(b) State why the business might find it useful to know its BEP.

A hotel group prepares financial statements on a quarterly basis. The senior management is reviewing the performance of one hotel and making plans for next year.

The managers have in front of them the results for this year (based on some actual results and some forecasts to the end of this year):

Quarter Sales revenue Profit/(loss)

£000 £000 1 400 (280)

2 1,200 360 3 1,600 680 4 800 40 Total 4,000 800