or purpose

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Strategies

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A method or plan chosen to bring about a desired future, such as achievement of a goal or solution to a problem

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Tactics

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Means by which a strategy is carried out

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Balance sheet

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A document describing the financial position of a company at a particular point in time. It’s done by comparing the items owned by the organisation (its assets) with the amounts that it owes (its liabilities)

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Income statement

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An account showing the income and expenditure (the profit or loss) of a firm over a period of time (usually a year)

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Management accounting

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The creation of financial information for the use by internal users in the business, in order to predict, plan, review and control the financial performance of the business

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Financial accounting

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The provision of financial information to show external users the financial position of the business/it concentrates on historical data

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Assets

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Items that are owned by an organisation

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Non-current assets

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Resources that can be used repeatedly in the production process, although they do wear out or lose value. For example, land, building, machinery and vehicles

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Tangible assets

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Non-current (fixed) assets that exist physically

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Intangible assets

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Non-current assets that do not have a physical presence, but are nevertheless of value to a firm. For example, a brand name or patent

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Current assets

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Short term items that circulate in a business on a daily basis and can be expected to be turned into cash within a year

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Liabilities

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Debts owed by an organisation to suppliers, shareholders, investors or customers who have paid in advance

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Total equity

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Funds provided by shareholders to set up the business, fund expansion and purchase fixed assets

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Revenue expenditure

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Spending on day to day items such as raw materials, inventories (stock), wages and power to run the production process

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Capital expenditure

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Spending on non- current (fixed) assets - those assets used repeatedly in the production process, such as buildings, vehicles and machinery

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Depreciation

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The fall in value of an asset over time, reflecting the wear and tear of the asset as it becomes older, the reduction in its economic use or its obsolescence

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Obsolescence

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When an asset is still functioning but it’s no longer considered useful because it is out of date

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Working capital

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The day to day finance used in a business, consisting of current assets (cash and inventories) minus current liabilities (bank overdraft and tax owed)

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Liquidity

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The ability to convert an asset into cash without loss or delay

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Liquid assets

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Items owned by an organisation that can be converted into cash quickly and without a loss of value. The most liquid asset that a business can possess is cash

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Gross profit

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Revenue minus cost of sales. The gross profit shows how efficiently a business is converting its raw materials or stock into finished products

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Operating profit

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The revenue earned from everyday trading activities minus the costs involved in carrying out those activities

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Profit quality

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A measure of whether profit is sustainable in the long run. High quality profit is profit that will continue, low quality profit arises from exceptional circumstances that are unlikely to continue

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Profit utilisation

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The way in which a business uses its profit or surplus

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Trend

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The underlying pattern of change shown within a set of numerical data

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Ratio analysis

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A method of assessing a firms financial situation by comparing two sets of linked data

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Solvency

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A measure of a firms ability to pay its debts on time. A firm that can meet its financial commitments is described as solvent. A firm that cannot meet its financial commitments is described as insolvent

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Trading profit

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The difference between the incomes received from an organisations normal activities and the expenditure it incurs in operating

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Retained profit

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The part of a firms profit that is reinvested in the business rather than distributed to shareholders

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Ordinary share capital

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Money given to a company by shareholders in return for a share certificate that gives them part ownership of the company and entitles them to a share of the profits

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Loan capital

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Money received by an organisation in return for the organisations agreement to pay interest during the period of the loan and to repay the loan within an agreed time

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Debenture

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A long term loan made to a business at an agreed fixed percentage rate of interest and repayable on a stated date

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Bank loan

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A sum of money provided to a firm or an individual by a bank for a specific, agreed purpose

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Bank overdraft

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When a bank allows an individual or organisation to overspend its current account in the bank up to an agreed limit and for a stated time period

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Profit centre

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An identifiable part of an organisation for which costs and revenue can be calculated

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Investment decision making

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The process of deciding whether or not to undertake capital investment (the purchase of non-current assets) or major business projects

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Investment appraisal

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A scientific approach to investment decision making, which investigates the expected financial consequences of an investment, in order to assist the company in its choices

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Payback period

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The length of time that it takes for an investment to pay for itself from the net returns provided by that particular investment

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Average rate of return

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Total net returns divided by the expected lifetime of the investment (usually a number of years), expressed as a percentage of the initial cost of the investment

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Net present value

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The net return on an investment when all revenues and costs have been converted to their current worth

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