Monday 11 March 2013

Financial aspects of a business

In this part of the assignment I'm going to write about the start up costs, fixed and variable costs for my business. 

Start up costs

This is the amount of money used to begin a business. Money need to be spent on capital items.

Rent

East London EC1, EC2, EC3
Around 60 sq. m. premises
£12,000 per annum
Rates (council tax) about £100 per month

Utilities
Gas, electricity, light – about £200 per month
TV, phone, internet £35 per month (£50 installation tax) Virgin Media

Software System
Microsoft Word - Office home and business 2013 - £220

Insurance
Around £50 per month

Equipment
Camera £150
Television £300
3 Computers £700 each - £2100
Printer £80
Phones £55 (triple pack)
Digital Screen £300
Light panels for posters £200
CCTV cameras – 4 cameras for £400

Office furniture (if the office is unfurnished)
3 Computer tables £100 each - £300
3 chairs £50 each - £150
3 shelves £50 each - £150
3 Multi drawer Cabinets £50 each - £150
Wall clock - £10
3 plastic waste bins £5 each - £15

Stationery
A4 back lit papers for light panels (packed in 50 sheets) £35
Paper A4 (3 packs) £5 each - £15
Paper A3 (2 packs) £6 each - £12
Pens (20 in pack) £4 each - £8 (2 packs)
Pencils (6 in pack) £2.20 each - £6.60 (3 packs)
Markers (4 in pack) £5 each pack - £15 (3 packs)
Ink for the printer - £20
10 Notebooks - £12
Storage boxes - £13 (pack of 10)
Sticky notes (3 per pack) £2 - £6 (3 packs)
Coloured folders (50 per pack) - £5
Assorted folders (5 per pack) £3 - £9 (3 packs)

Total: £17,171.60

Fixed Costs

These costs don’t change. They may increase or decrease over time.

Rent 

£12,000 per annum - £1000 per month
Rates (council tax) about £100 per month

Utilities

TV, phone, internet £35 per month

Insurance

about £50 per month

Permanent staff/wages

about £2500 per month for two people 


Total fixed costs: 3,685 per month


Variable costs

These are the corporate expenses that vary with the production output. These costs are depending on a company’s volume.

Utilities

gas, electricity, water - about £200 per month

Stationery

Depending on how many pens, pencils, paper packs and etc. we need every month the costs may vary - roughly £150

Marketing/Advertising

Depending on how we advertise the business - roughly £6000 for 6 months (£1000 per month)

Total variable costs: £1,350 per month 



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1 comment:

  1. u16 p4 Fixed, Variable start-up and operational costs all well described. Good use of references too.

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