Office Arcade
← Levels

Variance Detective · Level 5: The plug

Time 0:00 / 8:00 targetFlags 0
Blue: typed inputBlack: formulaGreen: link to another sheet
ABCDEFGHIJKL
1Eastgate Valves: budget vs actual ($000)
2Variance = actual - budget. Costs are shown as positive numbers. F = favourable, U = unfavourable.
3BudgetActualVarVar %F/U
4Revenue5,300.0 4,880.0 (420.0)(7.9%)U
5Cost of sales3,074.0 2,841.7 (232.3)(7.6%)F
6Gross profit2,226.0 2,197.3 (28.7)(1.3%)U
7Gross margin %42.0% 45.0% 3.0%
8Operating expenses
9Salaries795.0 801.4 6.4 0.8% U
10Marketing318.0 315.8 (2.2)(0.7%)F
11Rent & utilities238.5 241.4 2.9 1.2% U
12Restructuring & one-off items0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a-
13Other operating costs159.0 159.8 0.8 0.5% U
14Total operating expenses1,510.5 1,518.4 7.9 0.5% U
15EBITDA715.5 678.9 (36.6)(5.1%)U
16EBITDA margin %13.5% 13.9% 0.4%
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
TextReady
Personal practice tool · all companies and numbers are fictional · runs entirely in your browser