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This 7 page paper is an investment appraisal based in a case supplied by the student. The case concerns a social project with all costs given, including inflation and discount rates, but not income is indicated. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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File: TS14_TEinvappsp.rtf
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therapy Association (DTA) there are a range of costs, initial capital outlay, ongoing annual costs and the renewal of capital equipment over the period of time. To consider if the
project is a worthwhile investment the first stage is to calculate these costs and convert them into todays value so that the true cost of the project is appreciated. We
can then consider if this cost appears to be one that is worthwhile or one that may be too high. When assessing the project we are not given income figures,
but we are told it is expected to become self funding eventually, and as such the discussion on the benefits will need to look beyond the figures alone. We also
need to look at the value there is in the project in furthering the aims and goals of the organisation as well as the social benefits that may result from
the investment. The first stage is to calculate the costs. The first stage is to look at the initial investment costs for the capital items. Table 1Initial capital
costs Capital costs Portacabin (6 years) 6,670 Portaloos (2 years) 3,105 Rotavators (3 years) 3,054.40 Multilink Polytunnel (2 Years) 2,850 Fog system (3 years) 1,700 Mini bus (3 years)
10,000 Hand tools 380 Total 27,759 We have not included the clothing as this is needed at the beginning, but it is also a yearly expense so this is
included in the annual expenses. Next we need to look at the running costs, these are the yearly costs and also the costs of replacing the equipment as the lives
come to an end. It is assumed that each piece of equipment will have a nil value at the end of its useful life. We can calculate the cost
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