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Notes to the financial statements

Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2004

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Part 3: Departmental financial statements (continued)

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 June 2004

Note 1: Budget composition

  Note 30/6/2004 Main
estimates

$000
30/6/2004 Supp.
estimates
changes
$000
30/6/2004 Budget
total

$000
Revenue        
Crown 2 8,053 133 8,186
Other 3 1,866 1,411 3,277
Total revenue   9,919 1,544 11,463
Expenditure        
Personnel costs 5 4,347 174 4,521
Operating costs 6 5,200 1,319 6,519
Depreciation 7 240 51 291
Capital charge 8 132 - 132
Total expenses   9,919 1,544 11,463
Net operating surplus   - - -

Note 2: Revenue - Crown

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

Note 3: Other revenue

  30/6/2003 Actual

$000
30/6/2004 Actual

$000
30/6/2004 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2004 Supp.
estimates
$000
Defence capability and resourcing review
- 44 - 356
Employer superannuation subsidy recovered - 9 - -
New Zealand Defence Force for initial
project costs
4,338 1,723 1,866 2,921
Total other revenue 4,338 1,776 1,866 3,277

Note 4: 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 5: Personnel costs

  30/6/2003 Actual

$000
30/6/2004 Actual

$000
30/6/2004 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2004 Supp.
estimates
$000
Salaries and wages
3,921 4,374 4,309 4,483
Retirement and resigning leave
26 33 38 38
Total personnel costs 3,947 4,407 4,347 4,521

Note 6: Operating costs

  30/6/2003 Actual

$000
30/6/2004 Actual

$000
30/6/2004 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2004 Supp.
estimates
$000
Consultancy - 136 185 185
Professional services 20 64 177 177
Audit fees for financial statements 70 75 70 70
Fees to auditors for other services
30 12 5 5
Share of New Zealand Defence Force costs for maintaining services 595 677 681 681
Grants and contributions
76 71 116 116
Inventory items
142 41 60 60
General maintenance and servicing
102 54 127 127
Travel and related costs
305 268 444 444
Courses, conferences and exhibitions
98 117 121 121
Rental of premises
722 856 860 819
Initial projects costs
       
C-130 aircraft life of type study
1,428 - - -
Joint command and control system
1,260 532 945 565
Light operational vehicles
199 208 - 140
New naval ships
856 457 551 1,227
P-3 mission system upgrade
64 175 185 305
C-130 aircraft life extension
34 146 185 335
Replacement jet aircraft
682 11 - -
Air defence system
- 50 - 116
Helicopter replacement study
- 119 - 176
Medium range anti-armour weapon
- 33 - -
Automatic grenade launcher - - - 57
Other operating costs 618 553 488 793
Total operating costs 7,301 4,655 5,200 6,519

Note 7: Depreciation

  30/6/2003 Actual

$000
30/6/2004 Actual

$000
30/6/2004 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2004 Supp.
estimates
$000
Leasehold improvements
89 84 90 90
Office and computer equipment
67 126 - 51
Other assets 75 76 150 150
Total depreciation charge 231 286 240 291

Note 8: 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 2004 was 8.5 percent (30 June 2003 = 8.5 percent).

Note 9: Debtors and receivables

  30/6/2003 Actual
$000
30/6/2004 Actual
$000
Sundry debtors - department
1,789 194
Sundry debtors - non department 19 15
Total debtors and receivables 1,808 209

Note 10: Property, plant and equipment

  30/6/2003 Actual
$000
30/6/2004 Actual
$000
Leasehold improvements
   
At cost 511 511
Accumulated depreciation (322) (406)
Leasehold improvements - net book value 189 105
Office and computer equipment
   
At cost
837 1,272
Accumulated depreciation
(749) (876)
Office and computer equipment - net book value 88 396
Office furniture
   
At cost
262 262
Accumulated depreciation
(262) (262)
Office furniture - net book value - -
Other assets
   
At cost
925 925
Accumulated depreciation
(673) (749)
Other assets - net book value 252 176
Total property, plant and equipment
   
At cost
2,535 2,970
Accumulated depreciation
(2,006) (2,293)
Total carrying amount of property, plant and equipment 529 677

Note 11: Creditors and payables

  30/6/2003 Actual
$000
30/6/2004 Actual
$000
Trade creditors
1,080 267
Accrued expenses
578 17
GST payable
139 42
Total creditors and payables 1,797 326

Note 12: Provision for employee entitlements

  30/6/2003 Actual
$000
30/6/2004 Actual
$000
Current liabilities
   
Annual leave
223 261
Total current portion
223 261
Non current liabilities
   
Long service, retirement and resigning leave
138 160
Total non-current portion
138 160
Total provision for employee entitlements 361 421

Note 13: 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 2004. (30 June 2003 = Nil.)

Note 14: 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 15: Major budget variations

The major variations from the prospective financial information previously published in the 2004 Statement of Intent are:

Total vote

Vote Defence was increased by $1,544,000 (GST inclusive) for:

 

$
 
Defence Capability and Resourcing Review 489,000  
Pre-acquisition costs of new projects 1,055,000  
Total 1,544,000  

Statement of financial performance

Statement of financial position (and cash flows)

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