Financial Resource and Decision Making for Clariton Antiques Ltd

This report comprehensively analyzes financial resources and decision-making processes, focusing on Clariton Antiques Ltd. It explores various sources of finance for both unincorporated and incorporated businesses, including internal sources like retained earnings and share capital, as well as external sources such as bank loans, overdrafts, and business angels. The report delves into the implications of using internal versus external funding, considering factors like safeguarding resources, growth, ownership, and interest rates. Furthermore, it assesses the most appropriate sources of finance for Clariton Antiques Ltd, including working with investors, crowd financing, and debt-based financing. The analysis extends to the costs of different financing options, the importance of financial planning, and the implications of financial challenges like overtrading. The report also examines the information needed for financing decisions related to a takeover, the impact on financial statements, and an analysis of the cash budget. Additionally, it covers unit cost calculations for pricing, project viability using NPV, payback period, and average rate of return, as well as the key components of financial statements, including income statements, cash flow statements, and balance sheets. Finally, it compares financial statement formats and interprets Clariton Antiques Ltd's financial statements using relevant ratios.

Financial Resource and Decision Making

Contents
Task 1..........................................................................................................................................................2
The sources of finance available to..............................................................................................................2
Unincorporated business..............................................................................................................................2
Internal Source........................................................................................................................................2
Retained earning..................................................................................................................................2
Share capital........................................................................................................................................2
External Sources......................................................................................................................................2
A bank loan.........................................................................................................................................2
A bank overdraft..................................................................................................................................3
Share capital........................................................................................................................................3
Business Angels...................................................................................................................................4
B) Incorporated business.............................................................................................................................4
1.2 The implications for using;....................................................................................................................5
A.) Internal sources of finance.....................................................................................................................5
Internal Funding versus Bank Financing.................................................................................................5
Internal Funding versus Offering Stock...................................................................................................6
Internal Funding versus Government Grants...........................................................................................6
Internal Funding versus Offering Assets.................................................................................................6
b) External source of fund...........................................................................................................................6
Safeguarding the Resources.....................................................................................................................6
Growth.....................................................................................................................................................7
Ownership...............................................................................................................................................7
Interest.....................................................................................................................................................7
1.3 The most appropriate sources of finance for Clariton Antiques Ltd......................................................8
Working with Investors:..........................................................................................................................8
Crowd financing......................................................................................................................................8
Debt Based Financing:.............................................................................................................................9

Task 2..........................................................................................................................................................9
Analyse the costs of the two sources of finance under consideration..........................................................9
2.2 The importance of financial planning for Clariton Antiques Ltd...........................................................9
A) Budgeting...........................................................................................................................................9
b) Implications of inability to back satisfactorily...................................................................................10
c) Overtrading........................................................................................................................................11
The remedy............................................................................................................................................11
2.3 Assessment of the information that will be needed to make decision on financing the takeover by....12
a) The partners.......................................................................................................................................12
The partners...........................................................................................................................................12
Venture capitalist (We Finance Limited)...............................................................................................12
Finance broker.......................................................................................................................................12
2.4 The impact on the financial statements if Clariton Antiques Ltd choose to go with............................13
Venture capitalist.......................................................................................................................................13
Finance broker.......................................................................................................................................13
Task 3........................................................................................................................................................14
3.1 Analyses of the cash budget for Clariton Antiques..............................................................................14
3.2 How unit costs will be calculated to make pricing decisions...............................................................14
3.3 The viability of the projects using NPV investment appraisal techniques...........................................14
NPV.......................................................................................................................................................14
Payback period......................................................................................................................................15
Average Rate of Return.............................................................................................................................16
Task 4........................................................................................................................................................17
4.1 Discuss the key components of financial statements...........................................................................17
Income statement...................................................................................................................................17
Statement of cash flows.........................................................................................................................17
Statement of changes in equity and gains..............................................................................................17
Statement of financial position..............................................................................................................17
Notes to the financial statement...........................................................................................................18
4.2 Comparing the format used by Clariton Antiques Ltd to presenting their financial statement with that
of a partnership..........................................................................................................................................18
The Statement of Equity........................................................................................................................18

The Balance Sheet.................................................................................................................................19
The Income Statement...........................................................................................................................19
The Cash Flow Statement......................................................................................................................19
4.3 Interpreting the recent financial statement of Clariton Antiques Ltd using appropriate ratios and
making comparison with the previous year...............................................................................................20
Bibliography..............................................................................................................................................21
Task 1
The sources of finance available to
Unincorporated business
Internal Source
Retained earning
This is the cash that is produced by the business when it makes profits, another vital source of
capital for any business; Take not that retained earning can produce cash the minute trade begins.
For case, a start-up offers the main clump of stock for £6,000 cash which it had purchased for
£3,000 (Ehrhardt, 2016). That implies that retained earnings are £3,000 which can be utilized to
fund promote extension or to income for other trade expenses and costs.
Share capital
Contributed by the shareholders, the establishing business person (/s) may choose to put
resources into the share capital of an organization, established with the end goal of framing the
start-up. This is a typical strategy for financing a start-up. The founder gives all the share capital
of the organization, holding 100% control over the business.

External Sources
A bank loan
Bank loan gives a long term kind of fund for a start-up, with the bank expressing the settled
period over which the credit is given (e.g. 6 years), the rate of interest and the planning and
measure of reimbursements. The bank will as a rule requires that the start-up give some security
to the loan, in spite of the fact that this security typically comes as individual assurances gave by
the business visionary. Bank credits are useful for financing interest in settled resources and are
for the most part at a lower rate of premium that a bank overdraft. Be that as it may, they don't
give much adaptability.
A bank overdraft
This is a short term sort of fund which is broadly utilized by new companies and independent
companies. An overdraft is truly a loan facility, the bank gives the business "a chance to owe it
cash" when the bank balance goes below zero, as an end-result of charging a high rate of
premium. Subsequently, an overdraft is an adaptable source of back, as in it is just utilized when
required. Bank overdrafts are incredible for helping a business handle regular vacillations in
income or when the business keeps running into here and now income issues (e.g. a noteworthy
client neglects to income on time). Two further credit related source of fund merit thinking
about:
Share capital
This is external financial investors for a start-up; the primary source of external (external)
speculator in the share capital of an organization is loved ones of the business visionary.

Sentiments contrast on whether loved ones ought to be urged to put resources into a new
business. They might be set up to contribute considerable sums for a more drawn out timeframe;
they might not have any desire to get excessively required in the day, making it impossible to
day operation of the business. Both of these are positives for the business visionary. Be that as it
may, there are pitfalls. Inevitably, pressures create with family and companions as kindred
shareholders.
Business Angels
This is primary sort of external financial investors in a new business. Business Angels attendants
are proficient financial investors who commonly contribute £11k - £751k. They like to put
resources into organizations with high development prospects. Angel’s attendants have a
tendency to have profited by setting up and offering their own particular business – at the end of
the day they have demonstrated entrepreneurial aptitude (Few, 2009). Notwithstanding their
cash, Angels regularly make their own particular abilities, experience, and contacts accessible to
the organization. Getting the support of an Angel can be a noteworthy preferred standpoint to a
start-up, in spite of the fact that the business person needs to acknowledge lost control over the
business.
B) Incorporated business
1. They make benefit by offering an item for more than it expenses to create. This is the most
essential source of assets for any organization and ideally the technique that acquires the most
cash.

2. Like people, organizations can get cash. This should be possible secretly through bank credits,
or it should be possible openly through a debt issue. The downside of obtaining cash is the
premium that must be paid to the loan investors.
3. An organization can create cash by offering a portion of it as shares to financial investors,
which is known as value financing. The advantage of this is speculators don't require interest
instalments like bondholders do. The disadvantage is that further benefits are isolated among all
shareholders.
In a perfect world, an organization would get the majority of its cash just by offering
merchandise and ventures for a benefit. In any case, as the well-known adage goes, "the
company need to burn through cash to profit," and pretty much every organization needs to raise
funds eventually to form items and venture into new markets.
When assessing organizations, it is most imperative to take a gander at the balance of the real
source of financing. For case, a lot of debt can cause organization harm. Then again, an
organization may miss development prospects on the off chance that it doesn't utilize cash that it
can acquire.
1.2 The implications for using;
A.) Internal sources of finance
Internal financing originates from overabundance cash after costs. This implies the company
utilize benefits to subsidize the venture or publicizing. The company can likewise get additional

assets from deterioration on gear and offices. This devaluation diminishes the duties and in this
manner gives the company a chance to keep more cash to spend on the business.
Internal Funding versus Bank Financing
When the company utilize organization funds, the company don't need to income enthusiasm to
the bank. The company additionally don't need to experience the application procedure, which
can be expensive on the off chance that the company need to income somebody to plan benefit
and misfortune explanations, Statement of financial positions and other documentation required
by the bank.
Internal Funding versus Offering Stock
One approach to raise cash for the business ventures is to offer stock to financial investors. This
gives them part responsibility for organization. Utilizing Internal financing offers the benefit of
keeping control in the hands of the organization's authors.
Internal Funding versus Government Grants
A business may meet all requirements for government allows in specific situations. Minority
gifts can help minority-claimed organizations extend, and organizations can get grants for
becoming environmentally viable, to name only two cases. Be that as it may, the application
procedure can be extensive and costly. The cost originates from setting up the documentation for
these grants. The company need to win the endorsement of the office giving the give, and this
can include numerous people and councils. With internal financing, the company can begin on
the venture promptly, with no endorsement required other than that of administration and the
stockholders

Internal Funding versus Offering Assets
A few organizations attempt to finance new expenditure by offering resources. This reduces the
estimation of the organization and can trigger exchange costs, and charges (Floyd, 2005).
Internal financing stays with all benefits and incurs no extra costs past the cost of the venture
itself.
b) External source of fund
Safeguarding the Resources
One of the benefits of external funding is that it permits the company to utilize internal cash
related assets for different purposes. In the event that the company can discover a speculation
that has a higher financing cost than the bank loan the organization just secured, it bodes well to
protect the own particular assets and put the cash into that venture, utilizing the external
financing for business operations. The company can likewise set aside the internal cash related
assets for cash instalments to sellers, which can help enhance the organization's Credit rating.
Growth
Part of the reason organisation utilize external financing is it permits them to internal finance
resources for other projects and business activities. For case, if the business is developing to the
point that the company require extra assembling space to keep pace with demand, external
financing can help the company get the financing the company have to fabricate the expansion.
External financing can likewise be utilized for making substantial capital Assets buys to
encourage development that the organization can't bear the cost of all alone.

Ownership
A few source of external financing, for example, speculators and shareholders, oblige the
company to surrender a segment of the proprietorship in the organization in return for the
financing. The company may understand that vast deluge of cash the company have to dispatch
the new item, yet part of the financing assertion is the speculator is permitted to vote on
organization choices. This can trade off the vision the company initially had for the organization
when the company established it.
Interest
External funding sources require an arrival on their venture. Banks will add enthusiasm to a
business credit, and financial investors will request a rate of return in the speculation
understanding. Premium adds to the general cost of the venture and can make the external
financing even more a financial weight than the company had initially ordered.
1.3 The most appropriate sources of finance for Clariton Antiques Ltd.
Clariton Antiques ltd may consider the accompanying source of capital that is regarding perfect
for business development.
Working with Investors:
Depending on the span of the business and the extent of the development orders, the company
may search out funding financing, or work with a private or Angel’s financial investors to back
the extension. Speculators can be very valuable to developing private ventures, since they offer
bits of knowledge and experience about growing the business that the company would not have
all alone (Floyd, 2005). In any case, working with financial investors means relinquishing value

in the business, and the speculator may demand methods for doing things that don't coordinate
the plans.
Crowd financing
If the company have a devoted system of clients who are excited up for the plans for extension,
consider whether crowd financing a few or the greater part of the development through a stage
like Kick-starter is the correct move for the company.
As the company give faithful clients a feeling of proprietorship in the image, these energized
miniaturized scale financial investors can go about as brand ministers, producing buzz about the
new area or extended plan of action internal their informal organizations.
Debt Based Financing:
Finally, many entrepreneurs will support their development orders through an independent
venture credit - either from a customary bank or from an alternative lender.
The choices for debt based extension financing are as incomprehensible with respect to some
other business needs.
Task 2
Analyse the costs of the two sources of finance under consideration
Considering the case of Clariton Antiques Ltd. Finance director has suggested two source of
finance. First is the five year £ 12 million drifting rate term credit from a clearing bank, at an
underlying financing cost of 2% and the second is offer of 0.5 million for 20% stake in the
organization. The organization's present share capital is 150 pence. Each of these sources has
diverse expenses and suggestions on the organization. For case, the cost of the advance for the
organization is the same as its loan fee, which is 2% at first and is relied upon to change subject

to conditions in the understanding (Madura, 2007). This implies toward the finish of first year
organization is relied upon to bring about an interest cost measure of 10000 pounds which can be
paid out of the normal benefit before assessment of £470000 (31% expansion in past Profit
before interest and tax collection) without bringing down the liquidity of the organization.
2.2 The importance of financial planning for Clariton Antiques Ltd
A) Budgeting
Effective financial management is a continuous procedure that features a cycle of good
administration propensities. The financial administration cycle is finished when board and staff
pioneers utilize the consequences of their investigation of the precise and relevant reports they
have gotten amid the year to illuminate their plans going ahead. Cash related arranging,
generally, is planning. An association's cash related arranging ought to incorporate spending
plans for working and for capital. Together these include an Organizational Budget. Making a
yearly working spending plan is a recognizable Task (Moyer, 2015). In any case, making a
capital spending plan, or capitalization plan, is regularly disregarded or regarded pointless for
little or fair size gatherings or understood as fundamental for a capital battle. Great financial
administration requires the association to be cognizant and ponder about getting ready for both
its long haul cash related objectives and quick financial wellbeing.
b) Implications of inability to back satisfactorily
Working capital is characterized as the everyday finance used by a firm. It is the company's
current assets less its liabilities. Overseeing working capital is about guaranteeing that the
business should have the capacity to keep up the everyday costs. An organization can't work
without working capital and, if botched, it can conceivably prompt to the organization's