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FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY

2020

SECTION A (COMPULSORY)

Question 1

Cora PLC is a listed and well-established supermarket chain operating through much of the UK. Its summarised financial statements for the last 3 financial years, 2017 to

2019, are below:

Cora PLC

Income Statement for the year ended 30th April

Turnover

Cost of Sales

Gross profit

Operating Expenses

Operating Profit

Interest received

Interest paid

Profit Before Tax

Tax

Profit after tax

Dividends

Retained profit for the year

Statement of Financial Position as at 30th April

Non-Current Assets

Property       Machinery    Investments

Current Assets

Stock        Debtors    Securities Cash

Total Assets

Current Liabilities

Bank overdraft Trade creditors

Net current assets

Total assets less current liabilities

Non-Current Liabilities

Long-term loan

Total net assets

Capital and reserves

Share capital (£1) Retained profit

2017

£m

8,103 (7,424)

2018

£m

9,519 (8,682)

2019

£m 10,646 (9,654)

679

(152)

837

(212)

992

(572)

527

84 (149)

625

108 (180)

420

185 (237)

462

(162)

553

(201)

368

(225)

300

(21)

352

(46)

143

(33)

279

306

110

2017

£m

2018

£m

2019

£m

1,983

1,256

3

3,225

1,074

3

4,158

1,170

2

3,242

4,302

5,330

320

30

2

38

347

75

306

447

33

54

452

57

390

1175

596

3,632

5,477

5,926

495

608

750

678

693

750

1,103

1,428

1,443

(713)

(253)

(847)

2,529

4,049

4,483

648

810

1112

1,881

3,239

3,371

1,485

396

2,536

703

2,558

813

1,881 3,239 3,371

Additional information:

1.  On 15 April 2019 a fire at one of the company’s warehouses destroyed some of the stock, resulting in a damage valued at £300m. The charge for this damage was made against the operating expenses.

2.  On  1 May 2019 a  new  CEO joined Cora  PLC. On  her first statement to the shareholders, she identified Mercator PLC, another supermarket chain, as the

main competitor to her company. The summarised statements for Mercator PLC for the last 3 financial years, 2017 to 2019, are below:

Mercator PLC

Income Statement for the year ended 30th April

Turnover

Cost of Sales

Gross profit

Operating Expenses

Operating Profit

Interest received

Interest paid

Profit Before Tax

Tax

Profit after tax

Dividends

Retained profit for the year

Statement of Financial Position as at 30th April

Non-Current Assets Property

Machinery    Investments

Stock        Debtors    Securities Cash

Total Assets

Current Liabilities

Bank overdraft Trade creditors

Net current assets

Total assets less current liabilities

Non-Current Liabilities

Long-term loan

Total net assets

Capital and reserves

2017

£m 10,395 (9,453)

2018

£m

11,720 (10,575)

2019

£m

13,043 (11,738)

942

(240)

1,145

(315)

1,305

(384)

702

119

(144)

830

119

(173)

921

177 (156)

677

(210)

776

(245)

942

(278)

467

(101)

531

(146)

664

(239)

366

385

425

2017

£m

3,183

924

29

2018

£m

3,732

1,089

32

2019

£m 4,500 1,250

47

4,136

4,853

5,797

462

138

78

209

542

170

36

165

543

116

333

261

887

913

1,253

5,023

723

722

5,766

815

834

7,050

962

867

1,445

(558)

1,649

(736)

1,829

(576)

3,578

4,117

5,221

1,470

1,608

1,259

2,108

2,509

3,962

1,350

758

1,366

1,143

2,394

1,568

2,108 2,509 3,962