Question 6 Mowbray Ltd makes and sells one product, the standard costs of which are as follows: Direct materials (3 kg at £2.50/kg) Direct labour (7¹/2 minutes at £18.00/hr) Fixed overheads Selling price Standard profit margin The monthly production and sales are planned to be 1,200 units. The actual results for May were as follows: Sales revenue Direct materials Direct labour Fixed overheads Operating profit £ 18,000 (7,400) (2,300) (4,100) 4,200 £ (7.50) (2.25) (3.60) (13.35) 20.00 6.65 (2,800 kg) (127.5 hr) There were no inventories at the start or end of May. As a result of poor sales demand during May, the business reduced the price of all sales by 10 per cent. Required: Calculate the budgeted profit for May and reconcile it to the actual profit through variances, going into as much detail as is possible from the information available.

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Mowbray Ltd makes and sells one product, the standard costs of which are as follows:
Direct materials (3 kg at £2.50/kg)
Direct labour (7¹/2 minutes at £18.00/hr)
Fixed overheads
Selling price
Standard profit margin
The monthly production and sales are planned to be 1,200 units.
The actual results for May were as follows:
Sales revenue
Direct materials
Direct labour
Fixed overheads
Operating profit
£
£
(7.50)
(2.25)
(3.60)
(13.35)
20.00
6.65
18,000
(7,400)
(2,300)
(4,100)
4,200
(2,800 kg)
(127.5 hr)
There were no inventories at the start or end of May. As a result of poor sales demand during
May, the business reduced the price of all sales by 10 per cent.
Required:
Calculate the budgeted profit for May and reconcile it to the actual profit through variances, going
into as much detail as is possible from the information available.
Transcribed Image Text:Question 6 Mowbray Ltd makes and sells one product, the standard costs of which are as follows: Direct materials (3 kg at £2.50/kg) Direct labour (7¹/2 minutes at £18.00/hr) Fixed overheads Selling price Standard profit margin The monthly production and sales are planned to be 1,200 units. The actual results for May were as follows: Sales revenue Direct materials Direct labour Fixed overheads Operating profit £ £ (7.50) (2.25) (3.60) (13.35) 20.00 6.65 18,000 (7,400) (2,300) (4,100) 4,200 (2,800 kg) (127.5 hr) There were no inventories at the start or end of May. As a result of poor sales demand during May, the business reduced the price of all sales by 10 per cent. Required: Calculate the budgeted profit for May and reconcile it to the actual profit through variances, going into as much detail as is possible from the information available.
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