Working Capital & Cash Conversion Cycle
Calculate working capital, the current ratio and the cash conversion cycle from inventory, receivables and payables days to see how long cash is tied up in operations.
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What does a negative cash conversion cycle mean?
It means you collect cash from customers, or hold inventory only briefly, before you have to pay your suppliers — effectively your suppliers are financing part of your working capital.
Źródło: CIMA — Working Capital Management topic guide; ACCA Financial Management (FM), cash operating cycle and working capital ratios. · zaktualizowano 2026
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Wszystko o Working Capital & Cash Conversion Cycle
📋Prezentacja+
Working capital is the buffer of current assets over current liabilities available to fund day-to-day operations. The cash conversion cycle goes further, measuring how many days cash is tied up: days inventory outstanding (how long stock sits before sale) plus days sales outstanding (how long customers take to pay) minus days payables outstanding (how long you take to pay suppliers) — a shorter cycle means cash is freed up faster.
💡 Dobre praktyki
- A negative cash conversion cycle (common in retail) means suppliers effectively finance your inventory — a structural advantage worth protecting.
- Reducing days sales outstanding (tighter credit control) is usually faster to action than renegotiating supplier payment terms.
- Watch the cycle over time, not just in isolation — a lengthening cycle often precedes a cash squeeze before it shows up in the bank balance.
🔢 Konkretny przykład
£150,000 current assets and £80,000 current liabilities give £70,000 working capital; with 45 days inventory, 40 days receivables and 30 days payables, the cash conversion cycle is 55 days.
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Jak korzystać z tego kalkulatora
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Enter current assets, current liabilities, inventory, receivables and payables.
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Enter annual revenue and annual cost of goods sold (COGS).
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Read the working capital and current ratio for balance sheet strength.
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Read the cash conversion cycle to see how many days cash is tied up in operations.
📚Słowniczek+
- Cash conversion cycle
- The number of days between paying cash out for inventory and receiving cash in from customers: days inventory outstanding plus days sales outstanding, minus days payables outstanding.
- Days payables outstanding
- The average number of days a business takes to pay its suppliers — a longer period improves cash flow but can strain supplier relationships if stretched too far.
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7 lipca 2026
Źródła i odniesienia
CIMA — Working Capital Management topic guide; ACCA Financial Management (FM), cash operating cycle and working capital ratios.
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FAQ — Working Capital & Cash Conversion Cycle
What does a negative cash conversion cycle mean?+
It means you collect cash from customers, or hold inventory only briefly, before you have to pay your suppliers — effectively your suppliers are financing part of your working capital.
Is a longer cash conversion cycle always bad?+
Generally it ties up more cash in operations, but the right benchmark depends on the sector — capital-intensive manufacturing naturally runs a longer cycle than a cash-and-carry retailer.