Clothing Donation Week 2025!

Help the homeless an the vulnerable in the local community by donating to our clothing donation week! Donated clothing items will be dropped off on July 7th to our local charity shop, where funds raised from their sale will go to aiding charitable causes. Use the following link to donate via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/TA6RVUMJ5LW9L We appreciate … Read More

Clothing Donation Week – Please Donate!

This Friday, some of our staff and students will be visiting a local charity shop to drop off clothes that have been graciously donated to us by our students and staff. If you wish to donate, please drop off your unwanted clothes to our office this week and help support local charitable causes!

Classification of costs by behaviour

CLASSIFICATION OF COSTS BY BEHAVIOUR  Classifying costs by behaviour requires you to classify the costs into Variable costs Fixed costs Semi-variable costs Stepped costs Variable costs- these are costs that vary with the level of production or activity. It is usually assumed to vary in direct proportion to production. For example, if you make twice … Read More

High/Low Point Method

HIGH/ LOW POINT METHOD Splitting of semi-variable costs Included in semi-variable costs is an element of both fixed and variable costs. In cost accounting it is important to be able to split these costs and identify the variable costs separately from the fixed costs and this is achieved by using the ‘high/low’ method. The idea … Read More

The Trial Balance

TRIAL BALANCE   The Trial Balance is used to check the arithmetical accuracy of the accounting entries in the ledgers after the last transaction of a trading period has been entered and before the preparation of the Final Accounts. The Trial Balance shows the closing balances of each general ledger account on a periodic bases, … Read More