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Eduqas A-Level Business past-paper questions on BA.4 Analysing financial performance, 2016–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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All 40 questions on Analysing financial performance, as a list
- June 2025, Component 2, Q2(a) (2 marks): Describe the term working capital.
- June 2025, Component 2, Q2(b) (1 mark): Calculate working capital for The Everything Shop Ltd.
- June 2025, Component 2, Q2(c) (1 mark): Calculate net assets for The Everything Shop Ltd.
- June 2025, Component 2, Q2(d) (6 marks): Evaluate The Everything Shop Ltd’s working capital.
- June 2024, Component 2, Q3(a) (3 marks): With the use of an example, describe what is meant by current liabilities.
- June 2024, Component 2, Q3(c) (3 marks): Calculate the acid test ratio for 2022 and 2023 Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
- June 2024, Component 2, Q3(d) (4 marks): With reference to the data and your calculations for 3(c), evaluate one way Bread and
- June 2023, Component 2, Q4(b) (3 marks): Calculate the percentage change in the level of working capital between 2021 and 2022
- June 2023, Component 2, Q4(c) (3 marks): Calculate the gearing ratio for 2021 and 2022
- June 2023, Component 2, Q4(d) (10 marks): With reference to your answers for questions (b) and (c) and qualitative information,
- June 2022, Component 2, Q1(a) (2 marks): Outline what is meant by depreciation.
- June 2022, Component 2, Q1(b) (3 marks): Calculate the value of this car after 4 years.
- June 2022, Component 2, Q2(a) (2 marks): Outline what is meant by an adverse variance.
- June 2022, Component 2, Q2(b)(i) (1 mark): Calculate the actual sales revenue.
- June 2022, Component 2, Q2(b)(ii) (1 mark): Raw materials variance.
- June 2022, Component 2, Q2(b)(iii) (1 mark): uction methods. Budgeted Actual Variance (£) (£) (£) Sales revenue 1 200 000 (i) 180 000 Adverse Raw materials 200 000 180 500 (ii) Labour 230 000 240 250 (iii)
- June 2022, Component 2, Q2(c) (6 marks): Discuss two ways the manufacturing business may respond to these variances.
- June 2022, Component 2, Q3(a) (2 marks): Calculate the return on capital employed for 2020 Show your answer to 2 decimal
- June 2022, Component 3, Q4.2 (20 marks): b) Consider the view that financial performance indicators are always a better measure of success than non-financial performance indicators. [20] 0 4 Performanc
- Autumn 2021, Component 2, Q3 (6 marks): Some entrepreneurs believe that they are far too busy running their businesses to worry about
- Autumn 2021, Component 2, Q4(b) (2 marks): Using the information in Table 2, calculate the current ratio for Just Eat for 2017
- Autumn 2021, Component 2, Q4(c) (3 marks): Assess the liquidity position of Just Eat.
- Autumn 2020, Component 2, Q2(a) (2 marks): Calculate the annual depreciation of the digger using the straight-line method. Show your
- Autumn 2020, Component 2, Q2(c) (3 marks): Calculate the gearing ratio without the proposed investment in the digger. Give your
- Autumn 2020, Component 2, Q6(a) (3 marks): Explain one way a business could window-dress its acounts.
- Autumn 2020, Component 2, Q6(b) (14 marks): Using profit margin ratios, the return on capital employed ratio and the other information
- June 2019, Component 2, Q1(a) (2 marks): Outline the meaning of the term fixed assets (non-current assets).
- June 2019, Component 2, Q1(b) (2 marks): Using the information provided, calculate the working capital for Gifts Galore Ltd.
- June 2019, Component 2, Q1(c) (6 marks): With reference to the balance sheet extract, assess the level of working capital for Gifts
- June 2018, Component 2, Q3(a) (3 marks): Calculate the variances stating whether they are favourable (F) or adverse (A).
- June 2018, Component 2, Q3(b) (8 marks): Explain possible causes for these variances and suggest suitable ways that Robert
- June 2018, Component 2, Q3(c)(i) (2 marks): State the meaning of the term shareholders’ funds.
- June 2018, Component 2, Q3(c)(ii) (2 marks): Calculate the total long-term (non-current) liabilities for 2016
- June 2018, Component 2, Q3(c)(iii) (1 mark): Calculate the capital employed for 2017
- June 2018, Component 2, Q3(d)(i) (3 marks): Use the information provided to calculate the current ratio for both years.
- June 2018, Component 2, Q3(d)(ii) (3 marks): Assess whether Robert Chambers & Sons Ltd would consider these ratios to be
- June 2017, Component 2, Q2(a)(i) (4 marks): 885.7 Total Assets – Total Liabilities 3198.8 Shareholders’ Funds (Total Equity) 3198.8 (a) Use the information provided to calculate and outline the meaning of
- June 2017, Component 2, Q2(a)(ii) (4 marks): 885.7 Total Assets – Total Liabilities 3198.8 Shareholders’ Funds (Total Equity) 3198.8 (a) Use the information provided to calculate and outline the meaning of
- June 2017, Component 2, Q2(b) (6 marks): With reference to the data, explain the reasons why Marks and Spencer depreciates the
- June 2017, Component 3, Q1(b) (10 marks): Calculate the net profit margin, acid test and gearing ratios for 2014 and 2015 and use
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