CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2017 and 2016
1. | SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Description of Business
CORD:USE Cord Blood Bank, Inc. (“the Company”) was incorporated on June 22, 2004 in the state of Florida for the purpose of creating a public umbilical cord blood stem cell bank (“Public Cord Blood Bank”) which would have a large, ethnically diverse, high quality inventory of available cord blood stem cell units for those in need of a life-saving therapy. The Company collects cord blood units at hospitals in Florida, Arizona, California, and Michigan. The Company’s public inventory is stored in North Carolina, and the cord blood units are sold through the National Marrow Donor Program (“NMDP”) located in Minnesota, who ultimately distributes the cord blood units to transplant centers located in the United States, and around the world.
Beginning in 2010, the Company began offering private cord blood banking services (“Family Cord Blood Bank”) to families choosing to store their babies’ cord blood with the Company for a fee. The Company processes and stores these family cord blood units in its laboratory and storage facility at its headquarters in Orlando, Florida.
Concentrations of Risks
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk are principally cash in financial institutions, which often exceed the Federal Depository Insurance limit. The Company has not experienced, nor does it anticipate, any losses in such accounts.
The Company’s accounts receivable balance in the accompanying balance sheets consists of primarily three types of receivables. At December 31, 2017 and 2016, 52% and 35%, respectively, of the total accounts receivable balance is due from the Company’s primary customer, NMDP. The Company’s Public Cord Blood Bank sells primarily to the NMDP, who accounted for 20% of the Company’s total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. At December 31, 2017 and 2016, 48% and 50%, respectively, of the total accounts receivable balance is due from customers from the Family Cord Blood Bank operations. Revenues from these operations comprised 69% and 66% for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, 0% and 15% of the total accounts receivable balance is due from the Health Resources and Services Administration (“HRSA”), whereby the Company receives a reimbursement payment based on the portion of the expenses associated with the collection, processing, shipping and retention of National Cord Blood Inventory (“NCBI”) eligible cord blood units.
Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates
The financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Although these estimates and assumptions are based on management’s knowledge of current events and actions the Company may take in the future, actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers money market deposits and certificates of deposit with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
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