Analyse the profitability the liquidity and the gearing of


Section A

Question 1

Campbell runs a clothing store and has produced the following trial balance for the year ended 31st  March 2012. The trial balance produced does not balance and he has asked for your help.

You are required to help Campbell by:

(a) Preparing journal entries to correct the trial balance and deal with all of the year-end adjustments including the fire.

(b)  Producing an income statement for the year and a balance sheet as at 31st March 2012.

Campbell - Trial Balance as at 31 March 2012

 

£'000

£'000

Accumulated depreciation of land and buildings at 1.4.11.

 

600

Accumulated depreciation of shop fittings at 1.4.11

 

640

Bank Interest

40

 

Bank loan at 5%

 

1600

Capital

 

838

Carriage inwards

80

 

Carriage outwards

126

 

Cash at bank

 

116

Discounts allowed

124

 

Discounts received

 

58

Drawings

305

 

Heat and light

254

 

Insurance

295

 

Inventory as at 1.4.11

402

 

Land and buildings

2400

 

Office expenses

320

 

Payables (Creditors)

 

440

Purchases

5992

 

Provision for doubtful debts as at 1.4.11

 

32

Receivables

1216

 

Returns Inwards

240

 

Returns outwards

 

200

Sales

 

9840

Shop fittings

1240

 

Wages

1480

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTALS

14514

14364

 

Adjustments:

1.    The land and buildings are shown at cost including £800,000 for the land. Buildings are depreciated on a straight line basis over 50 years

2.    Shop fittings are depreciated at 20% per annum on a reducing balance basis

3.    Campbell took goods valued at £24,000 from the shop for his own use during the year

4.    Insurance includes £36,000 for the year to December 2012

5.    An accrual for heat and light for £8000 is needed

6.    A bad debt of £16000 is to be written off and the provision for doubtful debts should be maintained at 2% of the remaining receivables

7.    Campbell sold some shop fittings on 31 March 2012 for £50,000 he has debited the cash at bank account but nothing else. The fittings cost £240,000 5 years ago.

8.    An interest payment on the bank loan is due. The loan was taken out in 2009.

9.    A payment to a supplier for £50,000 has been debited to payables and debited to the cash at bank account.

10. A payment for insurance for £50,000 has been debited to the office expenses account and credited to the cash at bank account

11. An invoice for clothing goods for £50,000 has been debited to office expenses and credited to payables

12. On 31 March 2012 there was a fire in Campbell's storeroom and all of his remaining inventory and his inventory records were destroyed. In addition to information in the trial balance you know that all sales are made based on a standard margin of 40% and that the inventory is covered by an insurance policy which covers the sales value of any inventory lost.

 

Section B - The following data is to be used for questions 2 AND 3

 

Sessegnon Ltd Income Statement for the year ended 31 December 2011

 

£000s

£000s

Sales

 

1,690

Cost of Sales

 

1,252

Gross Profit

 

   438

Admin expenses

144

 

Depreciation

170

 

Loss on sale of machinery

  60

374

Operating Profit

 

  64

Interest payable

 

  32

Profit Before Tax

 

  32

Tax

 

  10

Profit After Tax

 

  22

 

Sessegnon Ltd Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2011

 

2011

2011

2010

2010

 

£000s

£000s

£000s

£000s

Non-Current Assets NBV

 

 4500

 

3274

Current Assets

 

 

 

 

          Inventory

136

 

148

 

          Receivables

160

 

190

 

          Cash at Bank

-

  296

180

  518

Total Assets

 

4796

 

3792

Non-Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

          Bank Loan

1500

 

640

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

          Trade Payables

192

 

155

 

          Taxation

  15

 

  60

 

          Interest Payable

  10

 

    7

 

          Bank Overdraft

115                        332

 

    -                 222

 

Total Liabilities

 

1832

 

  862

Net Assets

 

2964

 

2930

Equity

 

 

 

 

          Share Capital

 

1000

 

950

          Share Premium Account

 

    30

 

  20

          Retained Earnings

 

1934

 

    1960

 

 

2964

 

2930

 

Notes

1.    Dividends were paid during the year

2.    The assets disposed of had a book value of £260,000

Question 2

Prepare a cashflow statement for the year ended 31 December 2011 and describe what it tells us.

Question 3

Analyse the profitability, the liquidity and the gearing of Sessegnon Ltd based on the information above and using appropriate financial ratios. Would a new supplier be willing to give them credit?

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