Accounts and finance

Table of Contents

1. Topic pack - Accounts and finance - introduction
2. 3.1 Sources of finance - notes
3. 3.1 Sources of finance - questions
   1. Forms of finance - case study
   2. Forms of finance - overdraft report
   3. Forms of finance - sole trader report
   4. Forms of finance - short answer questions
   5. Tesco: sale and leaseback
   6. SouFun: Flotation IPO
4. 3.2 Investment appraisal - notes
5. Investment appraisal
6. 3.2 Investment appraisal - questions
7. 3.3 Working capital - notes
8. 3.3 Working capital - questions
9. 3.4 Budgeting - notes (HL only)
10. 3.4 Budgeting - questions
11. 3.5 Final accounts - notes
12. 3.5 Final accounts - questions
13. 3.5 Final accounts - simulations and activities
14. 3.6 Ratio analysis - notes
15. 3.6 Ratio analysis - questions
16. 3.6 Ratio analysis - simulations and activities
17. Printable version

Forms of finance - short answer questions

Question 1

Explain the concept of sale and leaseback.

Question 2

Outline the reasons for a company raising capital from a variety of sources.

Question 3

Explain the difference between an ordinary share and a debenture.

Question 4

Explain why venture capital may be a deceptively dangerous source of finance.

Question 5

The capital that a firm needs may be raised from within the company (internally) or from outside of the firm (externally).

Look at the following list of possible sources of funds and decide if they are an internal (I) or external (E) sources. Be careful, some are not sources at all, but are uses of funds (U). Mark these as well.