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CS C5 Case Study

A realistic business case with a pre-seen issued two weeks before the exam: financial statement and data analysis, strategic and operational analysis, and sustainability, answered as one professional report.
CS
Format
Written examination
Duration
4h
Pass mark
50%
Sessions
May and November diets
Syllabus
2025 syllabus (updated)

Checked against ICAN's own pages on 22 October 2026. HPS re-checks before each session.

Exam structure

  1. Pre-seenNo marks

    Pre-seen part of a single realistic business scenario, issued to candidates electronically two weeks before the examination (also published on icanig.org/students).

  2. UnseenNo marks

    Unseen part given on the day with two requirements; candidates write one professional report (executive summary, main report and appendices) in the ICAN case study answer booklet.

Four hours including reading time. ICAN publishes the share of marks for each area but not a total mark.

VerifiedRecorded from the official pages on 22 October 2026Source 1 Source 2 Source 3
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Use the arrow keys or select an area. Areas and sub-areas follow the ICAN 2025 syllabus. Weightings appear only where the examining body publishes them.

Syllabus area A· about 30% of the exam

Financial statements analysis

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