Business Finance: Cost Analysis, Forecasting and Budgeting at Dysonica

This case study provides a detailed examination of Dysonica Plc's financial operations, focusing on cost analysis, budgeting, and forecasting. Task 1 involves classifying costs as fixed, variable, or semi-variable, which includes raw materials, machinery, factory rent, direct labor, utilities, office staff, insurance, and logistics. Task 2 suggests plans to reduce organizational costs, emphasizing the use of activity-based costing (ABC) to identify and manage expenses effectively. Task 3 develops a 12-month forecasting budget for the business up to April 30, 2022. Finally, Task 4 evaluates Dysonica's performance against the budget. The report concludes by highlighting the importance of effective financial management in achieving organizational goals. Desklib offers a variety of resources, including past papers and solved assignments, to assist students in understanding and mastering business finance concepts.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Find out expenses according to their nature. ..............................................................................3
TASK- 2 ..........................................................................................................................................7
Suggest some plans to reduce the cost of the organization.........................................................7
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................9
Development of a 12 month forecasting/ budget being prepared for the business up to 30 April
2022.............................................................................................................................................9
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................13
Forecast and budget evaluation of the Dysonica ......................................................................13
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................14
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................16

INTRODUCTION
The report prepared as under takes in account the funds that are being generated,
arranged and managed in a firm, company, enterprise or business for achieving and
accomplishing their goals and objectives as well. It can also be explained as the assets which are
being acquired by companies in relation to start a organisation. Credit subsidiaries and capital
assets which are being invested into a enterprise that are included in such assets(Battisti and
et.al., 2021). The money can be put for attracting resources, purchasing raw materials and
making commodities for the company related operative system. When a firm first begin with
operational work, the funds that are available are lesser not sufficient for finding solutions
related to problems which are rising. As a outcome, in relation to addressing their requirements
and meeting their needs as well. Business companies must be taking care of a larger number of
elements in order to generating income or profits. The examination of monetary related needs
and requirements and the results which must be cross checked in a standard based approach,
which would be allowing for the development of monetary based management plans, policies
and strategies as well. In context study of Dysonica Plc is the subject related research reports. It
carries and contains four exercises, at first place it covers the expense related element of a
company and how they have been bifurcated. The next project would be handling
recommendations for the management which will aid the chief in lessening their rates and
expenses as well(Chen and et.al., 2020). The third sector contains Dysonica PLc's revenue
forecasted till April 30, 2023. Hence, the final plan evaluates the company's achievements, and
triumphs as well as in what ways it would be operating in that certain industry. The decision can
be made would be based on the gauged values in Dysonica Plc's income.
TASK 1
Find out expenses according to their nature.
The term "expense" is useful when put together and would be supplying commodities and
services. Cost is very critical at such stages where the manufacturing and production related
cycle, by procurement of unprocessed material for completion an companies finished
commodities. Essentially expense is the quantity of monetary terms which would be used to help
in paying the price of production. There are various several kind of expenses which would be

affecting an company, but the most common two sort of expenses which would be causing
product related issues are fixed expenses and variable costs.
Variable expense could be referring towards an cost which is directly would be linked with an
companies production and sales or an cost which would be controlling the number of things
which are being sold and are assembled in a project related plans(Chen, Liu and Li, 2019). If a
business inventory and commodity creation would be decreasing or increasing, the variable
expense decrease or increase on a separate basis, which would be implying that the two among
them are related. It is usually a measure of natural material, transportation, visa and many such
other elements.
Semi - variable expenditure: An cost which would be covered and paid on a regular basis, which
would be on a monthly base such as quarterly or ahead of schedule, for the aim of determining
the companies demand and needs. It would be essential incorporated with both fixed and variable
costs. Depreciation of fixed resources, employment and office leasing are illustrations of semi -
variable costs.
Fixed cost: It is an cost which would be remaining consistent and constant regardless of variation
and changes in the production and sale of products and services. It is a separate cost whose
amount is unaffected by any decrease increase in the cost of commodities and administration. It
can be covered such as rent, wages, energy bills, variety of other expenses and insurance(Dai and
Zhang, 2019).
Fixed
Costs
£ Variable
Costs
£ Semi-variable
Costs
£
Machinery 1500 Raw materials 15000 Office and
sales staff
9000
Factory
and
storage
rent
18000 Direct labour 17500 Logistics 3000
Utilities 500
Insurance 500
Total 20500 32500 12000

The cost which is related to production of a comparable thing in a larger volume on a regular
base is explained as unit expense. The cost can be referred such as assembled material of single
unit. It is also explained as the expense of item being supplied, cycle expense could be referred
to accounting which results in indistinguishable or identical unit of income. The following are
the variation between interaction expense and unit as well.
Absorption Costing: It is an cost which can be covered with the help of costing approach which
account and dissect for all assembly related costs(Hariyani, Ratnawati and Rahmiyati, 2021).
The majority of the time consumed, this element is used by companies to internalise the expense
of item. In simpler terms, the cost is at . times related to as 'full cost. Direct labour, direct
material, variable created upward and fixed assembly upward are four sort of retentment costing
elements. The expense counts both indirect and direct cost. The most necessary element of direct
expenses are the quantity of raw materials which are being adapted and used and the time which
is being spent constructing the good. Office plant rentals, expense, security charge and protection
as well which can be included in creation of indirect expense.
Calculation of Absorption costing:
Formula = (Direct work cost + Direct material expense + Variable assembling upward expense +
Fixed assembling upward) / No. of units created
It is mostly used in the section of assembled organisations in aiding the organisation in
computation of cost of commodities so that the business would be examining the best expense
approaches for the quantity as well as managing the expense of goods.
For example:
Accepting which the ABC corporation is a fan producer. One assembly step would be
accommodating the reliable data and information(Israel, Kelly and Moskowitz, 2020). The
retention expense tool and technique would be used in finding advantages. The number of unit
being produced would be equivalent to 10,000, 9000 units could be sold over a point of time = $
50 per unit rate
Direct labour = $ 5 Direct material = $ 20
$ 5 in other variable costs
Overheads Fixed = $ 5
$ 30,000 in fixed costs

Marginal costing can be explained as a method of accounting for inconsequential expense ion
which variable expense could be charged to unit cost and fixed cost for a specific period are
totally recorded which would be accordance to the committed amount(Julien, 2018). The cost
would be indicate which is a greater number of expense were resulted in the assembly of an
addition unit of output or thing(Yu and et.al., 2020). Minor expense contains counts the
circulation of fixed and variable cost as well as finding values, valuation of material and
benefited pace as well. It also would be worthwhile in looking at the cost behaving ways which
would influencing the companies production limits as well.
Marginal Cost = Change in cost / Change in Quantity
The unit of expense is pretentious by the price of variation related to factor expense. In a
sufficient level of creativity, the companies foxed expense remaining consistent.
Model: Accepting that ABC is a partnership related making a fan. For its assembled offices, it is
given in followed information.
Month 1 unit being produced = 10,000 Month 2 Units Produced = 15,000 Variable Costs in
Month 1= $ 50,000 Variable Costs in Month 2 = $ 80,000
Change in cost/change in quantity Equals Marginal Cost
(80,000 – 50,000)/ (15,000 – 10,000) = Marginal Cost
Therefore, the result of marginal cost per unit is $ 6 (30,000/5,000).
ABC is a cost related method which might be useful for analysis of cost related production. In
view towards approach, it can be broken down in upward expenditure amid assembling as well.
By being having full concentration by minimizing the worth towards rising expense, action based
expense is being followed(Kayal and Rohilla, 2019). The following are the implicated rules in
such costing.
Investigation of such expense would be rehearsing demonstrating the cost rehearsals method
towards the light of the companies stance.
The activity based costing would be examining the distributed related channels which is a vendor
used towards the market a commodity or service, such as a distributor, person to person
communication site and house to house related services.
Product pricing is also an integral part of ABC which has a direct impact on the company's
revenue. The price of item is explained by the help of evaluation of market and the value which
would be same as challenger companies item. The expense of good would be more when

compared to lower expenses it would be created problem related to misfortune, therefore the
base valuation is necessary for keeping a track of the condition over the watch.
TASK- 2
Suggest some plans to reduce the cost of the organization.
In this particular task on the bases of above used techniques. They already set up and
utilized the activity -based costing technique for calculating the expenses of the firm. The main
reason for selecting this method is that it measured and supplying charges to each and very
division within the firm which basically depends upon the definite drivers. Generally, ABC
costing will provide an assistance which already enable the cost in each and every company
projected task, and they will be capable to speedily identifying the benefits of cost involved in
which section of the entity for them. It also determine that in which division it incurred more
expenditures, which permit them to manage costs within a satisfactory range(Li and et.al., 2020).
The main benefits of ABC costing rather than the finding expenses for the projected task section
is that it removed them into the job work operations. It assist the organization to decline the
complete cost of the finished goods and services. Which allow them to determine a relevant
selling price for the goods and services that is not enormous to the consumer. For the
performance of the upward discussions, Dysonica plc. Is stimulate the company for using the
activity-based costing method in their business, so, that it helps the company to decline the cost
of product correspondingly.
This strategy of costing is numerous in nature and it suggest the method of costing that is activity
base costing or marginal costing. From past it continuously provides an assistance to the
company and determine that how organization control and direct the costs which includes in the
production of goods and services. Basically this also permit the companies for different
expenditure divisions which based on their systems and helps in identifying that which one is the
most costly method and it also assists them to break the cost and try to better the projected
activities in a same manner(Shiratori, 2019) . Firms mainly use the action-based costing
technique as a one- stop store and helps in reducing the cost of the business. It also includes
some businesses for tracing the expenses as it arise instead of merging them with another
expenditures. As a result that it misunderstood the basic source of cost, and the organization may

also focus on the full control of a particular expenditure varieties instead of another business
operations. Just because that the upward consumption is divided and arranged accordingly for the
various kinds of tasks and scattering of the upper expenditures is highly targeted and same. ABC
members expenditure by job work provide approx measurement of organization costs instead of
aggregating all expenses again. Which helps to create things easier. It support in the division of
costs reporting to the many amounts which allotted to the individual section of the firm. It also
support the management which helps for decreasing the cost in order to create the goods and
services which are more convenient for the general population(Liao, Yao and Hu, 2020). It offers
a substructure for activity-based costing for decreasing the organizational goods and services
costs. It also support in determining the firm's truly producing costs. It also support the
management cost which is occurred throughout the goods and service manufacturing procedure.
The overhead cost are directed and controlled by the department in which they required to
scatter. It must be truly approachable and managed in accordance to the projected costs. This
ABC method support the activities of an individual groups which depends on their amount and a
part of the manufacturing procedure. The ABC costing formulation may also be utilize to trace
depreciation. It has the capability to break both the cost and the volume of the goods and
services. Separate brands are now capable to determine past undetermined consumption it
includes depreciation, movement-based bookkeeping. This ABC technique can less the unit cost
of less- volume products by transferring administration attention from more- value products to
less- value products. Here are some strategic plans to reduce the cost of the company:
 Minimize and merge the expenditures: This point is basically tells about that if company
wants to decline its cost in the business(Macqueen and et.al., 2019). Then they need to
reduce and merge it expenditures in the company and need to more focus on their
organizational goals.
 Analyse the staffing process: The point is mainly describe that the company need to do
proper watch on their staffing procedure. In this process if a company hire a skill person
in the organization then its effectively help the organization to reduce its cost in the firm.
But if a firm recruit the freshers in the business then its increase the cost on its training
and salary of the employee. So, it concluded that if any entity is hiring a person which
was already trained in that particular field in which organization is hiring an employee
then its helps them to decline the various expenses which are incurred in future

 Recreate departments: if a manger of the organization try to increase the productivity in
the organization then the firm invest more money to perform that specific activity. It only
happens when company is mainly involve the task in which they reorganize the
departments(Mali, Fallah Shams and Saeedi, 2021). Company play a hit and trial
technique to transfer most efficient employees to that department in which the
productivity of any department is very low and superior reorganize the department and
encourage the employees of each and every department to work more efficiently but its
create huge cost because if a firm need a person to perform some specific task then they
hire more employees and reorganize the department into the corporation.
 Brainstorming with your staff members: This technique is also helps provide some
various kinds of plans for reducing the cost in the organization. This method mainly helps
the manager of the firm. It only works when supervisor of the company discuss the ideas
for reducing the cost of operational activities with their employees. Because each and
every employee in the firm is having it own innovative approach(Sandberg, 2018). So,
on that basis with the help of brainstorming technique manager take an innovative and
different ideas of each and every employee for reducing the cost of the firm.
 Restructure services: In this point company need to restructure those services which are
unused in business. Basically every organization need to eliminate those unused activity
which is not provide any productivity to the firm and completely wasteful for the entity
for example: if any company provide 24 hours service facility to the customer and
company having more calls during working not in night shift then firm need to remove
the night shift from the company otherwise it will create more cost in the corporation and
reduce the efficiency of the employee also(Novak and Leslie, 2020).
 Examine the facilities in the organization: In this particular point it also provide an
assistance to the company and firstly they need to determine the type of facility which
assist to reduce the cost of the entity and execute the facility into the firm(Zhang and
Toffanin, 2018). So, that firm invest on those facilities which helps the organization to
reduce the cost of operational task.

TASK 3
Development of a 12 month forecasting/ budget being prepared for the business up to 30 April
2022.
Cash flow Statement
Particular MAY JUNE JULY
AUGUS
T
SEPTEM
BER OCTOBER
A. Cash flow from
operating activities:-
Sales/Revenue £
25,000.00 £ 35,000.00
£
49,000.00
£
68,600.
00
£
96,040.
00
£
1,34,456.00
Payment of salary
-£
26,500.00 -£ 26,500.00
-£
26,500.00
-£
26,500.
00
-£
26,500.
00
-£
26,500.00
Raw materials
-£
15,000.00 -£ 21,000.00
-£
29,400.00
-£
41,160.
00
-£
57,624.
00
-£
80,673.60
Rent Paid
-£
18,000.00 -£ 18,000.00
-£
18,000.00
-£
18,000.
00
-£
18,000.
00
-£
18,000.00
Accountant's fee
- £
1,50
0.00
Payment of Utilities
- £
2,50
0.00
- £
2,500.
00
Telephones
-£
1,000.00
- £
1,000.
00
Vehicles
-£
20,000.00 -£ 200.00
-£
200.00
-£
200.00
-£
200.00
-£
200.00
marketing costs
-£
1,250.00 -£ 1,750.00
-£
2,450.00
-£
3,430.0
0
-£
4,802.0
0
-£
6,722.80
water
- £
100.
00
- £
100.00
logistics
-£
3,000.00 -£ 3,000.00
-£
3,000.00
-£
4,500.0
0
-£
3,000.0
0
-£
3,000.00
Machinery
-£
1,500.00 -£ 1,500.00
-£
1,500.00
-£
1,500.0
0
-£
1,500.0
0
-£
1,500.00
Insurance
-£
500.00 -£ 500.00
-£
500.00
-£
500.00
-£
500.00
-£
500.00

Mixc Expense
-£
50.00 -£ 50.00
-£
50.00
-£
50.00
-£
50.00
-£
50.00
Net cash flow from
operating activites:-
-£
62,300.00 -£ 37,500.00
-£
36,200.00
-£
27,240.
00
-£
16,136.
00
-£
6,290.40
B. Cash flow from
financaing activities:- £ - £ - £ -
£
-
£
- £ -
Net Cash flow from
financing activities:- £ - £ - £ -
£
-
£
- £ -
C. Cash flow from
Investing activities:-
Initial investment made
£
20,000.00 £ - £ -
£
-
£
- £ -
Net cash flow from
investing activities:-
£
20,000.00 £ - £ -
£
-
£
- £ -
Tatal cash
inflwo/outflows(A+B+C)
-£
42,300.00 -£ 37,500.00
-£
36,200.00
-£
27,240.
00
-£
16,136.
00
-£
6,290.40
Cash flow Statement
Particular
NOVEMBE
R
DECEMBE
R JANUARY FEBURAR
Y MARCH APRIL Total(Year
1)
A. Cash flow from
operating activities:-
Sales/Revenue £1,88,238.
40
£2,63,53
3.76
£3,68,947.
26
£5,16,52
6.17
£7,23,136.
64
£10,12,3
91.29
£34,80,86
9.52
Payment of salary
-£
31,800.00
-£
31,800.00
-£
31,800.00
-£
31,800.00
-£
31,800.00
-£
31,800.00
-£
3,49,800.0
0
Raw materials
-£
1,12,943.04
-£
1,58,120.
26
-£
2,21,368.36
-£
3,09,915.
70
-£
4,33,881.98
-£
6,07,434.
78
Rent Paid
-£
25,000.00
-£
25,000.00
-£
25,000.00
-£
25,000.00
-£
25,000.00
-£
25,000.00
-£
2,58,000.0
0
Accountant's fee
-£
1,500.00
Payment of Utilities
- £
2,5
00.
00
-£
2,500.00
-£
10,000.00

Telephones
- £
1,0
00.
00
-£
1,000.00
-£
4,000.00
Vehicles
-£
200.00
-£
200.00
-£
200.00
-£
200.00
-£
200.00
-£
200.00
-£
22,200.00
marketing costs
-£
18,823.84
-£
26,353.38
-£
36,894.73
-£
51,652.62
-£
72,313.66
-£
1,01,239.
13
-£
3,27,682.1
5
water
- £
100
.00
-£
100.00
-£
400.00
logistics
-£
3,000.00
-£
3,000.00
-£
3,000.00
-£
3,000.00
-£
3,000.00
-£
3,000.00
-£
37,500.00
Machinery
-£
1,500.00
-£
1,500.00
-£
1,500.00
-£
1,500.00
-£
1,500.00
-£
1,500.00
-£
18,000.00
Insurance
-£
500.00
-£
500.00
-£
500.00
-£
500.00
-£
500.00
-£
500.00
-£
6,000.00
Mixc Expense
-£
50.00
-£
50.00
-£
50.00
-£
50.00
-£
50.00
-£
50.00
-£
600.00
Net cash flow from
operating activites:-
- £
5,5
78.
48
£
17,010.13
£
45,034.18
£
92,907.85
£
1,54,890.9
9
£
2,38,067.
39
£
24,45,187.
37
B. Cash flow from
financaing activities:-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
Net Cash flow from
financing activities:-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
C. Cash flow from
Investing activities:-
Initial investment
made
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
20,000.00
Net cash flow from
investing activities:-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
20,000.00
Tatal cash
inflwo/outflows(A+B+
C)
-£
5,578.48
£
17,010.13
£
45,034.18
£
92,907.85
£
1,54,890.9
9
£
2,38,067.
39
£
24,65,187.
37