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Notes to the financial statements

Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2005

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Part 3: Departmental financial statements (continued)

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 30 June 2005

Note 1: Budget composition

  Note 30/6/2005 Main
estimates

$000
30/6/2005 Supp.
estimates
changes
$000
30/6/2005 Budget
total

$000
Revenue        
Crown 2 8,231 - 8,231
Other 3 - 890 890
Total revenue   8,231 890 9,121
Expenditure        
Personnel costs 5 4,506 39 4,545
Operating costs 6 3,310 848 4,158
Depreciation 7 291 3 294
Capital charge 8 124 - 124
Total expenses   8,231 890 9,121
Net operating surplus   - - -

Note 2: Revenue - Crown

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

Note 3: Other revenue

  30/6/2004 Actual

$000
30/6/2005 Actual

$000
30/6/2005 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2005 Supp.
estimates
$000
Defence capability and resourcing review
44 212 - 212
Employer superannuation subsidy recovered 9 63 - 72
New Zealand Defence Force for initial
project costs
1,723 567 - 606
Total other revenue 1,776 842 - 890

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

  30/6/2004 Actual

$000
30/6/2005 Actual

$000
30/6/2005 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2005 Supp.
estimates
$000
Salaries and wages
4,374 4,673 4,468 4,507
Retirement and resigning leave
33 83 38 38
Total personnel costs 4,407 4,756 4,506 4,545

Note 6: Operating costs

  30/6/2004 Actual

$000
30/6/2005 Actual

$000
30/6/2005 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2005 Supp.
estimates
$000
Consultancy 136 306 362 362
Professional services 64 80 79 79
Audit fees for financial statements 75 74 75 75
Fees to auditors for other services
12 10 12 12
Share of New Zealand Defence Force costs for maintaining services 677 588 718 718
Grants and contributions
71 45 10 10
Inventory items
41 11 12 12
General maintenance and servicing
54 39 35 35
Travel and related costs
268 224 317 317
Courses, conferences and exhibitions
117 62 114 114
Rental of premises
856 802 870 870
Printing and stationery
64 58 17 17
Computer expenses
176 187 100 150
Electronic information, Acts and Regulations
98 102 100 100
Other operating costs
215 283 489 794
Initial project costs
       
Projects now capitalised
1,291 - - -
P-3K Orion system upgrade
175 163 - 163
C-130H life extension
146 125 - 130
Helicopter replacement study
119 119 - 125
Automatic grenade launcher - 47 - 75
Total operating costs 4,655 3,325 3,310 4,158

Note 7: Depreciation

  30/6/2004 Actual

$000
30/6/2005 Actual

$000
30/6/2005 Main
estimates
$000
30/6/2005 Supp.
estimates
$000
Leasehold improvements
84 59 125 17
Office and computer equipment
126 189 116 209
Other assets 76 76 50 68
Total depreciation charge 286 324 291 294

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 2005 was 8 percent (30 June 2004 = 8.5 percent).

Note 9: Debtors and receivables

  30/6/2004 Actual
$000
30/6/2005 Actual
$000
Sundry debtors - department
194 91
Sundry debtors - non department 15 3
Total debtors and receivables 209 94

Note 10: Property, plant and equipment

  30/6/2004 Actual
$000
30/6/2005 Actual
$000
Leasehold improvements
   
At cost 511 511
Accumulated depreciation (406) (466)
Leasehold improvements - net book value 105 45
Office and computer equipment
   
At cost
1,272 1,425
Accumulated depreciation
(876) (1,058)
Office and computer equipment - net book value 396 367
Office furniture
   
At cost
262 262
Accumulated depreciation
(262) (262)
Office furniture - net book value - -
Other assets
   
At cost
925 997
Accumulated depreciation
(749) (825)
Other assets - net book value 176 172
Work in progress
   
(a) Ministry share of costs of new Defence building
- 95
(b) New financial management information system in process of installation - 67
Total property, plant and equipment
   
At cost
2,970 3,357
Accumulated depreciation
(2,293) (2,611)
Total carrying amount of property, plant and equipment 677 746

Note 11: Creditors and payables

  30/6/2004 Actual
$000
30/6/2005 Actual
$000
Trade creditors
267 66
Accrued expenses
17 64
GST payable
42 2
Creditors and payables for reconciliation of net operating surplus
326 132
Accrued expenses for property, plant and equipment
- 67
Total creditors and payables 326 199

Note 12: Provision for employee entitlements

  30/6/2004 Actual
$000
30/6/2005 Actual
$000
Current liabilities
   
Annual leave
261 287
Total current portion
261 287
Non current liabilities
   
Long service, retirement and resigning leave
160 243
Total non-current portion
160 243
Total provision for employee entitlements 421 530

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 2005. (30 June 2004 = 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.

New Zealand Defence Force

During the year the Ministry paid the New Zealand Defence $0.682 million being $0.588 million for services received, including a contribution to the cost of Defence Attachés, and $0.095 million for initial capital costs on the new Defence Building in Aitken Street, Wellington.

The Ministry received $0.779 million from the New Zealand Defence Force, being $0.567 million for recovery of pre-acquisition costs incurred in the purchase of military equipment that do not meet the criteria for capitalisation and $0.212 million toward costs of the Defence capability and resourcing review.

The Ministry received $282.357 million (2004 $462.298 million) for non-departmental expenses incurred in the purchase of military equipment. At 30 June 2005 the amount due for recovery in July 2005 from the New Zealand Defence Force was $166.727 million (2004 $136.009 million).

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 $1,002,000 (GST inclusive) for:

 
$
 
Defence Capability and Resourcing Review 239,000  
Pre-acquisition costs of new projects 682,000  
State Sector Retirement Savings Scheme 81,000  
Total 1,002,000  

Statement of financial performance

Revenue Other, and operating costs, were each increased $890,000 (GST exclusive):

 
$
 
Pre-acquisition costs recovered from New Zealand Defence Force. The projects in 2004/2005 were:    
Direct fire support weapon
75,000  
Replacement helicopter study
125,000  
P-3K Orion systems upgrade
163,000  
C-130H life extension
130,000  
Short-term workspace rental 113,000  
Recoveries associated with the Defence Capability and Resourcing Review
212,000  
Recovery of State Sector Retirement Scheme employer subsidy 72,000  
Total 890,000  

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