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Financial Times Guide to Using and Interpreting Company Accounts by Wendy McKenzie
  • Financial Times Guide to Using and Interpreting Company Accounts

  • by Wendy McKenzie
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    • Product code: 16106
    • ISBN: 0273663127, ISBN13: 9780273663126, 416 pages, paperback
      Published by FT Prentice Hall on 2003 , 3rd Revised edition
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    Description of Financial Times Guide to Using and Interpreting Company Accounts

    The "FT Guide to Using and Interpreting Company Accounts "answers these questions:*What information will I find in the accounts? What financial statements tell you about the business, how they are prepared & how they differ internationally. *How do I analyse the accounts? Work through a full set of published accounts; learn how to approach and structure the analysis, which ratios to use, what the ratios do and do not tell you. *How can I use my analysis? How to analyse suppliers accounts, customers accounts, competitors accounts & identify the acquisition potential of a company.This book takes the subject of accounts into the advanced area of company analysis for those people who need more in-depth knowledge of a company's accounts before they make any major decisions regarding their involvement with that company. Fully updated, it provides an understanding of the newest valuation analysis techniques, modern international accounting standards and the huge changes in creative accounting. This book is essential reading for all non-financial managers who need to understand accounts and want to make more informed financial decisions.

    Contents of Financial Times Guide to Using and Interpreting Company Accounts

    Part 1: What Information Will I Find In The Accounts?

    1. Introduction to the Accounts
    2. The Profit and Loss Account
    3. The Balance Sheet
    4. The Cash Flow Statement
    5. Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses
    6. Note of Historical Cost Gains and Losses
    7. Other Information Disclosed in the Notes
    8. Accounts in Other Countries

    Part 2: How Do I Analyse The Accounts?
    9. Introduction
    10. Creative Accounting
    11. Solvency
    12. Profitability
    13. Cash Management
    14. The Investor's Perspective
    15. IMI

    Part 3: How Can I Use My Analysis?

    16. Introduction
    17. Supplier's Accounts
    18. Customer's Accounts
    19. Competitor's Accounts
    20. Identifying a Company's Acquisition Potential
    21. Availability of Accounts

    Index

    About Wendy McKenzie

    Wendy McKenzie founded MTA - McKenzie Training Associates, a financial training consultancy, over twenty years ago. She has an international reputation as a financial trainer, working with a range of campanies and organizations. She is author of a number of tuition guides on all aspects of finance and a textbook "Unlocking Company Accounts."

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