496·Business · GCSE
Cash Is
Not Profit
GCSE Business Knowledge Mat — Finance (PDF)
A business can be profitable on paper and still run out of money to pay its staff — how? Where finance comes from, internal and external, and the DfE's own test of suitability; revenue, costs and the two kinds of profit; a break-even chart with the crossing point computed, not guessed; all five DfE formulae, gross and net margin to average rate of return; a worked break-even calculation. Twelve terms to define, a model answer on why profit isn't cash, and the misconceptions that cost marks.
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One purchase covers the school that buys it. Print it, copy it, hand it round your department. Not for passing to other schools or uploading anywhere.
One landscape A4 page on one part of the GCSE Business course, anchored to the DfE's own subject content (DFE-00203-2015) and Ofqual's national assessment objectives (Ofqual/16/5879) rather than a board's paraphrase — so it holds whichever specification a department follows. It carries sources of finance, revenue/costs/profit, a computed break-even chart, all five DfE formulae and a worked break-even calculation — then the vocabulary, a worked exam-style answer and the misconceptions that cost marks.
Every photograph on the sheet is a real image, not an illustration and not AI-generated, licensed for reuse and credited on the sheet; every figure — the break-even chart, the marketing mix, market segmentation — is drawn in code, with its numbers computed rather than guessed. Every claim is sourced to the DfE and Ofqual documents, and nothing is reproduced from a past paper, a textbook or a specification.
Sold by subject: all four Business sheets for one price. A knowledge organiser stores a unit and is revised from afterwards; this is meant to be on the table while the work is happening.
- Written to The DfE GCSE business subject content (DFE-00203-2015) and Ofqual's national assessment objectives (Ofqual/16/5879), quoted; no board's specification or mark scheme. Every photograph is licensed and credited on the sheet; every figure is drawn in code with its numbers computed
- Intended for business studies teachers — on the desk during the lesson, not a student revision guide
- Extent 1 page · 8 sections
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