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Notes to the financial statements

Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2006

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Part 3: Departmental financial statements (continued)

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 June 2006

Note 1: Budget composition

  Note 30/6/2006 Main
estimates

$000
30/6/2006 Supp.
estimates
changes
$000
30/6/2006 Budget
total

$000
Revenue        
Crown 2 9,075 - 9,075
Other 3 80 389 469
Total revenue   9,155 389 9,544
Expenditure        
Personnel costs 4 5,272 44 5,316
Operating costs 5 3,405 387 3,792
Depreciation 6 354 (42) 312
Capital charge 7 124 - 124
Total expenses   9,155 389 9,544
Net operating surplus   - - -

Note 2: Revenue - Crown

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

Note 3: Other revenue

  30/6/2005 Actual

$000
30/6/2006 Actual

$000
30/6/2006 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2006 Supp.
estimates
$000
Defence capability and resourcing review
212 - - -
Employer superannuation subsidy recovered 63 127 80 129
New Zealand Defence Force for initial
project costs
567 241 - 340
Total other revenue 842 368 80 469

Note 4: Personnel costs

  30/6/2005 Actual

$000
30/6/2006 Actual

$000
30/6/2006 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2006 Supp.
estimates
$000
Salaries and wages
4,552 4,777 5,096 5,075
Retirement and resigning leave
83 46 50 50
Superannuation contributions 121 182 126 191
Total personnel costs 4,756 5,005 5,272 5,316

Note 5: Operating costs

  30/6/2005 Actual

$000
30/6/2006 Actual

$000
30/6/2006 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2006 Supp.
estimates
$000
Consultancy 306 101 93 93
Professional services 80 99 87 87
Audit fees for financial statements 74 78 75 75
Fees to auditors for other services
10 13 11 1
Share of New Zealand Defence Force costs for maintaining services 588 524 588 588
Grants and contributions
45 46 46 46
Inventory items
11 27 11 11
General maintenance and servicing
39 30 44 44
Travel and related costs
224 297 279 279
Courses, conferences and exhibitions
62 106 70 79
Rental of premises
802 722 768 768
Printing and stationery
58 66 61 66
Computer expenses
187 127 182 193
Electronic information, Acts and Regulations
102 100 95 100
Other operating costs
283 397 995 1,022
Initial project costs
       
Helicopter replacement study
119 203 - 118
Army engineering 47 39 - 222
P-3K Orion systems upgrade
163 - - -
C-130H life extension
125 - - -
Total operating costs 3,325 2,975 3,405 3,792

Note 6: Depreciation

  30/6/2005 Actual

$000
30/6/2006 Actual

$000
30/6/2006 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2006 Supp.
estimates
$000
Leasehold improvements
59 45 9 40
Office and computer equipment
189 205 245 190
Other assets 76 96 100 82
Total depreciation charge 324 346 354 312

Note 7: 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 2006 was 8 percent (30 June 2005 = 8 percent).

Note 8: Debtors and receivables

  30/6/2005 Actual
$000
30/6/2006 Actual
$000
Sundry debtors - department
91 159
Sundry debtors - non department 3 5
Total debtors and receivables 94 164

Note 9: Property, plant and equipment

  30/6/2005 Actual
$000
30/6/2006 Actual
$000
Leasehold improvements
   
At cost 511 511
Accumulated depreciation (466) (511)
Leasehold improvements - net book value 45 -
Office and computer equipment
   
At cost
1,425 1,456
Accumulated depreciation
(1,058) (1,255)
Office and computer equipment - net book value 367 201
Office furniture
   
At cost
262 262
Accumulated depreciation
(262) (262)
Office furniture - net book value - -
Other assets
   
At cost
997 1,126
Accumulated depreciation
(825) (912)
Other assets - net book value 172 214
Work in progress
   
(a) Ministry share of costs of new Defence building
95 824
(b) New financial management information system in process of installation 67 -
Total property, plant and equipment
   
At cost
3,357 4,179
Accumulated depreciation
(2,611) (2,940)
Total carrying amount of property, plant and equipment 746 1,239

Note 10: Creditors and payables

  30/6/2005 Actual
$000
30/6/2006 Actual
$000
Trade creditors
66 286
Accrued expenses
64 134
GST payable
2 106
Creditors and payables for reconciliation of net operating surplus
132 526
Accrued expenses for property, plant and equipment
67 -
Total creditors and payables 199 526

Note 11: Provision for employee entitlements

  30/6/2005 Actual
$000
30/6/2006 Actual
$000
Current liabilities
   
Annual leave
287 340
Sick leave
- 10
Long service-current
- 83
Total current portion
287 433
Non current liabilities
   
Long service, retirement and resigning leave
243 171
Total non-current portion
243 171
Total provision for employee entitlements 530 604

Note 12: Financial instruments

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

Foreign exchange contracts (departmental)

The Ministry had no departmental foreign exchange contracts as at 30 June 2006.

(30 June 2005 = Nil.)

Note 13: 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.

New Zealand Defence Force

During the year the Ministry paid the New Zealand Defence Force $1.348 million being $0.524 million for services received, including a contribution to the cost of Defence Attachés, and $0.824 million for capital costs on the new Defence Building in Aitken Street, Wellington invoiced to 30 June 2006.

The Ministry received $0.241 million from the New Zealand Defence Force for recovery of pre-acquisition costs incurred in the purchase of military equipment that do not meet the criteria for capitalisation.

The Ministry received $395.882 million (2005 $282.357 million) for non-departmental expenses incurred in the purchase of military equipment. At 30 June 2006 the amount due for recovery in July 2006 from the New Zealand Defence Force was $185.484 million (2005 $166.727 million).

Note 15: Major budget variations

The major variations from the prospective financial information previously published in the 2005 Statement of Intent are:

Total vote

Vote Defence (Revenue Other and Operating Costs) were increased by $389,000 for:

  30/6/2006 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2006 Supp.
estimates
$000
Total
voted

$000
Pre-acquisition costs recovered from New Zealand Defence Force.      
The projects in 2005/2006 were:      
Army engineering - 222,000 222,000
Replacement helicopter study - 118,000 118,000
Recovery of State Sector Retirement Scheme employer subsidy 80,000 49,000 129,000
Total 80,000 389,000 469,000

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