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Finance
GCSE Business Finance
Term | Definition |
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Fixed Costs | Costs which do not vary with the output produced such as rent, business rates, advertising costs, admin costs and salaries. |
Total Costs | All the costs of a business, it is equal to fixed costs plus variable costs. |
Variable costs | Costs which change directly with the number of products made by a business e.g. raw materials. |
Revenue | The amount of income received for selling goods and services. |
Total revenue = | Number of products sold X price |
Total Costs = | FC + VC |
Profit = | TR-TC |
Cash | Notes, coins and money in the bank. |
Cashflow | The flow of cash in and out of the business |
Inflow | The cash flowing into the business, its receipts. |
Outflow | The cash flowing out of the business, its payments. |
Net Cash Flow | The receipts minus its payments |
Insolvency | When a business can no longer pay its debts. |
Cash Flow Forecast | A prediction of how cash will flow through a business is a period of time. |
Opening balance | The amount of money in a business at the start of the month |
Closing balance | The amount of money in a business at the end of the month. |
Cumulative cash flow | The sum of cash that flows into a business overtime. |
Trade credit | Where a supplier gives a customer a period of time to p[ay a bill for goods and services once they have been delivered. |
Stocks | Materials that a business holds. |
Business Plan | A plan for the development of a business giving forecasts of items such as sales, costs and cash flow. |
Long term finance | Sources of money for businesses that are borrowed or invested for more than a year, |
Short term finance | Sources of money for businesses that are borrowed or invested for less than a year, |
Share | A part ownership in a business |
Personal savings | Money that has been set aside |
Share capital | The monetary value of a company which belongs to its shareholders. |
Shareholders | The owners of a company. |
Venture Capitalist | An individual or company which buys shares in what they hope will be a fast growing company with a long term view of selling the shares at a profit. |
Loan | Borrowing a sum of money which has to be paid back with interest over s period of time. |
Collateral | Assets owned by a business which are used to guarantee repayments of a loan. |
Mortgage | A loan where property is used as security. |
Dividend | A share of the profits of a company received by shareholders who own shares. |
Retained profit | Profit which is kept back in the business and used to pay for investment in the business. |
Leasing | Renting equipment or premises |
Overdraft | Borrowing money from a bank by drawing out more money than is actually in a current account. Interest is charged on the amount overdrawn. |
Factoring | A source of finance where a business is able to receive cash immediately for the invoices it has issued and sells the debts to a factor. |
De Stocking | Reducing the level of stocks in a business |
Breakeven Point | the level of output where total revenue are equal to total costs. Neither a profit or a loss is being made. |
BEP= | TFC/SP-VC |
Breakeven chart | A graph which shows total revenue and total costs, allowing the bep to be drawn. |
Margin of safety | The difference between the output and the breakeven point. |
Contribution = | SP-VC |
Internal sources of finance | Finance from within the business e.g. sale of assets |
External sources of finance | Finance from outside the business e.g. bank loan |
Bonds | A long term loan where typically interest is paid at regular intervals like a year and the bond is repaid at the end of the life of the bond. These are traded on the stock market. |