Group statement of cash flows
1.1 Consolidated statement of cash flows for the year ended [date]
$m | $m | ||
Operating Activities | |||
Operating profit | X | ||
Depreciation | X | ||
Impairment | X | ||
Gain/Loss on Disposal of Tangibles | (X)/X | ||
Gain/Loss on Sale of Subsidiary | (X)/X | ||
Inventory | (X)/X | ||
Receivables | (X)/X | ||
Payables | X/(X) | ||
Cash generated from operations | X | ||
Tax Paid | (X) | ||
Cash generated from operating activities | X | ||
Investing Activities | |||
Sale Proceeds from Tangibles | X | ||
Purchase of Tangibles | (X) | ||
Dividend Received from Associate | X | ||
Acquisition/Disposal of Sub | (X)/X | ||
Interest received | X | ||
Dividends Received | X | ||
Cash generated from investing activities | X | ||
Financing Activities | |||
Proceeds from Share Issue | X | ||
Loan Issue/Repayment | X/(X) | ||
Interest paid | (X) | ||
Dividend paid to NCI | (X) | ||
Dividend paid to parent shareholders | (X) | ||
Cash generated from financing activities | X | ||
Change in cash and cash equivalents | X/(X) | ||
Opening cash and cash equivalents | X | ||
Closing cash and cash equivalents | X |
2 Dividend paid to the non-controlling interest
Non-controlling interest | |||
B/f | X | ||
Dividend paid (β) | X | Profit | X |
Disposal of sub. | X | Acquisition of sub. | X |
C/f | X | ||
X | X | ||
3 Dividend received from associate
Associate | |||
B/f | X | ||
Profit | X | Dividend paid (β) | X |
C/f | X | ||
X | X | ||
4 Acquisition/disposal of subsidiary
The acquisition or disposal of a subsidiary during the year is shown as a net cash outflow or inflow within investing activities to show the net cash paid to acquire the subsidiary or net cash received on disposal of a subsidiary.
An indirect adjustment is also required to adjust for any other balances (e.g. PPE, inventory, receivables, and payables) consolidated as part of the acquisition or disposed of as part of the disposal.
Only cash movements enter this statement. Borrowings that arrive inside an acquired subsidiary’s net assets, and the liability recognised when a lease begins, are non-cash and appear nowhere in it. Where there is both a new loan and a repayment, present the inflow and the outflow separately rather than one net figure.
Working capital movement
Inventory | Receivables | Payables | |
Opening | X | X | X |
Acquisition/(disposal) | X/(X) | X/(X) | X/(X) |
Expected | X | X | X |
Closing (actual) | X | X | X |
Movement | ↑or ↓ | ↑or ↓ | ↑ or ↓ |
5 Other cash flow issues
Format
You will remember from your FR studies that there is an alternative format for cash flow statements known as the Direct Method. Companies using this method report operating cash flows in a different way:
Operating CF | |
Receipts from customers | X |
Payments to suppliers | (X) |
etc |
Although it is unlikely that you would be asked to draft cash flow extracts using the direct method you should learn the following points:
The direct method is preferred by IAS 7 because it gives users information not readily otherwise available in the financial statements.
The direct method is not normally used by companies, because, to do so, would take extra time and create additional expense.
Pensions
Pensions should de dealt with as follows:
Add back service costs in operating cash flows as a non-cash-item (like depreciation).
Deduct contributions paid in operating cash flows as a cash outflow.
IFRS 18 requires that:
Interest received and dividends received MUST be classified as INVESTING activities.
Interest paid and dividends paid MUST be classified as FINANCING activities.
Where the indirect method is used, the cash flow statement must start with OPERATING PROFIT.







