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Essay Assignment: Bega Cheese Limited
Essay Assignment:Bega Cheese Limited
Essay Assignment: Bega Cheese Limited Company Analysis Structured Report. Based on your analysis of relevant information relating to Bega Cheese Limited, you’re required to prepare a structured report (see recommended structure detailed below) with focus on the profitability, efficiency, liquidity and gearing.
Business entities likeBega are accountable for generating profits with the assets employed. In addition, they must pay their debts when they fall due, and plan for future profits. As part of your assessment of Bega, you’re required to calculate specific ratios for each of the years being considered using data from the financial statements in the annual reports. The ratios should support your analysis.
Essay Assignment:Bega Cheese Limited
Your report should cover a three year period for the years ending June 30th 2014 to 2016, and should be sufficiently broad in scope to demonstrate your understanding of your findings following the analysis. The 2017 annual report has recently been released, however your ratio calculations and the focus of your report is to be based on the 2014, 2015 and 2016 annual reports. Detailed requirements and mark allocations are shown below. Bega Cheese 2016 annual report (PDF 4.7 MB) is provided for you. Note that you’ll still have to research previous years.
Related learning outcomes
This assignment assesses the following unit learning outcomes:
Apply accounting tools to prepare financial reports for both external and internal business use.
Research and interpret financial information in order to analyse problems and to aid business decision making.
Organise and communicate financial information, supported by well-reasoned arguments as appropriate.
Work both independently and as a member of a diverse team.
Assignment 3: Suggested structure
Title page*
Executive summary* (write this at the end as it provides a snapshot of the whole report, including your findings and recommendations)
Essay Assignment:Bega Cheese Limited
Table of contents*
Introduction and purpose of analysis
Company and industry background
Analysis of the financial report data (you may like to split into the following categories)
Profitability
Efficiency
Liquidity
Gearing
Conclusion and summary
Appendices (including tables, graphs, ratios and all calculations)*
References* (Harvard style)
*Not included in word count
Word/time limit: 2000 (+/- 10%) Excludes: Title page; Table of contents; Executive summary; Graphs, tables, diagrams, figures; Appendices; Reference list.
