Cash and Financial Management
Forecasting cash, managing liquidity, raising finance and investing surplus funds sensibly.
Subsections
Read the lessons, then take the check. The check pulls in anything you struggled with earlier in the unit.
Cash flow forecasting
Build a timing-based forecast with clear price and activity assumptions.
- Cash is not profit4 min
- Timing receipts and payments4 min
- Inflation adjustments and moving averages5 min
Liquidity management, banking, regulation and financing
Choose practical liquidity and funding arrangements with clear costs and controls.
- Managing liquidity and cash buffers4 min
- The banking system, regulation and payments5 min
- Borrowing, interest and security5 min
Investing surplus funds and managing working capital and risk
Match investment choices to cash needs and control working capital exposures.
- Investing surplus funds5 min
- Gilts and money-market instruments5 min
- Working capital and financial risk5 min
Treasury planning casebook
Create a rolling cash forecast, compare funding offers and protect liquidity under a downside scenario.
- A rolling cash model5 min
- Funding offers and effective cost5 min
- Working capital and surplus risk5 min
Mixed unit review
Fifteen questions drawn from the whole unit, weighted towards the topics you have got wrong before. Nothing is flagged for revision right now.
Treasury decisions at Severn Catering Ltd
Prepare April cash and advise the finance manager. All figures are VAT-inclusive where relevant; ignore separate tax settlements. Use a 365-day year and enter plain numbers.
Timed mock exam
Open timed mockHow this unit is assessed
Computer based assessment, eight tasks, 100 marks, computer & human marked.
| Task | Focus | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cash and profit | Adjusting profit to cash | 12 |
| 2. Cash budgets | Receipts and payments | 20 |
| 3. Forecasting techniques | Moving averages and indices | 14 |
| 4. Liquidity and regulation | Banking and regulation | 14 |
| 5. Finance | Loans, overdrafts and interest | 20 |
| 6. Investing | Investment choices | 20 |