Question: Bite Size Ltd ( Bite Size ) is a food manufacturer located in Cape Town, South Africa. The entity has a 3 1 January financial

Bite Size Ltd (Bite Size) is a food manufacturer located in Cape Town, South Africa. The entity has a 31 January financial yearend and applies the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) when preparing the entitys accounting records. Bite Size owns property, plant and equipment for which the sum of the respective acquisition prices amounts to a total cost price of R759800000 as on 31 January 2025. The only new property, plant and equipment item that was purchased during the recent financial year, was a vehicle on 1 December 2024 for R347000. This vehicle has an estimated useful life of six (6) years and a scrapping value of R22000. The total accumulated depreciation as on 31 January 2025, is R201700000. This includes the R9330000 depreciation (excluding depreciation on the new vehicle) for the 2025 financial year. Bite Size utilises the straight-line basis for depreciation. Bite Size earned R61230000 from 1 February 2024 to 31 January 2025 from the sales of the entitys food products. The sales of food products are considered to be Bite Sizes primary business activity. All sales are made on credit. Bite Size has a 39% gross profit margin and utilises the perpetual inventory accounting system and a first-in-first-out basis. According to Bite Sizes bank statement, the entity has R40108500 available as on 31 January 2025. Bite Sizes inventory turnover is 2.1 times and its average collection period 32 days. During the 2025-financial year, bad debts of R42000 has been written-off. Bite Size has 50000000 authorised ordinary shares and half of them are issued at a par value of R10 each. Bite Size also owns 3000 ordinary shares of another entity, Beta Ltd. These shares have a value of R900000 according to Bite Sizes 2025-annual financial statements. The external auditors have determined that this is the reasonable value of these shares. On 31 January 2025, Bite Sizes interest cover for the recent financial year has been determined as 4.4 times. According to Bite Sizes accounting records, Bite Sizes retained earnings balance as at 31 January 2024 is R508000000. Furthermore, R7140000 other expenses were incurred during the 2025-financial year. This amount excludes any expense item mentioned elsewhere. The South African Income Tax rate applicable to companies is 27%. It may be assumed that all the expenses and income items are taxable/deductible for tax purposes and are of the same value according to the South African Income Tax Act. REQUIRED: Perform a Du Pont analysis on Bite Size Ltd for the 2025-financial year. Only perform the analysis and not interpretation thereof. Assume 365 days and ignore VAT.

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