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Statement of financial position

Statement of financial position: shows the value of a business's assets and liabilities at a particular time


Assets: are those items of value which are owned by the business .They may be non-current (fixed) asset or ( short term) current assets

  • Non-current assets ( which a business can keep for more than a year) : land, buildings, equipment and vehicles. These can be depreciate year after year

  • Current assets ( which a business only held for short amount of time) : cash, inventories debtor customers who own money to the business)


Liabilities: are debts owed by the business. They may be non-current ( long term ) liabilities or ( short term) current liabilities

  • Non-current liabilities (long term): long term borrowing which do not have to be repaid within a year

  • Current liabilities ( short term): money that the business which have to repair within a year : bank overdraft/ accounts payable ( suppliers/ creditors)

Definition


Non-current assets: items owned by the business for more than one year

Current assets: are owned by a business and used within one year


Non- current liabilities: long term debts owned by the business, repair over a year

Current liabilities: short term debts owned by the business, repair in one year


Total asset - total liabilities = owner's equity ( shareholder's funds in a limited company)


Shareholder's equity ( shareholder's fund ): total sum of the money invested into the business by the owner- shareholders


Main features of an income statement


Assets = liability + capital


fixed assets + (current asset - current liabilities) = long term liabilities + capital

  • Capital = retained profit + share capital

  • Current asset - current liabilities = working capital

  • Long term liability + shareholder's fund = capital employed

  • Shareholder's fund = price of each share x no. of share issue

Stakeholders interested in balance sheet:

  • Supplier

  • Bank

  • Investor ( look at the value of asset/ how much the business worth)
































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