Financial management and accountancy - Management accounts

Stock turnover calculatorMany businesses believe that they consistently carry more stock than is needed. As holding stock means tying up cash, then ideally you would want to keep stock at minimum levels to meet sales forecasts and keep production run... Read more

Work in progress monitoring toolWhether your company manufactures goods or supplies services, work in progress (WIP) control is an important element of working capital management. Excess WIP costs money and in the worst cases can end up being unbilla... Read more

Transfer pricing templateTransfer pricing isn't just an issue for global companies trading with each other across borders. It's based on the principle that transactions for goods or services sold between related parties, such as between two connected c... Read more

Doubtful debts calculatorIf you have concerns over the ability of the debtor to pay, it's prudent to establish a provision for the amount of the doubtful debt. Such a debt may become bad in due course, either in part or in full. Alternatively, you mig... Read more

Monthly prepayments calculatorYou can make adjustments to your monthly management accounts for any expense that spans more than one period, e.g. rent. Other common examples of prepayments are insurance, maintenance contracts and business rates. Howev... Read more

Indexing management accountsNearly the entire focus of management accounts is performance against budget and looking at the reasons for variances. However, comparisons with how you were doing this time last year, i.e. "growth", are also critical. Addin... Read more

Balance sheet ratios reportDirectors probably place more emphasis on the profit and loss account than the numbers. However, it's worth drawing their attention to what the balance sheet has to say about the company too, by using balance sheet ratios. B... Read more