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Acknowledgment
I would like to thank Mrs.GunathmaGunawardena for sharing her valuable ideas with us
regarding Managing Financial resources and decisions. Her lecture gave me some valuable
points and the hand-outs that were given came in handy while doing the report. My friends at
ICBT who helped at various situations and the books at the library helped me to gain a good
knowledge.
Executive summary
Mr. Nassir Husain, a well educated young man was planning to set up his own business and
was seeking for professional advice on whether to go ahead with the investment. I took the
responsibility of helping him out. Firstly a SWOT analysis was undertaken, which identifies
the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and the Threats of the organization. The
environmental scanning was done, which was mainly a PESTEL analysis. Then moving on a
Trading Profit and Loss account, Balance Sheet and cash flow statement were prepared for
benchmarking for the first day of trading. Then Investment appraisal techniques were taken
into account. Investment appraisal techniques could be identified as the methods used to
evaluate the decisions taken by the business to invest in various projects. Under this
Discounted payback method, Average Rate of Return, Net Present Value and Internal Rate OF
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Return was considered. The company is likely to receive profits after 4.68 years of operation
and is likely to receive 7.3% as its ARR and a positive NPV of Rs. 4049750. IRR was
calculated and an estimated figure of 11.01% was achieved. These techniques were later
evaluated and these were also evaluated against depositing money in the bank.
Then the most important area was taken into account, which is financing. Financing simply
means providing funds for business activities, making purchases or investing. A large
number of sources of finance were identified; both internal and external factors were taken
into account. Few internal factors are owners own savings, retained profits, sale of assets and
cutting down stock levels and few external factors that were identified are issuing of shares,
debentures, bank overdraft, bank loans, leasing, higher purchase, creditors, debt factoring and
government grants.
Finally after considering all the available sources of finance it came down to owner own
savings (own investment) and obtaining a bank loan. Both methods were studied carefully,
evaluated and later it was decided to go in with the bank loan. Importance of financial reports
was considered later and the ways it affects it affects financing source was considered. At the
end of the report further enhancement methods were identified, these were the methods which
Mr. Husain could use to improve his business, retain customers and also to attract new
customers.
In conclusion it was understood that the project cannot be evaluated only with financial
factors. Non financial factors also should be taken in to account. Finally considering all the
factors it was decided that going on with the investment and starting up a new business is
good.
Table of Contents
Contents
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Introduction................................................................................................................................1
2.YSWOT Analysis.................................................................................................................2-4
2.1 Enviromental Scanning..................................................................................................4-5
3. Financial Statements .............................................................................................................5
3.1.Trading Profit and loss account ...................................................................................5-6
3.2.Balance Sheet ..7
3.3.Cash flow statement 8
4. Time line of Investment ....8
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1. Introduction
Starting up his or her own business and becoming an Entrepreneur is a dream of any person.
It is not an easy task; it needs hard work, determination and commitment. Before starting up a
business it is always advisable to do a good research about the market and to have a good
understanding of what is happening market and in the economy. It is said that the
entrepreneurs should be innovative, efficient, and creative and also be able to bear risks. An
essential analysis that should be done when planning to set up a new business is a SWOT
analysis.
Mr Nassir Husain was seeking for professional advice on starting his own business. Mr.
Husain, a well-educated young man is having a plan of starting his own Tailoring industry
which is mainly providing clothes for weddings and also ready -made formal and casual
clothes and he is lacking good professional knowledge about this industry. So I have taken
the responsibility of helping him to make his decision a successful one by addressing on
various important areas and aspects through this report. I hope that this report will be very
helpful to him.
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2. SWOT Analysis
SWOT, Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats these are common things that is
there in any organization. The business might be big, small, new and old but these are
common to any of them. It is always advisable to do a good SWOT analysis before starting
operations. SWOT is a strategic planning tool that helps a business owner to identify his or
her own strengths and weaknesses, as well as any opportunities and threats that may exist in a
specific business situation. A SWOT analysis is most commonly used as part of a marketing
plan. The SWOT analysis can be usually categorized into two as Internal and External.
Strengths and Weaknesses are the internal factors and Opportunities and Threats come under
the External environment. Internal factors are usually inside the organization which could be
controlled but external factors are outside the organization which is usually uncontrollable.
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STRENGTHS
A good unique and strong name MODERN CLASS TAILORING which has the
WEEKNESSES
Limited funds available and need to find sources to obtain funds.
Less experience in the industry and lack of knowledge about the market.
Higher costs
Have certain issues when selling goods for the friends, where will have to offer them
discounts and sell them at low prices
OPPORTUNITIES
Possibility to expand into other areas of the county after some time.
Collaboration with a small snack/juice bar.
Technological advancements in machinery, which makes the production faster and
efficient.
Ability to capture higher market share and to get a high customer base since all the
high income, middle income and the low income people are targeted.
THREATS
High competition.
Changes in customer taste and preferences
Various government policies and legislations
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3. Financial statements
3.1 Trading, Profit and Loss Account ( Income statement) for the 1st day of trading
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Revenue
350000.0
Gross Sales of services
Less: Allowances and
Discounts
Net Sales
30000.00
Beginning Inventory
0.00
150000.0
320000.00
Cost of Sales
Add:
Inventory Available
Less: Ending Inventory
Cost of Goods Sold
Purchases
Indirect
Expenses
6,500.00
0.00
0.00
156500.00
163500.00
Expenses
Printing
of
broachers/Advertising
Bank Charges
Insurance
Miscellaneous
Office Expense
Telephone
Travel
Utilities
Vehicle Expenses
Wages
Total Expenses
30000.00
3000.00
1500.00
12500.00
8,500.00
550.00
3500.00
4000.00
7000.00
6000.00
76550.00
86950.00
Other Income
Interest Income
Total Other Income
13500.00
13500.00
100,450.00
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3.2 Balance Sheet (Statement Of financial Position) for the first day of
trading
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash
Total Current Assets
Fixed Assets
Land
Buildings
Equipment (net)
Furniture & fixtures (net)
Total Net Fixed Assets
TOTAL ASSETS
55,000.00
55000.00
2,000,000.00
5,800,000.00
325,700.00
500,000.00
8,625,700.00
8,680,700.00
LIABILITIES
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30,700.00
150,000.00
180,700.00
3,500,000.00
0.00
3,500,000.00
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Capital
Total Shareholders' Equity
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY
5,000,000.00
5,000,000.00
8,680,700.00
Long-term Liabilities
Bank Loans
Other long-term liabilities
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Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
30000000
(10000000
50000000
(15000000)
55000000
(25000000)
60000000
(35000000)
50000000
(3000000
)
20000000
35000000
30000000
25000000
20000000
Year 1
Year 2
35000000
5%
36750000
Year 3
30000000
5%
31500000
Year 4
25000000
5%
26250000
growth
The Initial investment of the project is at Rs. 100000000 and the market growth rate is at 5%.
The Following figures which are included in the investment time line are arrived by
increasing the net cash flow which obtained each year by 5%.
Table 1.1 Cash flow statement
After developing the time line of investment which has a market growth of 5%. The
following is understood.
The Initial investment of the project is Rs. 100000000 and it has cash flows as follows
Year 1 21000000
Year 2 36750000
Year 3 31500000
Year 4 26250000
Year 5 21000000
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5%
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Investment appraisal techniques could be identified as the methods used to evaluate the
decisions taken by the business to invest in various projects. E.g. Construction of a building.
These methods could also be referred to as financial methods. They play a major role in
helping a business to select the most suitable, profitable and the best option. Few investment
appraisal techniques are the payback period, Average Rate of Return (ARR), Net Present
Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR).
Cash Flow
0
1
2
3
4
5
(100000000)
21000000
36750000
31500000
26250000
21000000
1.00
0.909
0.826
0.751
0.683
0.620
(100000000)
19089000
30355500
23656500
17928750
13039347
(100000000)
(80911000)
(50555500)
(26899000)
(8970250)
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136500000
(100000000)
Total Profit
36500000
Average Profit
7300000
Cash Flow
(100000000)
21000000
36750000
31500000
26250000
21000000
104049750
(100000000)
4049750
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So the NPV is at 4049750 which is a positive figure so it is good and the project is
acceptable.
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options either save it or go for it. If the decision is taken to invest it, then you clearly can see
that the cost could be covered within 5 years, you have a strong Average Rate of Return and
also the NPV is positive, which indicates that profits could be earned in future with ease. Well
if option B is selected, which is to deposit the money in the bank you are able to enjoy a good
amount of interest and also loans could be received with ease from the banks. Well Rs.
100000000 is quite a large amount and well saving it in the banks will only give you that
right?, but imagine investing this amount in the business enjoying very large profits in future
with covering the cost within 5 years and here too if you are doing well in business you still
will be able to go for a bank loan if you need additional finance into the business, it is not a
necessity to save money in the bank to obtain a loan and receive benefits.
In conclusion after analysing both the options, what I feel is that it is good to go with the
investment and start up the business rather than just keeping the money in the bank. And also
the Investment Appraisal Techniques proves that the business will do well in future.
6. Calculation of IRR
IRR will show the rate at which the NPV of the project is Zero. When the NPV is zero then it
is break even. The following shows the NPV of the business when the discounting factor is
10%, when the discounting factor is 10%, the investment receives a positive NPV of Rs.
4049750 and under the IRR method, this NPV should be zero, which means that the
discounting factor should be changed accordingly.
The following is calculated by changing the discounting factor into 11%, which was at 10%
initially.
Year
0
1
2
3
4
5
Cash Flow
(100000000)
21000000
36750000
31500000
26250000
21000000
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When the discounting factor is changed from 10% to 11%, the discounted cash flows changes
to Rs. 101456250, which gives a NPV of 1456250 (101456250 10000000)
So we can clearly see that when the rate changes from 10% to 11% the NPV changes by
2593500 (i.e. 4049750 1456250).
Therefore 1% / 2593500 * 4049750 = 0.0156
This means that in order to make the NPV zero and break even the discounting factor
should be changed into 11.0156%(The figure might not be accurate, it is an estimation)
So in here we can clearly see that there is not much of a difference, in order to break even the
discounting factor should only be changed by 1.0156%, which I think that it will be easy to
negotiate since there is not much of a difference.
7. Finance
Financing simply means providing funds for business activities, making purchases or
investing. Well it is clearly understood that without money no business could be set up but the
challenge is to how to find this money, which in terms referred to as capital required.
Decision that any businessman could make is to how to obtain finance, when to obtain it and
from whom should it be obtained. Regardless of whether the business is new or old finance is
needed and there are a number of methods available to finance a business.
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finance
(http://www.dineshbakshi.com/mind-maps)
When
talking
Financial institution mainly the banks fall under this and few methods such as
Equity finance This means raising finance through issuing shares of stocks to public. Few
methods are:
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Internal
Retained Profits
Even though this Method is included by me, actually this is of no use now, because in
order to have some retained profits the business should have traded for at least 1 year.
So this cannot be included into a new business.
Sale of stock
This method should also be omitted, because the business should be functioning for
some time in order to have some stocks. This is not suitable in this situation.
Sale of fixed assets
Its doubtful whether a business could sell its fixed assets brought even before trading
begins, so this method is also not suitable in this situation.
Debt collection
This method should be used after some time of trading. Debtors are people who owe
money to the company. It is highly unlikely and impossible to have debts before
trading.
External Sources
Bank Loan
Well, this is one of the most important and a suitable method to finance the new
business. This could be identified as a long or medium source of finance. By using
this method you (Mr. Husain) is able o obtain a higher amount and this method is
good for budgeting.
Additional partners
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This is mainly suitable for a partnership business, if you (Mr. Husain) wish to convert
the business into a partnership and then new partners could be taken and with them
more capital come into the business. This is not a suitable method in this situation.
Share issue
Long term source of finance, which is mainly suitable for a limited company, but the
problem, is that in order to issue shares the company should be established well,
should have a good name and recognition and should be trading for some time with a
strong financial background.
Government grants
Another method that Mr. Husain could obtain, but all the businesses are not able to
receive grants from the government, the possibility of getting the grant is actually low,
but still he can try for it. This method has various conditions too. For example if it is
located in a highly unemployed area then grants could be received, because the people
in that area receives jobs so the unemployment level in the country falls.
Mortgage
This is a loan secured on property and under this method this has to be repaid on
installments. There are restrictions in this method and it is risky, because if the
company is unable to repay it then the property will be taken over,
Other external methods such as leasing, hire purchase and trade credit are not suitable
in this situation.
So finally it comes down to owners own savings (own investments) and bank loan
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Bank Loan
Type of long term or medium term
investment
method
takes
time,
more
legal
will not have to travel to various places and documents to be done, more expenses on
get the work done, and most importantly he travelling and will have to keep securities or
will not have to keep any securities or use granters, and you are not 100% sure
granters.
bank
Table 1.8 Owners own investment vs Bank loan
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In my opinion I feel that the above done comparison will help you to identify which method
to choose, it is actually up to you (Mr. Husain) to decide, which is the best method that could
be used to finance the business.
If you feel that you have enough money with you then you can go with option, but if more is
needed for financing then bank loan is the most suitable method because you will be able to
the amount according to your requirement. What I feel is that it is better to go with a bank
loan.
These financial reports are prepared for later reference and play a major role in future. These
financial statements play a huge role when a company goes to obtain finance, especially
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when it wishes to obtain a bank loan and one of the most important aspects that the banks will
consider is the financial statements, they will have a good look at the financial statements of
the company especially the income statement and the statement of financial position and
depending on the profits obtained by the company the banks will decide whether to grant the
loans or not. The company should always prepare their final accounts in a true and fair way.
When talking about managing the operational activities in order to achieve the planned
results, the company will have to be very careful and will have to manage it in a way that it
will not affect their final accounts. The company will have to try and increase their sales and
also the profits and will have to manage the expenses well
9. Further Enhancements
If the decision is taken to go for a new investment then Mr. Husain will have to implement
various things and will have to consider few factors.
He should provide a good, quick service to the customers. Customer satisfaction is the
most essential element and the retention of existing customers and the attraction of
new customers will depend on the service given to them and also on their satisfaction.
Cleanliness is also a one major factor that should be taken into account, the building
should look clean and pleasant and the employees should wear proper and clean
clothes.
Should have good, experienced and talented designers who are able to adjust
The above mentioned points are few factors that would help Mr. Husain to make his new
business a success.
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Should consider whether they are receiving planning permission. If there is a delay in
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So, what I feel is that it is always good to consider the non- financial factors together with the
financial factors, and go for the new investment.
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