Lichtenburg Nut Company Business Plan — Projected Balance Sheet

The balance sheet across the projection, including plant, inventory and the funding position by year.

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Projected Balance Sheet

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Table 53. Projected balance sheet, FY2028 to FY2033

R million unless stated

FY2028

FY2029

FY2030

FY2031

FY2032

FY2033

Cash and cash equivalents

6.3

5.1

9.6

9.9

11.0

10.6

Trade and other receivables

0.0

10.9

16.4

22.9

28.7

33.5

Inventory

4.2

9.9

12.6

15.6

18.2

20.5

Current assets

10.5

25.9

38.6

48.4

57.9

64.6

Property, plant and equipment at cost

105.0

105.0

105.0

124.0

125.9

127.7

Accumulated depreciation

(0.6)

(10.5)

(20.5)

(31.2)

(42.9)

(54.4)

Property, plant and equipment, net

104.3

94.4

84.5

92.8

82.9

73.4

Deferred tax asset

2.6

6.4

8.1

10.0

10.0

9.1

Total assets

117.4

126.6

131.2

151.2

150.8

147.1

Trade and other payables

1.3

4.3

6.3

8.1

9.6

11.0

Employee accruals

0.3

1.0

1.2

1.5

1.7

2.0

Taxation payable

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Revolving working capital facility

0.0

16.9

2.9

26.8

26.0

22.7

Senior term debt

44.0

44.0

44.0

44.0

44.0

38.5

Expansion tranche

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Asset finance

4.8

3.8

2.8

1.7

0.8

0.0

Deferred government grant

0.0

7.5

13.3

12.0

10.8

9.5

Deferred tax liability

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Total liabilities

50.3

77.3

70.5

94.2

92.8

83.7

Share capital

74.0

74.0

96.0

96.0

96.0

96.0

Retained earnings

-7.0

-24.7

-35.3

-39.0

-38.0

-32.6

Total equity

67.0

49.3

60.7

57.0

58.0

63.4

Total equity and liabilities

117.4

126.6

131.2

151.2

150.8

147.1

Balance check

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

The balance check row confirms that total assets equal total liabilities plus equity in every period. The maximum absolute error across all 132 months and all four scenarios is below one rand.

23.1 Balance sheet ratios

Table 54. Balance sheet ratios

R million unless stated

FY2029

FY2030

FY2031

FY2032

FY2033

Net debt

59.5

40.0

62.7

59.7

50.5

Net debt to EBITDA

n/a

17.41x

5.23x

2.94x

2.00x

Gearing (debt to debt plus equity)

56.7%

45.0%

56.0%

54.9%

49.1%

Interest cover (EBITDA to interest)

-0.64x

0.36x

1.43x

2.16x

2.89x

Invested capital

109.9

105.9

121.8

118.5

114.4

Return on invested capital

-9.6%

-4.3%

1.6%

6.0%

9.5%

Return on equity

-30.5%

-19.2%

-6.3%

1.8%

8.8%

Gearing peaks at 57% and falls below 26% by Year 9
Figure 1. Gearing peaks at 57% and falls below 26% by Year 9