Flow ofFund means the inward and outward
movement of a fund of an enterprise.
For the purpose, Fund refers to Working
Capital and flow means movement or changes.
Therefore, Flow of Fund means movement of or
changes in the Working Capital (i.e., current)
items.
MEANING OF FLOW OF FUND
3.
Flow ofFund is identified by the means of inward or outward
movement of Current Assets and Current Liabilities.
When Current Assets increase or Current Liabilities decrease
—Inflows of Fund.
Cont’d..,
Working
Capital
Current
Assets
Current
Liabilities
4.
The Fundsflow statement contain all the details of
the financial resources which have became
available during an accounting period.
This statement discloses the amounts raised from
various sources of finance during a period.
It explains that how finance has been used in the
business.
It is a very useful tool in analysis of financial
statements which analyses the changes taking
place between two balance sheet dates.
The Funds flow statement
5.
Fund FlowStatement acts as an important tool for
financial analysis and shows the brief reasons for change
in the Working Capital between two Balance Sheet
dates.
Fund Flow Statement explains how the financial position
has changed from the beginning of an accounting period
to the end of that period.
It acts as an important instrument for allocation of
resources of a concern.
It can be used in planning a sound dividend policy.
It is useful in forecasting the flow of funds and in
projecting the working capital requirements.
What are the uses of the funds flow statement?
6.
Fund Flow Statementis not a basic Financial Statement, but is a
supplementary statement. It does not disclose any new fact which is not
reflected in the Income Statement and the Balance Sheet.
It provides a partial financial information to the management.
It cannot present the continuous changes in the financial position.
It does not indicate the structural change of an asset or a liability.
It is prepared on the basis of historical data.
It exhibits the changes in the Fund position, but does not indicate the
changes in the cash position, which is most important for every business
concern.
LIMITATIONS OF FUND FLOW STATEMENT
7.
The changes whichoccurred in the current accounts as a
result flow of fund are reflected in a statement known
as ‘schedule of changes in working capital’ .
The similar changes in non current accounts are shown in
‘Fund Flow Statement’.
Therefore, following two statements under this
techniques .
1. Statement or Schedule of Changes in Working
Capital.
2. Statement of Sources and Uses of Funds or
Funds Flow Statement.
Preparation of Fund Flow
Statement
8.
A funds flowstatement depicts change in working capital.
It will, therefore, be better for the
students to prepare first a Schedule
of Changes in Working Capital
before preparing a funds flow
statement.
The primary purpose of the statement is to explain the net
change in Working Capital, as arrived in Funds Flow Statement.
It can be prepared by comparing the
current assets and the current
liabilities of two periods.
Technique for preparing a funds flow statement
9.
Item
(A) Current Assets
Cashat bank
Cash in hand
Stock in trade
Debtors
Bills receivable
Advance payment
Short term investment
Prepaid expense
Accrued income
Total (A)
(B) Current Liabilities
(1) Short term loans
(2) Bank overdraft
(3) Creditors
(4) Bills payable
(5) Outstanding expenses
(6) Unclaim dividend
Total (B)
Net Working Capital (A-B)
Incraese / Decrease in Working
Capital
Previous Year Current Year Effect on
Incraese Rs.
Working
captial
Decrease Rs.
Statement or Schedule of Changes in Working Capital.
10.
The following rulesmay be applied to current assets and
current liabilities for preparing this statement:
A decrease in current liabilities, increases working capital
An increase in current liabilities, decreases working capital
A decrease in current assets, decreases working capital
An increase in current assets, increases working capital
11.
In orderto prepare a Funds Flow Statement, it is
necessary to find out the “sources” and “applications” of
funds.
While preparing a funds flow statement, current assets
and current liabilities are to be ignored.
Consider the changes in Fixed Assets and Fixed
Liabilities.
PREPARATION OF FUNDS FLOW TATEMENT
12.
Sources of FundsAmount Application of Funds Amount
Issue of share capital ……. Redemption of pref. share ……..
Issue of debenture ……. Redemption of debenture ……..
Raising of long term loan ……. Payment of long term loan ……..
Sales of fixed assets ……. Purchase of fixed assets ……..
Interest received ……. Interest paid ……..
Dividend received ……. Dividend paid .…….
Refund of Taxes ……. Payment of Taxes ……..
Decrease in working capital ……. Increase in working capital ……..
Fund from operation …….
TOTAL …….. TOTAL ……..
Format of Fund Flow Statement
(As on…………..)
13.
Calculation of Fundfrom operation
It can be calculated by preparing
Profit & loss Adjustment ac
Particular Amount
Depreciation
Loss on sale of fixed assets
Under writing commissions
Discount on issue of shares &
debentures
Preliminary expense written off
Deferred revenue expenses
Goodwill written off
Patent or trademark
Provision for taxes
(If treated non current)
Particular Amount
Profit or gain on sale of
fixed asset
Dividend received
Interest received of
investment
Profit on revaluation
of asset
Fund from operation
14.
Balance Sheet ofM/s ______
Liabilities
as on 31st
March
Assets
as on 31st
March
2006 2007 2006 2007
Capital
Profit/Loss
Appropriation
Bank Loan
Bills Payable
Sundry Creditors
Reserve for
Taxation
18,50,000
14,78,000
12,00,000
4,00,000
14,00,000
2,00,000
21,00,000
17,64,000
9,00,0000
6,80,000
12,20,000
1,80,000
Goodwill (at Cost)
Land and Buildings
Plant and
Machinery
Furniture and
Fittings
Stock/Inventories
Sundry Debtors
Bills Receivable
Bank
Cash
6,00,000
18,50,000
4,74,000
1,94,000
8,26,000
12,00,000
8,00,000
5,00,000
84,000
6,00,000
22,00,000
5,24,000
1,94,000
7,24,000
12,80,000
7,21,000
4,83,000
1,18,000
TOTAL 65,28,000 68,44,000 TOTAL 65,28,000 68,44,000
Example:-
From the following information prepare
i) A Schedule of Changes in Working Capital
ii) A Funds Flow Statement
15.
Balance Sheet ofM/s ______
Liabilities
as on 31st
March
Assets
as on 31st
March
2006 2007 2006 2007
Capital
Profit/Loss Appropriation
Bank Loan
Bills Payable
Sundry Creditors
Reserve for Taxation
18,50,000
14,78,000
12,00,000
4,00,000
14,00,000
2,00,000
21,00,000
17,64,000
9,00,0000
6,80,000
12,20,000
1,80,000
Goodwill (at Cost)
Land and Buildings
Plant and Machinery
Furniture and Fittings
Stock/Inventories
Sundry Debtors
Bills Receivable
Bank
Cash
6,00,000
18,50,000
4,74,000
1,94,000
8,26,000
12,00,000
8,00,000
5,00,000
84,000
6,00,000
22,00,000
5,24,000
1,94,000
7,24,000
12,80,000
7,21,000
4,83,000
1,18,000
TOTAL 65,28,000 68,44,000 TOTAL 65,28,000 68,44,000
Solution :
Working Notes
Identify the Current and Non-Current accounts from within the balance sheet distinctly.
Current Items
Non-Current Items
16.
Schedule/Statement of Changesin Working Capital for the period from 31/03/06 to 31/03/07
Particulars/Account
Balance as on 31st
March Working Capital Change
2006 2007 Increase Decrease
a) CURRENT ASSETS
1) Stock/Inventories
2) Sundry Debtors
3) Bills Receivable
4) Bank
5) Cash
826,000
1,200,000
800,000
500,000
84,000
724,000
1,280,000
721,000
483,000
118,000
80,000
34,000
102,000
79,000
17,000
TOTAL 3,410,000 3,326,000 114,000 198,000
b) CURRENT LIABILITIES
1) Bills Payable
2) Sundry Creditors
3) Provision for Taxation
400,000
1,400,000
200,000
680,000
1,220,000
180,000
180,000
20,000
280,000
TOTAL 2,000,000 2,080,000 200,000 280,000
Working Capital [(a) - (b)] 1,410,000 1,246,000
TOTAL 314,000 478,000
I- Statement/Schedule of Changes in Working Capital
17.
There isa decrease in working capital to the extent of
164,000.
The net change can also be obtained from the working
capital figures relating to the two balance sheet dates.
Change in Working Capital =
Working Capital as on 31/03/07 - Working Capital as on
31/03/06
= 1,246,000 – 1,400,000
= - 164,000
Negative value indicates a decrease in working capital.
Cont’d..,
18.
When thereis no additional data apart from the
balance sheets and we are sure that there are no
other transactions that have affected the non-
current accounts.
Therefore, we may derive the inflow/outflow by
comparing the opening and closing figures.
II - Statement of Changes in Non-Current
accounts (or) A Funds Flow Statement
19.
Statement of changesin Non-Current Accounts
Account
Balance as on 31st
Dec Change
Type Result
2006 2007 Amount Direction
Capital
Profit/Loss
Appropriation
Bank Loan
Land and Building
Plant and Machinery
18,50,000
14,78,000
12,00,000
18,50,000
4,74,000
21,00,000
17,64,000
9,00,000
22,00,000
5,24,000
2,50,000
2,86,000
3,00,000
3,50,000
50,000
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Liability
Liability
Liability
Assets
Assets
Inflow
Inflow
outflow
outflow
outflow
Working notes
20.
Statement of Sourcesand Applications of Funds for the period from 31/03/06 to
31/03/07
Sources/Inflows of Funds Amount
Applications/Outflows
of Funds
Amount
Capital
Funds from Operations
[P/L Appropriation a/c]
2,50,000
2,86,000
Land and Buildings
Plant and Machinery
Bank Loan
3,50,000
50,000
3,00,000
5,36,000 7,00,000
Change in Fund (Working
Capital)
1,64,000
Funds Flow Statement for the period from 31/03/06 to
31/03/07
Since the Applications/outflows are more than the Sources/Inflows of Funds there is a Net
decrease in Fund (Working Capital) = 700,000 – 536,000 = 164,000
Balance Sheet ofM/s ___
Liabilities
As on 31st December
Assets
As on 31st December
2004 2005 2004 2005
Share Capital
Profit and Loss
Appropriation account
Long Term Loan
Sundry Creditors
Bills Payable
10,000
5,000
4,000
8,000
5,000
15,000
8,000
6,000
12,000
3,000
Cash
Debtors
Stock
Machinery
Land
5,000
10,000
10,000
3,000
4,000
8,000
15,000
12,000
5,000
4,000
32,000 44,000 32,000 44,000
Individual Assignment
From the following information prepare
i) A Schedule of Changes in Working Capital
ii) A Funds Flow Statement