Unlocking Company Reports and Accounts »

Unlocking Company Reports and Accounts has been written for everyone who needs to understand what accounts say about a company: to separate the fact from the fiction. The book starts from first principles and explains every point through the use of worked examples. Extracts are taken from published accounts, including those of overseas companies, to illustrate accounting presentation. All the necessary technical information is contained with a summary of the key points in every section, allowing you to extract the vital data at a glance. This book enables you to understand and analyse company accounts, showing how to build a comprehensive picture of the financial state of a company: its strengths and weaknesses. Unlocking Company Reports and Accounts is a text designed to support professional courses including the examinations of the Securities Institute, the Institute of Investment Management and Research, CIMA, Institute of Company Accountants, Institute of Chartered Accountants, and the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.