BTEC International Level 3 Business

Unit 11: Financial Statements for Public Limited — assessment criteria

Learners will develop an understanding of the importance of completed and well-analysed financial statements for limited companies.

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Assessment criteria

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Pass

7 criteria
A.P1Outline and apply accounting concepts and standards.
A.P2Calculate adjustments to public limited company accounts.
A.P3Prepare end-of-year financial statements for public limited companies.
B.P4Explain the purpose of a limited company’s statement of cash flows.
B.P5Complete a limited company’s statement of cash flows.
C.P6Describe the main purposes of shareholder ratios.
C.P7Calculate shareholder ratios for two limited companies in the same industry.

Merit

5 criteria
A.M1Discuss and assess relevant accounting concepts and standards used in the preparation of the financial statements for a public limited company. of a public limited company
B.M2Analyse the changes in the financial position of a limited company using a statement of cash flows.
C.M3Discuss the merits and limitations of ratio analysis for a limited company.
C.M4Analyse the results of the shareholder ratios for two limited companies in the same industry.
C.M4

Distinction

2 criteria
A.D1Evaluate the significance of financial statements to different stakeholders of a public limited company.
B.D2Evaluate the financial position of the limited company for current stakeholders, using the statement of cash flows.

Command verbs in this unit

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Learning aims

  • A. Examine the end-of-year financial statements for a public limited company
  • B.
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