Interpreting Company Reports
by Holmes, Geoffrey; Sugden, Alan; Gee, PaulEdition: 10th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-01-01
Publisher(s): Prentice Hall
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Summary
Packed with interesting real world examples, this is a highly practical book which shows readers how to analyse company reports and accounts, both qualitatively and quantitatively.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| Publisher's acknowledgements | |
| Overview of the regulatory scene | |
| International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) overview | |
| Accounting principles | |
| The annual report | |
| Chairman's statement and the operating and financial review | |
| Corporate governance and the auditors' report | |
| The profit and loss account: overall structure | |
| The profit and loss account: turnover and revenue recognition | |
| The profit and loss account: further disclosure areas | |
| The profit and loss account: interpretation, ratio analysis, segmental analysis and earnings per share | |
| Equity statements, dividends and prior period adjustments | |
| Balance sheet: an introduction | |
| Tangible fixed assets | |
| Intangible fixed assets | |
| Fixed asset investments | |
| Stocks and long-term contracts | |
| Debtors and other receivables | |
| Current asset investments; cash at bank and in hand | |
| Creditors and provisions | |
| Tax in the balance sheet | |
| Bank loans and overdrafts | |
| Loan capital | |
| Derivatives and other financial instruments | |
| Equity share capital and reserves | |
| Balance sheet disclosures | |
| Cash flow statements | |
| Financial Reporting for SMEs (small and medium-sized entities) | |
| Group accounts, acquisitions and mergers | |
| Joint ventures, associates and foreign operations | |
| Historical summaries, ratios and trends | |
| Inflation | |
| Half-yearly reports (Interim reports) | |
| UK GAAP and IFRS compared | |
| Adopting IFRS for the first time | |
| Putting it all together | |
| UKGAAP: Current Financial Reporting Standards and Exposure Drafts | |
| International Accounting Standards (IAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) | |
| Useful website addresses | |
| Present value | |
| Retail Price Indices since 1950 | |
| Index | |
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