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Cash flow statement

for the period ended 30 June 2019

Notes

2019
$

2018
$

Original Budget 2019
$

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Cash received

Appropriations

15,125,709

14,502,406

3,852,000

Sale of goods and rendering of services

13,192,860

12,081,800

10,767,000

GST received

426,722

16,000

Other

33,000

24,981

2,000

Total cash received

28,778,291

26,609,187

14,637,000

Cash used

Employee benefits

(9,926,172)

(8,667,396)

(10,302,000)

Suppliers

(4,555,009)

(4,435,478)

(4,305,000)

GST paid

(1,068,491)

(486,414)

Section 74 receipts transferred to OPA

(12,566,560)

(12,454,507)

Total cash used

(28,116,232)

(26,043,795)

(14,607,000)

Net cash from/(used by) operating activities

662,059

565,392

30,000

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Cash received

Contribution towards purchase of leasehold improvements, plant and equipment

600,000

Total cash received

600,000

Cash used

Purchase of leasehold improvements, plant and equipment

(444,577)

(2,077,330)

(189,000)

Total cash used

(444,577)

(2,077,330)

(189,000)

Net cash used by investing activities

(444,577)

(1,477,330)

(189,000)

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Cash received

Contributed equity

425,792

1,310,954

189,000

Total cash received

425,792

1,310,954

189,000

Net cash from financing activities

425,792

1,310,954

189,000

Net increase/(decrease) in cash held

643,274

399,016

30,000

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period

1,017,446

618,430

444,000

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period

1,660,720

1,017,446

474,000

The above statement should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

Budget variances commentary

Australian Institute of Family Studies ‘the Institute’ original budgeted financial statement was first presented to Parliament in respect of the reporting period in the 2018/19 PBS.

Explanations of major variance between actual and original budgeted amounts for 2018/19 are provided where the variance is greater than 10% for a line item or greater than $251,000 unless the variance is a trivial amount.

Explanations of major variances

Affected line items

The presentation of the Cash Flow Statement in the PBS does not require entities to account for the return of section 74 receipts to the OPA and the redrawing of these funds from the relevant Appropriation Item. Subsequently, the Cash Flow Statement presented in the 2018/19 Financial Statements identifies significantly higher amounts of ‘Cash received’ and ‘Cash used’ than in the PBS.

Appropriation, Section 74 receipts transferred to OPA

The majority of the Institute’s revenue is earned from commissioned research and/or evaluation projects. The Institute’s estimated revenue as published in the 2018/19 PBS was based on an assumption of revenue to be earned from long-term continuing projects along with an assumption of the value of work the Institute would be contracted to deliver in the financial year, based on historical trends.

During 2018/19 the total value of revenue received for research and evaluation the Institute was commissioned to deliver was more than historical averages, resulting in a higher value of unearned income carried forward to future periods.

Sale of goods and rendering of services

The Institute incurred additional costs in data collection, travel and relocation costs including legal advice relating to signing of the new leasehold.

Suppliers

Employee numbers were below budgeted as new projects took time to engage new employees, resulting in reduced employee benefits.

Employee benefits

The Institute completed fit out of new premises at 40 City Road, Southbank, Including new telephony, and also upgraded it's Information Systems Technology.

Purchase of leasehold improvements, plant and equipment