State the reasons for the significant deterioration of the cash balance in the cash budget above given the operating profits recorded in the budgeted income statement.

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State the reasons for the significant deterioration of the cash balance in the cash budget above given the operating profits recorded in the budgeted income statement.

Vardy Virtual Viewing Ltd's Finance Department has prepared the following cash budget and budgeted income
statement for the first 3 months of the 2021/22 budget year, a period in which the company is expected to
return to profit.
Cash budget
January
February
March
Opening balance
10,056
(13,860)
(58,499)
RECEIPTS:
Cash sales
Credit sales
554,580
1,273,145
1,827,725
544,855
569,415
1,260,000
1.297,722
1,867,137
Total receipts
1,804,855
PAYΜENTS
(571,699)
(235,668)
(288,368)
(243,700)
(313,955)
(175,380)
(1,828,770) (1,872,365)
(23,916)
(598,922)
(229,000)
(299,903)
(243,700)
(321,952)
(178,888)
(626,529)
(223,457)
(310,339)
(243,700)
(330,808)
(176,991)
1,911,824)
(44,687)
Materials cash purchases
Materials credit purchases
Operating expenses
Fixed overheads
Production labour
Administration costs
Total payments:
(44,640)
(58,499)
Net cash flow
Balance c/f
(13,860)
(103,187)
Budgeted income statement
January
February
March
1,818,000
1,852,302
(1,060,500) (1,080,509) 1.110,524)
771,792
Sales
1,903,755
Cost of sales
Gross profit
757,500
793,231
Operating expenses
Fixed overheads
Administration costs
(299,903)
(285,873)
(175,380)
(761,156)
(310,339)
(285,873)
(178,888)
(775,100)
(319,533)
(285,873)
(176,991)
(782,398)
Total expenses
Operating profit/(loss)
The following information is relevant to the cash budget:
1 Credit customers are allowed one month's credit on sales;
z Credit suppliers allow one month credit on raw materials purchases;
(3,656)
(3,307)
10,833
3. Materials and production labour costs are included in the cost of sales in the budgeted income statement,
Transcribed Image Text:Vardy Virtual Viewing Ltd's Finance Department has prepared the following cash budget and budgeted income statement for the first 3 months of the 2021/22 budget year, a period in which the company is expected to return to profit. Cash budget January February March Opening balance 10,056 (13,860) (58,499) RECEIPTS: Cash sales Credit sales 554,580 1,273,145 1,827,725 544,855 569,415 1,260,000 1.297,722 1,867,137 Total receipts 1,804,855 PAYΜENTS (571,699) (235,668) (288,368) (243,700) (313,955) (175,380) (1,828,770) (1,872,365) (23,916) (598,922) (229,000) (299,903) (243,700) (321,952) (178,888) (626,529) (223,457) (310,339) (243,700) (330,808) (176,991) 1,911,824) (44,687) Materials cash purchases Materials credit purchases Operating expenses Fixed overheads Production labour Administration costs Total payments: (44,640) (58,499) Net cash flow Balance c/f (13,860) (103,187) Budgeted income statement January February March 1,818,000 1,852,302 (1,060,500) (1,080,509) 1.110,524) 771,792 Sales 1,903,755 Cost of sales Gross profit 757,500 793,231 Operating expenses Fixed overheads Administration costs (299,903) (285,873) (175,380) (761,156) (310,339) (285,873) (178,888) (775,100) (319,533) (285,873) (176,991) (782,398) Total expenses Operating profit/(loss) The following information is relevant to the cash budget: 1 Credit customers are allowed one month's credit on sales; z Credit suppliers allow one month credit on raw materials purchases; (3,656) (3,307) 10,833 3. Materials and production labour costs are included in the cost of sales in the budgeted income statement,
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