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Course code: FI-FIN-101
Build confidence in understanding profit, cash flow and business performance. Explore financial statements, pricing and break-even through practical business examples.
Is your business profitable but still short of cash? This course is for business owners who did not train in accounting but need to understand their numbers to make good decisions.
Using practical business examples, you will explore the difference between profit and cash, read the main financial statements, look at pricing and break-even, and prepare better questions for your accountant.
Profit counts sales when they are made, but cash only arrives when customers pay. Stock purchases, loan repayments and slow-paying customers can leave a profitable business short of cash. The course shows you how to spot and plan for this.
Owners of small and medium businesses, including salons, retail shops, F&B outlets and service businesses, who want to understand their numbers and make better financial decisions.
No. This course is designed for business owners without accounting training.
You will be able to read your key numbers with confidence, spot cash shortfalls before they happen, set prices that cover your costs, and make decisions based on data rather than guesswork.
It is the level of sales at which your income covers all your costs, so you make neither a profit nor a loss. Knowing it helps you set prices, plan sales targets and judge whether a new product or service is worth it.
Yes. You will learn to build a simple cash-flow forecast so you can see upcoming shortfalls early and plan for payments such as rent, salaries, stock and loans.
You will practise with sample business examples in class, and you can apply the same steps to your own business afterwards.
No. The concepts work whatever system you use, whether that is accounting software, a spreadsheet or reports from your accountant.
No. This is an educational course. For advice on your specific situation, consult a qualified accountant or adviser.
Reading Financial Statements teaches you how to read the three main statements. Financial Health for Business Owners uses those numbers to manage cash flow, pricing, costs and reserves day to day.
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Learn to interpret the main financial statements and connect the numbers to business questions. A practical introduction for business owners, managers and individual learners.
Explore tax-planning concepts, record preparation and questions to discuss with a qualified adviser. This course does not provide personalised tax advice.
A practical finance course for people in banking, insurance and financial services. Learn to read financial statements, use key ratios and explain risk, return and common financial products with confidence.