Cash-flow forecasting and working capital
5.2What the syllabus asks of you
- The importance of cash and of cash-flow forecasting: Why cash is important to a business
- The importance of cash and of cash-flow forecasting: What a cash-flow forecast is, how a simple one is constructed and the importance of it
- The importance of cash and of cash-flow forecasting: Amend or complete a simple cash-flow forecast
- The importance of cash and of cash-flow forecasting: How to interpret a simple cash-flow forecast
- The importance of cash and of cash-flow forecasting: How a short-term cash-flow problem might be overcome, e.g. overdraft, delaying supplier payments, asking debtors to pay more quickly
- Working capital: The concept and importance of working capital
Read the notes first
Chapter 5: Cash-flow forecasting and working capital
Drill this topic
All 19 questions on Cash-flow forecasting and working capital, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
Make a worksheet
Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
19 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.

