Cash Flow Flashcards
(14 cards)
What factors affect cash flow
Sales can change
Costs can change
Credit can change
Stock levels can change
How do you improve cash flow from customers
- reduce trade credit
- chase up late payments
- Employ a factor
Ways to increase cash flow?
- de stock
- loans
- improve cash inflows from customers
- increase sales revenue
What is cashflow
The movement of cash in and out of a businesses bank account
Inflows include
Sales revenue
Capital
Loans
Grants
Outflows
Purchases
Rents & rates
Utilities
Wages and salaries
Why do businesses forecast cash flow
- identify potential cashflow problems in advance
- Make sure that there is sufficient cash available to pay suppliers
- provide evidence in support of loan application
What can a lack of cash cause
Liquidity
Insolvency
What is liquidity
The amount of liquid assets available to a business
What is insolvency
- Person/business who are incapable for paying their debts
How to calculate net cashflow
Inflows - outflows
What is needed to build a cash flow forecast
- opening balance
- income per period
- expenditure per period
- closing balance
How to calculate closing balance
NCF + OPENING BALANCE = CLOSING BALANCE
LAST MONTHS CB =
Next months opening balance