Teach AQA A-level Business 3.1.4 Financial management with a complete, ready-to-use resource pack designed for the new specification.
This pack is ideal if you want a full set of teaching materials for one of the most calculation-heavy sections of AQA A-level Business Unit 3.1, without having to build the presentation, workbook and activities from scratch.
It gives you:
A full 190-slide teacher presentation
A comprehensive student activity workbook
27 structured activity worksheets
A teacher answer booklet with suggested responses
Full coverage of the AQA 3.1.4 specification content
Realistic business scenarios students can relate to
Built-in discussion prompts and quick-fire tasks
Activities that support application, calculation, analysis and judgement
A clear structure that reduces planning time
Simply download the resource pack, open the presentation, print or share the workbook, and teach 3.1.4 Financial management with confidence.
What this resource covers
This resource pack covers all content listed in the specification for 3.1.4 Financial management.
Managing finance
Financial objectives
Internal and external sources of finance
Break-even calculations and interpretation
Break-even charts
Profit and different profit measures
Profit, cash and profitability
Budgets and zero-based budgeting
Budget variances
Payables and receivables
Cash-flow forecasting
Ways of improving cash flow
Liquidity ratios
Payable days and receivable days
Income statements
Statements of financial position
Profit margins
Return on capital employed
Return on investment
Gearing
Trends, benchmarking and business context
Assessing financial position and performance
Ethics in finance
What students will do
The student workbook includes 27 activity worksheets. Each activity includes two core tasks and an extension, with tasks carefully sequenced to build confidence and stretch students’ thinking.
Students will complete a range of activities, including:
True or false and multiple-choice tasks
Financial calculations and interpretation
Break-even and margin of safety calculations
Break-even chart analysis
Source of finance decision-making tasks
Budgeting and variance activities
Cash-flow forecast completion and interpretation
Liquidity ratio calculations
Payables and receivables activities
Income statement and statement of financial position tasks
Profitability, ROCE, ROI and gearing calculations
Financial reporting analysis
Overall financial judgement tasks
Ethical finance scenarios
Payment terms and supplier decision-making tasks
Extension judgement questions
The activities help students move from accessible knowledge checks to more developed application, calculation, analysis and judgement.
Why teachers will find it useful
This resource has been designed to save planning time while still giving students plenty of opportunity to think, discuss, calculate and apply their learning.
It gives you a complete structure for teaching 3.1.4 Financial management, with presentation content, classroom prompts, workbook activities and teacher answers already prepared.
The pack is ready to teach, easy to follow and fully focused on the AQA specification.
If you have any questions, get in touch via email: business@twoteachers.co.uk

