Requirement​ 1: Prepare Aggrava ​Ltd's inventories budget​ (in units) for September to December. Requirement​ 2: Prepare the information relevant to inventories purchases that would appear in the cash budget for the period. Requirement​ 3: State the value of trade payables that would appear in the budgeted statement of financial position as at 31

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Aggrava
Limited is currently preparing budgets for September to December. Its estimated sales figures in units are as​ follows:
 
September
October
November
December
Sales (units)
13,794
6,713
3,381
19,210
 
Inventories at 31 August totalled
15,378
​units, and inventories are to be kept at a constant level for all months except​ December, when opening inventories on 1 December are to be increased to
21,639.
Inventories will revert to the normal level on 31 December.
Inventories will cost
​£4
per unit until the end of​ October, when the price will increase to
​£6
per​ unit, and suppliers allow
Aggrava
Ltd to pay in the month following an order. Other relevant information is that
6,710
units were bought in August.
 
Requirement​ 1:
Prepare
Aggrava
​Ltd's inventories budget​ (in units) for September to December.
Requirement​ 2:
Prepare the information relevant to inventories purchases that would appear in the cash budget for the period.
Requirement​ 3:
State the value of trade payables that would appear in the budgeted statement of financial position as at 31
Requirement​ 1:
Aggrava
​Ltd's sales budget​ (in units) is as​ follows:
​(Fill in the relevant cells with its corresponding​ figures.)
 
 
September
October
November
December
Opening inventories (A)
 
 
 
 
Sales forecast (B)
 
 
 
 
A - B = (C)
 
 
 
 
Inventories purchase* (E - C)
 
 
 
 
Closing inventories (E)
 
 
 
 
 
​* same as​ 'sales forecast' for each month except November and​ December, when inventories increase and then revert to normal.
Requirement​ 2: Relevant information for the cash budget is as​ follows:
​(Fill in the relevant cells with its corresponding​ figures.)
 
 
August
September
October
November
December
Inventories purchased (units) (A)
 
13,794
6,713
9,642
12,949
Cost per unit (£) (B)
4
4
4
6
6
Cost of inventories bought [A*B = (C)]
 
 
 
 
 
Cash outflow (£)
 
 
 
 
 
Requirement​ 3:
 
The value of trade payables that would appear in the budgeted statement of financial position as at 31 December is
 
​(Type an​ integer.)
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