Course Info

Length: 7 Days

City: London

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Oct-21-2024

    London

  • Nov-18-2024

    London

  • Dec-16-2024

    London

  • Jan-06-2025

    London

  • Feb-03-2025

    London

  • Mar-03-2025

    London

  • Apr-07-2025

    London

  • May-05-2025

    London

  • June-02-2025

    London

  • June-30-2025

    London

  • July-07-2025

    London

  • Aug-04-2025

    London

  • Sep-01-2025

    London

  • Sep-29-2025

    London

  • Oct-06-2025

    London

  • Nov-03-2025

    London

  • Dec-01-2025

    London

  • Dec-29-2025

    London

Dates in Other Venues

  • Oct-14-2024

    Dubai

  • Oct-14-2024

    Barcelona

  • Oct-21-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Oct-28-2024

    Istanbul

  • Oct-28-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Nov-04-2024

    Paris

  • Nov-04-2024

    Singapore

  • Nov-11-2024

    Barcelona

  • Nov-11-2024

    Dubai

  • Nov-18-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Nov-25-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Nov-25-2024

    Istanbul

  • Dec-02-2024

    Singapore

  • Dec-02-2024

    Paris

  • Dec-09-2024

    Barcelona

  • Dec-09-2024

    Dubai

  • Dec-16-2024

    Amsterdam

  • Dec-23-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Dec-23-2024

    Paris

  • Dec-30-2024

    Singapore

  • Dec-30-2024

    Istanbul

  • Jan-06-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Jan-13-2025

    Barcelona

  • Jan-13-2025

    Dubai

  • Jan-20-2025

    Istanbul

  • Jan-20-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Jan-27-2025

    Paris

  • Jan-27-2025

    Singapore

  • Feb-03-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Feb-10-2025

    Dubai

  • Feb-10-2025

    Barcelona

  • Feb-17-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Feb-17-2025

    Istanbul

  • Feb-24-2025

    Paris

  • Feb-24-2025

    Singapore

  • Mar-03-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Mar-10-2025

    Barcelona

  • Mar-10-2025

    Dubai

  • Mar-17-2025

    Istanbul

  • Mar-17-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Mar-24-2025

    Singapore

  • Mar-24-2025

    Paris

  • Apr-07-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Apr-14-2025

    Barcelona

  • Apr-14-2025

    Dubai

  • Apr-21-2025

    Istanbul

  • Apr-21-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Apr-28-2025

    Singapore

  • Apr-28-2025

    Paris

  • May-05-2025

    Amsterdam

  • May-12-2025

    Barcelona

  • May-12-2025

    Dubai

  • May-19-2025

    Istanbul

  • May-19-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • May-26-2025

    Paris

  • May-26-2025

    Singapore

  • June-02-2025

    Amsterdam

  • June-09-2025

    Dubai

  • June-09-2025

    Barcelona

  • June-16-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • June-16-2025

    Istanbul

  • June-30-2025

    Paris

  • June-30-2025

    Singapore

  • June-30-2025

    Amsterdam

  • July-07-2025

    Amsterdam

  • July-14-2025

    Dubai

  • July-14-2025

    Barcelona

  • July-21-2025

    Istanbul

  • July-21-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • July-28-2025

    Singapore

  • July-28-2025

    Paris

  • Aug-04-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Aug-11-2025

    Barcelona

  • Aug-11-2025

    Dubai

  • Aug-18-2025

    Istanbul

  • Aug-18-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Aug-25-2025

    Paris

  • Aug-25-2025

    Singapore

  • Sep-01-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Sep-08-2025

    Dubai

  • Sep-08-2025

    Barcelona

  • Sep-15-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Sep-15-2025

    Istanbul

  • Sep-22-2025

    Paris

  • Sep-29-2025

    Singapore

  • Sep-29-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Oct-06-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Oct-13-2025

    Dubai

  • Oct-13-2025

    Barcelona

  • Oct-20-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Oct-20-2025

    Istanbul

  • Oct-27-2025

    Paris

  • Oct-27-2025

    Singapore

  • Nov-03-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Nov-10-2025

    Barcelona

  • Nov-10-2025

    Dubai

  • Nov-17-2025

    Istanbul

  • Nov-17-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Nov-24-2025

    Paris

  • Nov-24-2025

    Singapore

  • Dec-01-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Dec-08-2025

    Dubai

  • Dec-08-2025

    Barcelona

  • Dec-15-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Dec-15-2025

    Istanbul

  • Dec-22-2025

    Paris

  • Dec-29-2025

    Singapore

  • Dec-29-2025

    Amsterdam

Course Details

Course Outline

7 days course

 

The Cash Budget

 

  • Why should managers understand accounting?
  • Accounting concepts
  • Timings of receipts and payments
  • Calculation of the gross profit and gross profit margin
Budgets and Performance Management

 

  • Responsibility centres
  • The controllability principle
  • Profit-related performance measurement
  • Standard costing and variance analysis
  • Performance management in investment centres
  • Non-financial performance indicators
  • The balanced scorecard
  • Performance measurement in not-for-profit organisations
  • External influences on performance

 

Introduction to the Statement of Profit and Loss

 

  • Measuring profit
  • Double-entry bookkeeping
  • Types of account
  • Trial balance
  • Capital versus revenue expenditure/income
  • Calculating the cost of sales

 

Balancing the Basics

 

  • Assets and liabilities
  • The statement of financial position
  • Accruals and prepayments
 

 

Accounting for Depreciation and Bad Debts

 

  • The straight-line method
  • The reducing-balance method
  • Disposals of non-current assets
  • Bad and doubtful debts
  • Uses and limitations of the statement of financial position
Company Finance

 

  • The nature of limited companies
  • Share capital
  • The stock exchange
  • Venture capital
  • Loan capital and debentures
  • Retained profits
  • Reporting requirements
 
Company Accounts

 

  • The statement of profit or loss
  • The statement of changes in equity
  • The statement of financial position
  • Intangible assets
  • Revaluing assets
  • The statement of comprehensive income
  • Corporate governance
 
The Statement of Cash Flows

 

  • Sources of cash flow
  • Non-current assets and the statement of cash flows
  • Movements in working capital
  • Tax, interest, and dividends
  • What to look for in a statement of cash flows
  • Managing cash
 

 

Interpreting Financial Statements
 
  • Ratio analysis
  • The pyramid of ratios
  • Probability ratios
  • Liquidity ratios
  • Control of working capital
  • The working capital cycle

 

Capital Structure and Investment Ratios

 

  • Capital structure
  • Investment ratios
  • Limitations of ratio analysis

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