The fixed overhead represents an apportionment of central administrative and marketing costs. These are expected to rise by $500,000$ p$.$a$.$ in total $($in current year terms$)$ as a result of undertaking this project. The production line is expected to operate for five years and requires a total cash outlay of $11$m$,$ including $0\mathrm{.}5$m of working capital. The equipment will have an estimated residual value of $2$m in five years. It is expected that this project will involve steady working capital throughout the five$-$year period. The production line will be accommodated in a building for which an offer of $2$m has recently been received and acknowledged as a fair price by Freddie.

The property is expected to have a residual value of $3\mathrm{.}0$m after five years.

The company pays corporation tax at the rate of $20\%$ in the year incurred. It can claim writing down allowances $($i$.$e$.,$ depreciation$)$ at the rate of $18\%$ on the reducing balance method for equipment.

All non$-$current assets were purchased on the first day of the accounting period.

While the precise rates of price and cost inflation are uncertain, economists in Freddie's corporate planning department have made the following forecasts for the average annual rates of inflation relevant to the project:

Consumer Price Index $6\%$ p$.$a$.$

Gadget selling prices $5\%$ p$.$a$.$

Material prices $3\%$ p$.$a$.$

Direct labour wage rates $7\%$ p$.$a$.$

Variable overhead costs $7\%$ p$.$a$.$

Other overhead costs $5\%$ p$.$a$.$

Required

Given that Freddie's shareholders require a real return of $8\mathrm{.}5\%$ for projects of this degree of risk, assess the financial viability of this proposal. You should work in $$m$,$ to two decimal spaces. State all your assumptions.