Business A to Z

Every trade has words it uses without explaining. In business the cost of not knowing one is real: some of them are ordinary jargon and some of them are a decision that can take a house.

Please note: This page explains what a term means. It is general information, not legal, financial, tax or investment advice, and it does not know anything about your business. Before you sign, file or commit to anything, check it with an accountant, a solicitor, or the official guidance we link to.

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500 terms, showing 71–80 (page 8 of 50).

C

Capital gains on business assets

Selling business assets, and the reliefs that reduce the tax.

Capital gains tax

Also called CGT, Business Asset Disposal Relief

Tax on the profit made when you sell an asset, including a business or shares in one.

Cash conversion

How much of your profit turns into actual cash.

Cash flow

Also called Cashflow, Working cash

The money actually moving in and out of your bank account, and the reason profitable businesses still go under.

CDM regulations

Health and safety duties on construction projects. They apply to almost every project.

Change control

A formal process for agreeing changes to what was agreed.

Change management

Getting people to actually work the new way.

Charity governance

How a charity is run, and the duties trustees carry personally.

Chart of accounts

The list of categories your bookkeeping puts every transaction into. Boring, and it decides what your reports can tell you.

Churn

Also called Attrition, Customer churn, Revenue churn

The rate at which customers leave. The quiet number that decides whether growth compounds or treads water.

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