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Notes to the financial statements

Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2003

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Part 3: Departmental financial statements (continued)

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 June 2003

Note 1: Budget composition

  Note 30/6/2003 Main
estimates

$000
30/6/2003 Supp.
estimates
changes
$000
30/6/2003 Budget
total

$000
Revenue        
Crown 2 8,271 26 8,297
Other 3 2,146 1,844 3,990
Total revenue   10,417 1,870 12,287
Expenditure        
Personnel costs 6 4,371 (24) 4,347
Operating costs 7 5,564 2,004 7,568
Depreciation 8 350 (110) 240
Capital charge 9 132 - 132
Total expenses   10,417 1,870 12,287
Net operating surplus   - - -

Note 2: Revenue - Crown

This is revenue earned for the supply of outputs to the Crown.

Note 3: Other revenue

  30/6/2002 Actual

$000
30/6/2003 Actual

$000
30/6/2003 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2003 Supp.
estimates
$000
Net gain on sale of assets (Note 4)
8 - - -
New Zealand Defence Force for initial project costs 1,073 4,338 2,146 3,990
Total other revenue 1,081 4,338 2,146 3,990

Note 4: Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment

  30/6/2002 Actual

$000
30/6/2003 Actual

$000
Computer equipment
5 -
Office furniture
3 -
Net gain on sale of property, plant and equipment 8 -

Note 5: Interest revenue

The Ministry invests foreign currency cash held prior to making payments with financial institutions that the Ministry deals with. All interest earned on short-term deposits is returned to the Crown.

Note 6: Personnel costs

  30/6/2002 Actual

$000
30/6/2003 Actual

$000
30/6/2003 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2003 Supp.
estimates
$000
Salaries and wages
3,686 3,921 4,359 4,335
Retirement and resigning leave
30 26 12 12
Total personnel costs 3,716 3,947 4,371 4,347

Note 7: Operating costs

  30/6/2002 Actual

$000
30/6/2003 Actual

$000
30/6/2003 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2003 Supp.
estimates
$000
Consultancy 177 - - -
Professional services 217 20 80 80
Audit fees for financial statements 75 70 70 70
Fees to auditors for other services
- 30 - -
Share of New Zealand Defence Force costs for maintaining services 534 595 521 580
Grants and contributions
77 76 98 85
Inventory items
185 142 200 101
General maintenance and servicing
110 102 141 142
Travel and related costs
314 305 501 479
Courses, conferences and exhibitions
136 98 137 137
Rental of premises
722 722 722 722
Initial projects costs
       
C-130 aircraft life of type study
1,068 1,428 1,751 1,836
Joint command and control system
55 1,260 - 844
Light operational vehicles
24 199 - 244
New naval ships
19 856 - 450
P-3 mission system upgrade
14 64 - 185
C-130 H life extension
- 34 - 185
Replacement jet aircraft
- 682 - 490
Other projects
- - 395 -
Other operating costs 562 618 948 938
Total operating costs 4,289 7,301 5,564 7,568

Note 8: Depreciation

  30/6/2002 Actual

$000
30/6/2003 Actual

$000
30/6/2003 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2003 Supp.
estimates
$000
Leasehold improvements
56 89 106 100
Office and computer equipment
80 67 107 65
Motor vehicles 1 - - -
Other assets 158 75 137 75
Total depreciation charge 295 231 350 240

Note 9: Capital charge

The Ministry pays a capital charge to the Crown on its average taxpayers' funds as at 30 June and 31 December each year. The capital charge rate for the year ended 30 June 2003 was 8 percent (30 June 2002 = 9 percent).

Note 10: Debtors and receivables

  30/6/2002 Actual
$000
30/6/2003 Actual
$000
Sundry debtors - department
1,276 1,789
Sundry debtors - non department 10 19
Total debtors and receivables 1,286 1,808

Note 11: Property, plant and equipment

  30/6/2002 Actual
$000
30/6/2003 Actual
$000
Leasehold improvements
   
At cost 491 511
Accumulated depreciation (234) (322)
Leasehold improvements - net book value 257 189
Office and computer equipment
   
At cost
793 837
Accumulated depreciation
(682) (749)
Office and computer equipment - net book value 111 88
Office furniture
   
At cost
262 262
Accumulated depreciation
(262) (262)
Office furniture - net book value - -
Other assets
   
At cost
895 925
Accumulated depreciation
(597) (673)
Other assets - net book value 298 252
Total property, plant and equipment
   
At cost
2,441 2,535
Accumulated depreciation
(1,775) (2,006)
Total carrying amount of property, plant and equipment 666 529

Note 12: Creditors and payables

  30/6/2002 Actual
$000
30/6/2003 Actual
$000
Trade creditors
75 1,080
Accrued expenses
744 578
GST payable
215 139
Total creditors and payables 1,034 1,797

Note 13: Provision for employee entitlements

  30/6/2002 Actual
$000
30/6/2003 Actual
$000
Current liabilities
   
Annual leave
187 223
Total current portion
187 223
Non current liabilities
   
Long service, retirement and resigning leave
166 138
Total non-current portion
166 138
Total provision for employee entitlements 353 361

Note 14: Financial instruments

The Ministry is party to financial instrument arrangements as part of its everyday operations. These include instruments such as bank balances, investments, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.

Credit risk

In the normal course of its business, the Ministry incurs credit risk from trade debtors, and transactions with financial institutions and the New Zealand Debt Management Office (NZDMO).

The Ministry does not require any collateral or security to support financial instruments with financial institutions that the Ministry deals with, or with the NZDMO, as these entities have high credit ratings. For its other financial instruments, the Ministry does not have significant concentrations of credit risk.

Fair value

The fair value of all financial instruments is equivalent to the carrying amount disclosed in the Statement of Financial Position.

Currency risk and interest rate risk

Currency risk is the risk that debtors and creditors due in foreign currency will fluctuate because of foreign exchange rates. The Ministry uses forward contracts to manage foreign exchange exposures.

The Ministry has no significant exposure to interest rate risk on its financial instruments.

All interest earned on short-term deposits are returned to the Crown as part of the surplus repayable to the Crown.

Foreign exchange contracts (departmental)

The Ministry had no departmental foreign exchange contracts as at 30 June 2003. (30 June 2002 = $1.862 million.)

Note 15: Related party information

The Ministry is a wholly owned entity of the Crown. The Government significantly influences the roles of the Ministry as well as being its major source of revenue.

The Ministry enters into transactions with other Government Departments, Crown agencies and state-owned enterprises on an arms length basis. Where these parties are acting in the course of normal dealings with the Ministry, related party disclosures have not been made for transactions of this nature.

Note 16: Major budget variations

The major variations from the prospective financial information previously published in the 2002 Departmental Forecast Report are:

Statement of financial performance

Statement of financial position (and cash flows)

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