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QUESTION 1

Ratios

Formulae

 

WYRE CHILD SERVICES Ltd

BORDER COMMERCIALS Ltd

Profitability Ratios

 

 

 

ROCE

PBIT

%

186%

49.1%

 

Cap Employed

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Assets

PBIT

%

95%

49.13%

 

Total Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Asset Turnover

Revenue

x

3.7

1.33507462

 

Total Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Profit Margin

Gross profit

%

49.20%

70.14559752

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

PBIT

%

26%

36.80312959

 

Revenue

 

 

 

Efficiency Ratios

 

 

 

 

Receivables Collection period (R)

Trade receivables x 365

days

19

82.70810993

 

Sales

 

 

 

 

 

Payables payment period (P)

Trade payables x 365

days

97

119.3942296

 

Cost of sales

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Cycle

R - P

days

-78

-36.68611971

 

 

 

 

 

Liquidity Ratios

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

Current Assets

x:1

2

5.298631897

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

Financial Risk or GEARING Ratios

 

 

 

 

Gearing

Fixed int capital

%

0.00%

45.28271285

 

Total capital employed

 

 

 

 

 

Interest cover ratio

PBIT

x

0

12.03306064

 

Interest charges

 

 

 

QUESTION 2

 

 

Acoustic

Bass

Clarinet

Total

 

(£m)

(£m)

(£m)

(£m)

Sales

360

240

180

780

 

 

Cost of sales

 

 

Materials

-120

-80

-80

-280

 

Labour

-120

-120

-120

-360

 

Overheads

-60

-60

-60

-180

Profit/(loss)

60

-20

-80

-40

Acoustic

Bass

Clarinet

Total

(£m)

(£m)

(£m)

(£m)

Sales Revenue

360

240

180

780

Variable Costs

Materials

-120

-80

-80

-280

Labour

-120

-120

-120

-360

Contributions

120

40

-20

140

2B Calculating Net Present Value

Year 0

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Total

£

£

£

£

£

Capital Investment

Land

-4000

-4000

Building costs

-7900

-7900

Fittings and Equipment

-1830

-1830

-13730

Sales revenue

28600

29172

29755.44

88099.44

Operational Costs

Cost of Acoustic products sold

-7900

-8058

-8219.16

-24177.2

Cost of Bass stock sold

-5660

-5773.2

-5888.66

-17321.9

Staff Costs

-1180

-1203.6

-1227.67

-3611.27

Light and heat

-1676

-1709.52

-1743.71

-5129.23

Other Overheads

-6424

-6552.48

-6683.53

-19660

Total cash inflow/outflow

-13730

5760

5875.2

5992.71

18199.9

Cost of capital is 12%

Present value factor @ 12%

1

0.893

0.797

0.712

Calculating Net Present Value

Year 0

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Total

£

£

£

£

£

Capital Investment

-13730

-13730

Sales Revenue

28600

29172

29755.44

88099.44

Operating Costs

Cost of Acoustic products sold

-7900

-8058

-8219.16

-24177.2

Cost of Bass stock sold

-5660

-5773.2

-5888.66

-17321.9

Staff Costs

-1180

-1203.6

-1227.67

-3611.27

Light and Heat

-1676

-1709.52

-1743.71

-5129.23

Other Overheads

-6424

-6552.48

-6683.53

-19660

Net Cash Flow

-13730

5760

5875

5993

18199.9

PV Factor

1

0.893

0.797

0.712

Discounted Cash Flow

-13730

5143

4684

4265

Net Present value

362

Payback Period (PBP)

Year 0

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

£

£

£

£

Net Cash Flow

-13730

5760

5875

5993

Cumulative

-13730

-7970

-2095

3898

The payback period is 2years and {(2095/5993) * 12 months} = 4.1949 (2years and 5months)

Discounted Payback Period

Year 0

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

£

£

£

£

Discounted Cash Flow

-13730

5143

4684

4265

Cumulative

-13730

-8587

-3903

362

The Discounted Payback Period is 2years and {(3903/4265) * 12 months} = 10.9815 (2years and 11months)

iii. Internal rate of return

In order for this project to be approved, the IRR must be greater than 17%.

The IRR for this project is 13.83%