The Statement of Financial Position F. Financed By/ Capital Employed
The final section of the Statement of Financial Position shows how the business is financed in the long term. This is called the Capital Structure of the business.
It shows where the money used to run the business has come from. There are three main sources of long-term finance shown in this section:
Share capital is the money raised by a company by issuing shares to investors who would then become shareholders.
Share Capital
Authorised Share Capital: This is the value of the total amount of shares the business is able to issue to investors.
Issued Share Capital: This is the value of shares the company has actually issued to investors. So this figure should be included when calculating Capital Employed.
P&L
Balance (Reserves)
Long-Term Loans
This is the figure that the business has remaining from calculating their Income Statement. This figure has been retained, so can be used to fund the business.
Loans of greater than 5 years should be included, eg, a business may have used a loan to pay for their premises.