financial management and control revision series 2004

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2.4
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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REVISION SERIES
2004
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CONTENTS
This book includes a wide selection of questions from past ACCA exams, including the latest papers. In
addition, there are full answers, many prepared by the examiner. This is the ONLY publication to include
actual questions and official answers from the previous four sittings of the examination (at the date of
publication).
Page
Index to questions and answers iv
Syllabus and examination format vii
Analysis of past papers xi

Revision guidance xiii
Examination techniques xv
Mathematical tables xvii
Section
1 Practice questions 1
2 Scenario-based questions 61
3 Answers to practice questions 81
4 Answers to scenario-based questions 245
5 Mock examination questions 295
6 Answers to mock examination questions 301
7 December 2003 examination questions 315
8 Answers to December 2003 examination questions 321
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INDEX TO QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
PRACTICE Q UESTIONS Page number
Financial management objectives and environment
Question Answer
Exam
1 Tagna
1 81 Jun 03
2 Stakeholders
2
83
Dec 02
3 Management accounting
2 85 Jun 01
4 News For You 2 87 Dec 00
5 Non-profit 3 89 Jun 98

6 Objectives
3 91
Dec 99
7 Plankers Ltd 4
93
Jun 02
Management of working capital
8 Hexicon pic
5 95
—
9 Delcars pic
6
97 Jun 00
10 Velmplc
7
99 Jun 03
11 Special Gift Supplies pic
8
102
Dec 01
12 Fenton Security pic
9
105 Jun 99
Sources of finance
13
Associated International Supplies Ltd
10
108 Pilot 01
14
Ply, Spin and Axis

10
111
Dec 00
15
Phoenix pic
11 114
Dec 97
16
Jeronimo pic
12 116
Jun 99
17
Techfools
12
119 Jun 02
Capital investment appraisal
18
Investment appraisal
13
121
Jun 00
19
Bread Products Ltd
13
125 Pilot 01
20
Howden pic
14
127
Dec 94

21
Filtrex pic
15
129
Dec 94
22
Armcliff Ltd
16 132
Jun 95
23
Chromex pic
17
135
Jun 98
24
Sludgewater pic
17 137
Jun 01
25
Leaminger pic
18
139
Dec 02
26
Prime Printing pic
19
142
Dec 98
27
Benland pic

20
144
Dec 99
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INDEX TO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
/
Page number
Costing systems and techniques Question Answer Exam
28
A college
21
147
-
29
Bud plc
22
150
Dec 00
30 EXE and WYE
23
152
Dec 97
31
Chemco Processing
24
155
Jun 02
32
Fish Processing

25
157
Jun 00
33 Rayman Company
26
160
Jun 98
34
ABC
27
162
Pilot 01
35
Abkaber plc
28
164
Dec 02
36
BML
29
168
Jun 00
37
Brunti plc
30
170
Jun 95
38
ABC plc
31

172
Jun 97
39 Contribution approach to decisions
32
174
Dec 00
40
Parser Ltd
32
176 Dec 01
41
Albion plc
34
178
Jun 03
42
Throughput
35 180
—
Standard costing and variance analysis
43
Standard costing
36
182 Dec 01
44
Material variances
36
185
Jun 91
45

Perseus Co Ltd
37
188
Jun 94
46
Woodeezer Ltd
37 190
Dec 02
47
Bicycles
39
194
Jun 01
48
Pan-Ocean Chemicals
40
196
Pilot 01
49
Hairdressing
41 199
Dec 97
50
Information source
42 201
Dec 98
51
Performance meeting
42
203

Jun 99
52
Food manufacturer
43 206
Dec 99
53
Nursing home
44 208
-
54
The Original Jellyroll Company plc
46 210
-
Budgeting and budgetary control and decision-making
55 .
All Premier Services plc
47
211 Dec 01
56
Sychwedd plc
47
214
Jun 96
57
Private hospital
49
216 Jun 01
58
Public sector organisation
50 218

Jun 00
59
Zero based budgeting
51
221 Jun 02
60
Rolling budgets 51
223 Jun 98
61
Storrs plc
53
227
Jun 03
62
Budget compilation 53 229 Dec 98
63
Budget behaviour 54
232 Jun 99
64
Planning and control
54
234
Dec 99
Performance measurement
65
Index
55
236
—
66

Windermere
55
237
—
67
KDS Ltd
56
239
—
68
Proposals for Division X
57
242
-
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INDEX TO QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Page number
SCEN ARIO -BASED Q UESTIONS Question Answer Exam
1
Franctic Ltd
61
245 P/Yo/ Ớ/
2
Jack Geep
62
251 Dec 02
3
Sprinter plc
64

257 Dec 99
4
Kolb plc
65
260 Jun 01
5
Spender Construction plc
68 264
Jun 00
6
Stadium Eats
70
270
Jun 98
7
Water Supply Services plc 72 273
Jun 02
8
Tower Railways plc
74
277
Dec 01
9
Amber plc 75
282
Dec 00
10
Springbank plc 77
285 Jun 03
11

The Independent Film Company
78
290 Jun 99
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SYLLABUS AND
EXAMINATION FORMAT
Format of the examination
Section A: One compulsory scenario-based question
Section B: Choice of 2 from 4 questions (25 marks each)
Number of marks
50
50
100
Total time allowed: 3 hours
Aim
To develop knowledge and understanding of financial management methods for analysing the
benefits of various sources of finance and capital investment opportunities, and of the application
of management accounting techniques for business planning and control.
On completion of this paper candidates should be able to:
• explain the role and purpose of financial management
• evaluate the overall management of working capital
• evaluate appropriate sources of finance for particular situations
• appraise capital investment through the use of appropriate methods
• identify and discuss appropriate costing systems and techniques
• prepare budgets and use them to control and evaluate organisational performance
• understand the basic principles of performance management
• critically assess the tools and techniques of financial management and control
• demonstrate the knowledge, understanding, skills, abilities and critical evaluation expected
Objectives

in part 2.
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SYLLABUS AND EXAMINATION FORMAT
Position of the paper in the overall syllabus
Students must have a thorough knowledge of the material in Paper 1.2 Financial Information for
Management and a good knowledge of other Part 1 papers.
Financial Management and Control is integrated with other Part 2 papers by providing a
management decision framework within which some aspects of the Part 2 syllabus are developed.
The effects of capital allowances and corporation tax on capital investment appraisal are
examinable. Knowledge gained from Paper 2.3 Business Taxation (UK) will be useful in this
respect.
Financial Management and Control is developed in Part 3 into advanced study of Performance
Management (Paper 3.3) and Strategic Financial Management (Paper 3.7).
Syllabus content
1 Financial management objectives
(a) The nature, purpose and scope of financial
management.
(b) The relationship between financial
management, management accounting and
financial accounting.
(c) The relationship of financial objectives and
organisational strategy.
(d) Problems of multiple stakeholders in
financial management and the consequent
multiple objectives.
(e) Objectives (financial and otherwise) in not-
for-profit organisations.
2 The financial management
environment

(a) Financial intermediation and credit creation.
(b) Money and capital markets
(i) Domestic and international
(ii) Stock markets (both major markets
and small firm markets).
(c) The Efficient Markets Hypothesis.
(d) Rates of interest and yield curves.
(e) The impact of fiscal and monetary policy on
business.
(f) Regulation of business (for example, pricing
restrictions, green policies and corporate
governance).
3 Management of working capital
(a) The nature and scope of working capital
management.
(b) Funding requirements for working capital.
(c) Working capital needs of different types of
business.
(d) The relationship of working capital
management to business solvency.
(e) Management of stock, debtors, short term
funds, cash, overdrafts and creditors.
(f) Techniques of working capital management
(including ratio analysis, EOQ, JIT, credit
evaluation, terms of credit, cash discounts,
factoring and invoice discounting, debtors
cycles, efficient short-term fund investing,
cash forecasting and budgets, Miller-Orr
model, basic foreign exchange methods,
probabilities and risk assessment, terms of

trade with creditors).
4 Sources of finance
(a) Sources and relative costs (including issue
costs) of various types of finance and their
suitability to different circumstances and
organisations (large and small, listed and
unlisted) including:
(i) access to funds and the nature of
business risk
(ii) the nature and importance of
internally generated funds
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SYLLABUS AND EXAMINATION FORMAT
(iii) capital markets (types of share
capital, new issues, rights issues,
loan capital, convertibles, warrants)
(iv) the effect of dividend policy on
financing needs
(v) bank finance (short, medium and
long term, including leasing)
(vi) trade credit
(vii) government sources: grants, regional
and national aid schemes and tax
incentives.
(viii) problems of small company
financing (collateral, maturity
funding gap, risk)
(ix) problems of companies with low
initial earnings (R&D, Internet, and

other high-technology businesses)
(x) venture capital and financial sources
particularly suited to the small
company
(xi) international money and capital
markets, including an introduction to
international banking and the finance
of foreign trade.
(b) Requirements of finance (for what purpose,
how much and for how long) in relation to
business operational and strategic
objectives.
(c) The importance of the choice of capital
structure: equity versus debt and basic
analysis of the term profile of funds.
(d) Financial gearing and other key financial
ratios and analysis of their significance to
the'organisation.
(e) Appropriate sources of finance, taking into
account:
(i) cost of finance
(ii) timing of cash payments
(iii) effect on gearing and other ratios
(iv) effect on company’s existing
investors.
5 Capital investment appraisal
(a) Discounted cash flow techniques
(i)
simple and compound interest
(ii)

net present value
(iii)
annuities and perpetuities
(iv)
internal rate of return
(V)
future value
(vi) nominal interest
(b) Appraisal of domestic capital investment
opportunities for profit making and not-for-
profit organisations through the use of
appropriate methods and techniques
(i) the risk / return relationship
(ii) return on capital employed
(iii) payback
(iv) internal rate of return
(v) net present value
(vi) single and multi-period capital
rationing
(vii) lease or buy decisions
(viii) asset replacement using equivalent
annual cost. Including (in categories
(i)-(viii)) the effects of taxation,
inflation, risk and uncertainty
(probabilities, sensitivity analysis,
simulation).
6 Costing systems and techniques
(a) The purpose of costing as an aid to
planning, monitoring and control of
business activity.

(b) Different approaches to costing
(c) Costing information requirements and
limitations in not-for-profit organisations.
(d) Behavioural implications of different
costing approaches including performance
evaluation.
(e) Implications of costing approaches for profit
reporting, the pricing of products and
internal activities/ services.
7 Standard costing and variance
analysis
(a) Standard costing
(i) determination of standards
(ii) identification and calculation of sales
variances (including quantity and
mix), cost variances (including mix
and yield); absorption and marginal
approaches
(iii) significance and relevance of
variances
(iv) operating statements
(v) interpretation and relevance of
variance calculations to business
performance.
(b) Planning and operational variances.
(c) Behavioural implications of standard
costing and variance reporting.
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SYLLABUS AND EXAMINATION FORMAT

8 Budgeting and budgetary control
(a) Objectives of budgetary planning and
control systems including aspects of
behavioural implications.
(b) Evaluation of budgetary systems such as
fixed and flexible, zero based and
incremental, periodic, continuous and
activity based.
(c) Development, implementation and
coordination of budgeting systems: '
functional, subsidiary and master/ principal
budgets (including cash budgeting); budget
review.
(d) Calculation and cause of variances as aids to
controlling performance.
(e) Quantitative aids to budgeting and the
concepts of correlation, basic time series
analysis (seasonality) and forecasting; use
of computer based models.
(f) Behavioural implications of budgeting and
budgetary control.
9 Performance measurement
(a) Measurement of productivity, activity,
profitability and quality of service
(b) Relationship of measure to type of entity
and range of measures, both monetary and
non-monetary
(c) Indices to allow for price and performance
changes through time
(d) Evaluating performance against objectives

and plans, and identifying areas of concern
from the information produced
(e) The impact of cost centres, revenue centres,
profit centres and investment centres on
management appraisal
(f) Difference between business performance
and management performance
(g) Benchmarking
Excluded topics
The following topics are specifically excluded from the syllabus:
• Calculations involving the derivation of cost of capital in discounting problems. Candidates
will always be supplied with an appropriate discount rate.
• Calculations relating to Modigliani and Miller propositions.
Additional information
Present value and annuity tables will be provided in the examination. The Study Guide provides
more detailed guidance on the syllabus.
Approach to examining the syllabus
The examination is a three hour paper in two sections. Financial management issues will always,
but not exclusively, be examined in Section A. The Section A question will typically be a scenario-
based question. Most of the Section B questions will contain a mix of computation and discursive
elements although it is intended that at least one question will be entirely discursive. The balance
between computation and discursive elements will remain largely constant from one examination to
the next.
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ANALYSIS OF PAST PAPERS
Pilot paper 2001
Section A
1 Optimal stock order quantity, with bulk discount. Cash budget and cash management.
Section B

2 Ratio analysis (growth and liquidity). Sources of finance for fixed assets.
3 Asset replacement decision. Limitations of NPV.
4 Variance analysis (including mix and yield) and interpretation.
5 ABC.
December 2001
Section A
1 NPV calculation. Risk and sensitivity analysis. Breakeven (NPV) calculation.
Section B
2 Uses of standard costing. Review of standards. Non-financial objectives.
3 Opportunity cost. Relevant cost calculation. SMEs and sources of finance.
4 Working capital funding. Factoring. Credit control function.
5 Budget preparation. Proposed evaluation. Responsibility accounting in non-profit organisations.
June 2002
Section A
1 NPV calculation. Problems with NPV analysis. Trend analysis. Cost forecasting.
Section B
2 Zero based budgeting. Employee participation in budgeting.
3 Convertible debentures. Intermediation in banking.
4 Process costing. Costing for services.
5 Forecast P&L account. Funding requirements. Objectives: stakeholder groups, multiple
objectives.
December 2002
Section A
1 Cash budget. JIT stock management. Financing needs and working capital management.
Section B
2 Stakeholder groups and corporate governance.
3 Operating statement and variance analysis. Interpretation.
4 NPV calculation: operating lease v finance lease v purchase. Capital rationing.
5 Traditional absorption costing and ABC.
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ANALYSIS OF PAST PAPERS
June 2003
Section A
1 NPV calculation with writing down allowances and sensitivity analysis. Ratio analysis.
Method of financing proposed investment.
Section B
2 Sales forecasting: trend line and seasonal variations. Top-down and bottom-up budgeting.
3 Early settlement discount (evaluation). Financing working capital.
4 Stock market efficient. Value for money (VFM) and maximisation of shareholder wealth.
5 Limiting factor analysis. Make-or-buy decision. Limitations of marginal costing for
decision-making.
December 2003
Section A
1 Working capital management: overtrading, using a factor. Lease or buy decision.
Section B
2 Budgeting. Production and cash budgets. Periodic and continuous budgets. Budgetary slack.
3 Capital rationing.
4 Problems of monopoly. Raising long-term finance.
5 Variance analysis, including materials mix and yield variances.
Note:
The syllabus for paper 2.4 changes from June 2004. Some additional topics have been introduced
to the syllabus, but it is not yet clear how they might be examined. New topics include performance
measurement (including index numbers).
It seems possible that some questions on relevant costing may continue to appear. This has been the
case in the past, when decision-making had only a small mention in the syllabus. Some questions
on this topic have therefore been included here.
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REVISION GUIDANCE

i
Planning your revision
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Practice preparing
answer plans, then
compare your plan to
the suggested answer
Practice exam-standard
questions, under timed
conditions
If you get stuck on topics,
find someone to explain
them to you (your tutor or
a colleague, for example)
Read recent articles on
the ACCA website or
in the student magazine
Go through your notes,
textbook and workbook,
highlighting the
important points
Read good
newspapers and
professional
journals
Revision
techniques
Think o f examples
that illustrate

concepts and ideas
that might arise in
the exam - you
might be able to use
them in a written
Use the Foulks
Lynch Lynchpins
to revise when
you're on the move
You might want to
produce your own set
of summarised notes
List key words for each
^ topic to remind you of the
essential concepts
Rework questions that
you got completely
wrong the first time, but
only when you think you
know the subject better
answer
EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES
• You might want to spend the first few minutes of
the examination reading the paper.
• Where you have a choice of question, decide
which questions you will do.
• Unless you know exactly how to answer the
question, spend some time planning your answer.
• Divide the time you spend on questions in
proportion to the marks on offer. One suggestion

is to allocate 1 Vi minutes to each mark available,
so a 10 mark question should be completed in 15
minutes.
• Spend the last five minutes reading through your
answers and making any additions or
corrections.
• Essay questions: Your essay should have a clear
structure. It should contain a brief introduction, a
main section and a conclusion. Be concise. It is
better to write a little about a lot of different
points than a great deal about one or two points.
• If you get completely stuck with a question,
leave space in your answer book and return to it
later.
• Stick to the question and tailor your answer to
what you are asked. Pay particular attention to the
verbs in the question.
• If you do not understand what a question is
asking, state your assumptions. Even if you do
not answer in precisely the way the examiner
hoped, you should be given some credit, if your
assumptions are reasonable.
• You should do everything you can to make things
easy for the marker. The marker will find it easier
to identify the points you have made if your
answers are legible.
• Multiple-choice questions: Don’t treat these as
an easy option - you could lose marks by rushing
into your answer. Read the questions carefully
and work through any calculations required. If

you don’t know the answer, eliminate those
options you know are incorrect and see if the
answer becomes more obvious.
• Objective test questions might ask for numerical
answers, but could also involve paragraphs of text
which require you to fill in a number of missing
blanks, or for you to write a definition of a word
or phrase. Others may give a definition followed
by a list of possible key words relating to that
description. Whatever the format, these questions
require that you have learnt definitions, know key
words and their meanings and importance, and
understand the names and meanings of rules,
concepts and theories.
• Computations: It is essential to include all your
workings in your answers. Many computational
questions require the use of a standard format:
company profit and loss account, balance sheet
and cash flow statement for example. Be sure you
know these formats thoroughly before the
examination and use the layouts that you see in
the answers given in this book and in model
answers.
• Case studies: To write a good case study, first
identify the area in which there is a problem,
outline the main principles/theories you are going
to use to answer the question, and then apply the
principles/theories to the case.
• Reports, memos and other documents: some
questions ask you to present your answer in the

form of a report or a memo or other document. So
use the correct format - there could be easy marks
to gain here.
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MATHEMATICAL TABLES
Regression analysis
n_£y b z x
a —

n n
b = n £ x y - £ x £ y
n £ x 2 -(Z x )2
r =
_________
n £ x y - £ x £ y
_________
j ( n Z x 2 -(Z x )2 | n I y 2 -( Z y ) 2 ]
Economic order quantity =
Economic batch quantity
12 C0D
c*
2 C0D
Cu\ 1-
D
R
Discount factor
(l + r)
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MATHEMATICAL TABLES
Present value table
Present value of 1 i.e. (l + r)~n where r = discount rate, n « number of periods until payment
Periods Discount rate (r)
(n)
1%
2%
3%
4%
5% 6% 7%
8%
9% 10%
1
0.990
0.980
0.971
0.962
0.952 0.943 0.935
0.926
0.917
0.909
1
2
0.980
0.961
0.943
0.925
0.907
0.890
0.873

0.857
0.842
0.826
1
3
0.971
0.942
0.915
0.889
0.864 0.840 0.816
0.794
0.772
0.751
3
4
0.961
0.924
0.888
0.855
0.823
0.792
0.763
0.735
0.708
0.683
4
5
0.951
0.906
0.863

0.822
0.784
0.747
0.713
0.681
0.650 0.621
5
6
0.942
0.888
0.837
0.790
0.746
0.705
0.666
0.630
0.596
0.564 6
7 0.933
0.871
0.813
0.760
0.711
0.665 0.623
0.583
0.547
0.513
7
8
0.923 0.853

0.789 0.731
0.677
0.627
0.582
0.540
0.502
0.467
8
9
0.914
0.837
0.766
0.703
0.645
0.592
0.544
0.500
0.460
0.424 9
10
0.905
0.820
0.744 0.676
0.614
0.558
0.508 0.463
0.422
0.386
10
11

0.896
0.804
0.722
0.650
0.585
0.527
0.475
0.429 0.388
0.350
11
12
0.887
0.788 0.701
0.625
0.557
0.497 0.444
0.397 0.356
0.319
12
13
0.879
0.773 0.681
0.601
0.530
0.469
0.415
0.368
0.326 0.290
13
14

0.870 0.758
0.661
0.577 0.505
0.442
0.388
0.340
0.299 0.263
14
15
0.861
0.743 0.642
0.555
0.481
0.417 0.362 0.315
0.275
0.239
15
(n)
11%
12% 13%
14%
15%
16%
17% 18%
19%
20%
1
0.901
0.893
0.885

0.877
0.870
0.862 0.855
0.847 0.840 0.833
1
2
0.812
0.797
0.783
0.769
0.756
0.743
0.731
0.718
0.706
0.694
->
3
0.731 0.712 0.693
0.675
0.658
0.641
0.624
0.609
0.593
0.579
3
4
0.659 0.636 0.613
0.592

0.572 0.552
0.534 0.516
0.499
0.482
4
5
0.593
0.567 0.543
0.519
0.497 0.476 0.456
0.437
0.419
0.402
5
6 0.535
0.507
0.480
0.456
0.432
0.410
0.390
0.370 0.352
0.335
6
7 0.482
0.452
0.425 0.400 0.376
0.354
0.333
0.314 0.296

0.279
7
8
0.434
0.404
0.376
0.351 0.327 0.305
0.285
0.266 0.249
0.233
8
9 0.391 0.361 0.333 0.308
0.284 0.263 0.243
0.225
0.209
0.194 9
10 0.352 0.322 0.295 0.270
0.247 0.227 0.208
0.191
0.176
0.162
10
11
0.317 0.287
0.261 0.237
0.215 0.195
0.178
0.162 0.148 0.135
11
12

0.286 0.257
0.231 0.208 0.187 0.168
0.152
0.137
0.124
0.112
12
13 0.258
0.229 0.204
0.182
0.163 0.145
0.130
0.116
0.104
0.093
13
14
0.232
0.205 0.181
0.160 0.141 0.125
0.111
0.099
0.088 0.078
14
15
0.209
0.183 0.160
0.140
0.123 0.108
0.095

0.084
0.074
0.065 15
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MATHEMATICAL TABLES
Annuity table
Present value of an annuity of 1 i.e. -—ilill — where r = discount rate, n = number of periods
r
Periods Discount rate (r)
(n)
1%
2% 3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8% 9%
10%
1 0.990 0.980 0.971
0.962 0.952
0.943
0.935 0.926
0.917
0.909 1
2 1.970 1.942 1.913 1.886 „ 1.859
1.833
1.808
1.783 1.759
1.736 2

3
2.941 2.884 20829 2.775
2.723 2.673
2.624 2.577
2.531
2.487
3
4
3.902 3.808
3.717
3.630
3.546
3.465
3.387
3.312 3.240
3.170 4
5
4.853 4.713
4.580
4.452
4.329
4.212 4.100
3.993 3.890
3.791 5
6
5.795
5.601 5.417
5.242
5.076
4.917

4.767 4.623 4.486 4.355
6
7 6.728
6.472 6.230 6.002
5.786
5.582 5.389 5.206 5.033
4.868
7
8 7.652 7.325
7.020
6.733 6.463
6.210 5.971
5.747
5.535 5.335
8
9
8.566 8.162 7.786 7.435 7.108
6.802 6.515
6.247
5.995
5.759 9
10
9.471
8.983 8.530 8.111
7.722 7.360
7.024
6.710 6.418
6.145
10
11

10.37
9.787
9.253 8.760 8.306
7.887
7.499 7.139 6.805 6.495
11
12
11.26 10.58
9.954
9.385 8.863
8.384
7.943
7.536
7.161
6.814
12
13
12.13
11.35 10.63
9.986
9.394 8.853 8.358
7.904
7.487
7.103
13
14
13.00
12.11
11.30 10.56 9.899 9.295 8.745 8.244
7.786 7.367 14

15 13.87
12.85
11.94
11.12 10.38 9.712 9.108
8.559 8.061
7.606 15
(n)
11% 12% 13%
14%
15%
16%
17%
18%
19%
20%
1 0.901
0.893 0.885 0.877
0.870
0.862
0.855
0.847 0.840
0.833
1
2
1.713 1.690
1.668
1.647
1.626 1.605
1.585 1.566 1.547
1.528

2
3 2.444
2.402
2.361 2.322
2.283
2.246 2.210 2.174
2.140
2.106 3
4
3.102
3.037 2.974
2.914
2.855 2.798 2.743
2.690 2.639
2.589
4
5 3.696
3.605
3.517
3.433 3.352 3.274
3.199
3.127
3.058 2.991 5
6
4.231
4.111
3.998 3.889
3.784
3.685
3.589 3.498

3.410
3.326
6
7
4.712
4.564 4.423
4.288 4.160
4.039
3.922 3.812
3.706
3.605
7
8
5.146 4.968
4.799
4.639 4.487 4.344
4.207
4.078 3.954 3.837
8
9
5.537 5.328 5.132
4.946 4.772
4.607
4.451
4.303
4.163 4.031 9
10
5.889
5.650 5.426
5.216

5.019
4.833 4.659 4.494
4.339
4.192 10
11 6.207
5.938 5.687
5.453 5.234
5.029
4.836
4.656
4.486
4.327 11
12
6.492 6.194
5.918
5.660 5.421
5.197
4.988
4.793 4.611
4.439 12
13 6.750
6.424
6.122 5.842
5.583
5.342
5.118
4.910
4.715
4.533 13
14

6.982
6.628 6.302
6.002
5.724
5.468
5.229
5.008 4.802
4.611 14
15
7.191 6.811 6.462
6.142
5.847
5.575
5.324
5.092
4.876 4.675
15
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Section 1
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
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FINAN CIAL M ANA G EM EN T O B JECTIVES AN D
ENVIRO NM ENT
1 TAGNA
Tagna is a medium-sized company that manufactures luxury goods for several well-known
chain stores. In real terms, the company has experienced only a small growth in turnover in
recent years, but it has managed to maintain a constant, if low, level of reported profits by
careful control of costs. It has paid a constant nominal (money terms) dividend for several

years and its managing director has publicly stated that the primary objective of the company
is to increase the wealth of shareholders. Tagna is financed as follows:
£m
Overdraft 1 -0
10 year fixed-interest bank loan 2.0
Share capital and reserves 4.5
7.5
Tagna has the agreement of its existing shareholders to make a new issue of shares on the
stock market but has been informed by its bank that current circumstances are unsuitable.
The bank has stated that if new shares were to be issued now they would be significantly
under-priced by the stock market, causing Tagna to issue many more shares than necessary
in order to raise the amount of finance it requires. The bank recommends that the company
waits for at least six months before issuing new shares, by which time it expects the stock
market to have become strong-form efficient.
The financial press has reported that it expects the Central Bank to make a substantial
increase in interest rate in the near future in response to rapidly increasing consumer demand
and a sharp rise in inflation. The financial press has also reported that the rapid increase in
consumer demand has been associated with an increase in consumer credit to record levels.
Required:
(a) Discuss the meaning and significance of the different forms of market efficiency
(weak, semi-strong and strong) and comment on the recommendation of the bank that
Tagna waits for six months before issuing new shares on the stock market. (9 marks)
(b) On the assumption that the Central Bank makes a substantial interest rate increase,
discuss the possible consequences for Tagna in the following areas:
(i) sales
(ii) operating costs, and
(iii) earnings (profit after tax). (10 m arks)
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(c) Explain and compare the public sector objective of ‘value for money’ and the private
sector objective of ‘maximisation of shareholder wealth’. (6 marks)
(Total: 25 marks)
STAKEHOLDERS
Private sector companies have multiple stakeholders who are likely to have divergent
interests.
Required:
(a) Identify five stakeholder groups and briefly discuss their financial and other
objectives. (12 marks)
(b) Examine the extent to which good corporate governance procedures can help manage
the problems arising from the divergent interests of multiple stakeholder groups in
private sector companies in the UK. (13 marks)
(Total: 25 marks)
3 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
(a) Some writers have suggested that the purposes of management accounting systems are
costing and management control.
Required:
Briefly discuss whether this satisfactorily describes the purposes of management
accounting systems. (6 marks)
(b) A company, which is engaged in retailing food and household products, has stores in
many towns. These stores, whilst managed locally, report to a Head Office and are
served from a few strategically located warehouses by the company’s own transport
fleet.
Required:
Discuss the management accounting information which is likely to be provided in
such a company. (14 marks)
(Total: 20 marks)
4 NEWS FOR YOU
News For You operate a chain of newsagents and confectioner’s shops in the south of
England, and are considering the possibility of expanding their business across a wider

geographical area. The business was started in 20X2 and annual turnover grew to £10
million by the end of 20X6. Between 20X6 and 20X9 turnover grew at an average rate of 2%
per year.
The business still remains under family control, but the high cost of expansion via the
purchase or building of new outlets would mean that the family would need to raise at least
£2 million in equity or debt finance. One of the possible risks of expansion lies in the fact
that both tobacco and newspaper sales are falling. New income is being generated by
expanding the product range stocked by the stores, to include basic foodstuffs such as bread
and milk. News For You purchases all of its products from a large wholesale distributor
which is convenient, but the wholesale prices leave News For You with a relatively small
gross margin. The key to profit growth for News For You lies in the ability to generate sales
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growth, but the company recognises that it faces stiff competition from large food retailers in
respect of the prices that it charges for several of its products.
In planning its future, News For You was advised to look carefully at a number of external
factors which may affect the business, including government economic policy and, in recent
months, the following information has been published in respect of key economic data:
(i) Bank base rate has been reduced from 5% to 4.5%, and the forecast is for a further
0.5% reduction within six months.
(ii) The annual rate of inflation is now 1.2%, down from 1.3% in the previous quarter, and
1.7% 12 months ago. The rate is now at its lowest for 25 years, and no further falls in
the rate are expected over the medium/long term.
(iii) Personal and corporation tax rates are expected to remain unchanged for at least 12
months.
(iv) Taxes on tobacco have been increased by 10% over the last 12 months, although no
further increases are anticipated.
(v) The government has initiated an investigation into the food retail sector focusing on
the problems o f ‘excessive’ profits on certain foodstuffs created by the high prices

being charged for these goods by the large retail food stores.
Required:
(a) Explain the relevance of each of the items of economic data listed above to News For
You. (10 marks)
(b) Explain whether News For You should continue with their expansion plans. Clearly
justify your arguments for or against the expansion. (10 marks)
(Total: 20 marks)
5 NON-PROFIT
Management accounting in profit-seeking organisations may be different from that which
could apply in non-profit-seeking organisations.
Required:
(a) Briefly outline the role of a management accountant using a profit-seeking
• organisation as a setting. (6 marks)
(b) Contrast the main features of a non-profit-seeking organisation, with one that is profit-
seeking, which makes management accounting in this environment different.
(6 m arks)
(c) Discuss how a management accountant may respond to the challenge of providing
appropriate information in a non-profit-seeking organisation. (8 marks)
(Total: 20 m arks)
6 OBJECTIVES
(a) ‘Managers and owners of businesses may not have the same objectives.’ Explain this
statement, illustrating your answer with examples of possible conflicts of interest.
(7 marks)
(b) In what respects can it be argued, that companies need to exercise corporate social
responsibility? (7 marks)
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PRACTICE QUESTIONS : SECTION 1
(c) Explain the meaning of the term ‘Value for Money’ in relation to the management of
publicly owned services/utilities. (6 marks)

(Total: 20 marks)
7 PLANKERS LTD
Assume that ‘now’ is June-20X3.
You are in charge of developing long term plans for your business, Plankers Ltd. Plans are
developed on the basis that the business has a single objective and seeks to maximise its
profits as measured by profit after tax.
The company has a loan facility from its bank of £8m at 8% annually. The outstanding
liability at 31 May 20X3 is £7m. It is possible to extend the facility up to £12m but only at
an interest cost of 9% on the whole outstanding balance. The condition attached to this loan
is that interest cover should at least be equal to 3: that is, profit before interest and tax (PBIT)
should be at least three times the interest. If the condition is breached then the loan becomes
repayable immediately.
Interest charges in the profit and loss accounts are calculated on year-end balances (at
31 May each year). For example, interest charges in the year-end 31 May 20X3 profit and
loss account were based on year-end balances at 31 May 20X3.
Targets set by the directors of Plankers are as follows:
1 cash balances must not fall below £lm, and
2 it is desirable that Basic Earnings per Share should not fall below 20p per share. The
company has in issue 4m £1 ordinary shares.
The constraint set by the bank and the targets set by the directors are measured and assessed
at each year-end. The summary profit and loss account for the year just ended (31 May
20X3) and a summary balance sheet are shown below along with forecasts for the next 2
years:
31 May 20X3
31 May 20X4
31 May 2C
£m
£m £m
PBIT
1.71

1.80
1.89
Interest charges
(0.56)
(0.56Ì
(0.56)
Profit before tax
1.15
1.24
1.33
Tax
(0.35)
(0.37)
(0.40)
Profit after tax
0.80
0.87
0.93
Dividends
(0.40s)
(0.44)
(0,47)
Retained
0.40
0.43
0.46
Non-cash net assets
5.25
5.57
5.91

Cash
8.25
8.36
8.48
Loan liabilities
(7.00Ì
(7.00) (7.00)
Shareholders’ funds
6.50
6.93
7.39
Forecasts are based on the assumption that PBIT is likely to grow at a rate of 5% per annum.
The forecasts of PBIT growth include the effect of the building programme and the
depreciation on it. The corporation tax rate is 30%.
The company is planning a major building programme on 1 June 20X5 at which time a cash
outflow of £12m would have to be paid. 50% of this expenditure will be depreciated at the
rate of 15% per annum (the company has no other depreciable assets). This depreciation has
been agreed as allowable for tax purposes with the tax authorities.
The directors of Plankers are considering utilising the loan facility to help meet the funding
requirements of the building programme, but are wondering whether their targets will be met
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or whether the loan conditions will be breached. They have asked you to conduct an analysis
of the company’s financial position at 31 May 20X6 assuming the building programme
begins on the 1 June 20X5. For 20X6 only, the company will not pay any dividends to
minimise its refinancing needs.
Required:
(a) (i) Prepare a forecast summary profit and loss account for the year to 31 May 20X6
assuming that the building programme is undertaken at 1 June 20X5 and that

any additional funds are provided by an extension of the bank loan.
Assume that tax is paid in the year in which incurred.
Work to 3 decimal places of £m in your answer. (5 m arks)
(ii) Assess whether, at 31 May 20X6 and based on the scenario in (i) above, the
loan condition would be breached and whether the directors’ targets would be
achieved.
Work to 3 decimal places of £m in your answer. (3 m arks)
(iii) Identify 5 options the company could use, assuming it faced a cash shortfall, to
ease any cash shortage. (5 m arks)
(iv) Explain, without further computations, whether each of the options in (a)(iii) is
likely to meet Planker’s requirements for additional capital and also the
constraint set by the bank. (3 m arks)
(b) Whilst the financial plans of the business are based on a single objective, it faces a
number of constraints that put pressure on the company to address more than one
objective simultaneously.
Required:
What types of constraints might the company face when assessing its long-term plans?
Specifically refer in your answer to:
(i) responding to various stakeholder groups, and (4 marks)
(ii) the difficulties associated with managing organisations with multiple objectives.
(5 m arks)
(Total: 25 marks)
M A N A G E M ENT OF W O R K IN G C A P ITA L
8 HEXICON PLC
(a) Give reasons, with a brief explanation, why the net present value (NPV) method of
investment appraisal is thought to be superior to other approaches. (5 marks)
(b) Hexicon pic manufactures and markets automatic washing machines. Among the
many hundreds of components which it purchases each year from external suppliers
for assembling into the finished article are drive belts, of which it uses 40,000 units pa.
It is considering converting its purchasing, delivery and stock control of this item to a

just-in-time system. This will raise the number of orders placed but lower the
administrative and other costs of placing and receiving orders. If successful, this will
provide the model for switching most of its inwards supplies on to this system. Details
of actual and expected ordering and carrying costs are given in the table below.
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PRACTICE QUESTIONS SCCTIOH 1
Actual Proposed
0 * Ordering cost per order £100 £25
p « Purchase cost per item £2.50 £2.50
1 * inventory holding cos! 20% 20%
(as a percentage of lt»e purchase cost)
To implement the new arrangements will require ‘oiie-ofT reorganisation costs
estimated at £4,000 which will be treated as a revenue Item for lax puiposcs. The rale
of Ctìnporaũon tax is 33% and Hexicon can obtain finance a! Ĩ 2%, The effective life
span o f the Determine new system can be assumed 10 be eight years,
Required:
(i) Determine ihc e fleet of the new system on 1 he economic order quantity (EOQ).
(Ü) Determine whether ihe new system is worthwhile in financial terms.
/2 x D x O
Note: EOQ is give« by Q w J-—-— - — whca* D “ demand, or usage. (10 marks)
V ! X p
(c) Yơu are required to briefly explain the nature and objectives o f JIT purchasing
agreements concluded between components users and suppliers, (5 marks)
(Total: 20 ftmrks)
9 DELCARS PLC
(a) Explain, wiih the use of a numerical example, ihc meaning of the term ‘cash operating
cyclc’ and its significance in relation to working capita! management, (6 marks)
(b) Dclcars pic own a total of len franchises, in a variety of United Kingdom locations, for
Ü 1C sale and serv icing of new and used cars. Six of the franchises sell just second hand

vchiclcs. wilh ihc remaining four operating a car servicc ccntrc in addition to retailing
both new and used vehicles. Dclcars operate different systems for banking of sales
receipts, depending on the type of sale. All monies from new car sales must be banked
by the garage on the day of ihe sale; receipts from second hand car sales arc banked
once a week on Mondays, and rcccipts from car servicing work arc banked twice a
week on Wednesdays and Fridays. No banking facilities arc available al the weekend
i.e. Saturdays and Sundays. The sales mix of Ü1C three elements (as a pcrccnlagc of
Dclcars* total revenue) is as follows: 60% new vehicles; 25% sccond hand vehicles;
15% servicing. Total sales for all three business areas amounted to £25 million in the
Iasi financial year. Del cars pays interest at a rate of 8.5% per annum on an average
overdraft of £65,000. and ihc company’s ftnancc director has suggested that the
company could significanily rcducc ihc interest chargc if ail sales receipts were
banked on (he day of sale. All fhc garages arc open every day cxcept Sunday, Assume
lhal the daily sales value (for all three areas of business) is spread evenly across the
week.
Required:
Calcúlate (he value of the annual interest which could be saved if all ten franchises
adopted the financc directors suggestion of daily banking. (8 mark«)
(c) Using the example of a car dealership such a* Dclcars, as given in (b) above, outline
the advantages and disadvantages of centralisation of the treasury function. (6 marks)
(Total: 20 marks)
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