Interpreting Company Reports and Accounts

Content: Preface Publisher\'s acknowledgements  Chapter 1 - Overview of the regulatory sceneChapter 2 - International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) overviewChapter 3 - Accounting principlesChapter 4 - The annual reportChapter 5 - Chairman\'s statement and the operating and financial reviewChapter 6 - Corporate governance and the auditors\' reportChapter 7 - The profit and loss account: overall structureChapter 8 - The profit and loss account: turnover and revenue recognitionChapter 9 - The profit and loss account: further disclosure areasChapter 10 - The profit and loss account: interpretation, ratio analysis, segmental analysis and earnings per shareChapter 11 - Equity statements, dividends and prior period adjustmentsChapter 12 - Balance sheet: an introductionChapter 13 - Tangible fixed assetsChapter 14 - Intangible fixed assetsChapter 15 - Fixed asset investmentsChapter 16 - Stocks and long-term contractsChapter 17 - Debtors and other receivablesChapter 18 - Current asset investments
 cash at bank and in handChapter 19 - Creditors and provisionsChapter 20 - Tax in the balance sheetChapter 21 - Bank loans and overdraftsChapter 22 - Loan capitalChapter 23 - Derivatives and other financial instrumentsChapter 24 - Equity share capital and reservesChapter 25 - Balance sheet disclosuresChapter 26 - Cash flow statementsChapter 27 - Financial Reporting for SMEs (small and medium-sized entities)Chapter 28 - Group accounts, acquisitions and mergersChapter 29 - Joint ventures, associates and foreign operationsChapter 30 - Historical summaries, ratios and trendsChapter 31 - InflationChapter 32 - Half-yearly reports (Interim reports)Chapter 33 - UK GAAP and IFRS comparedChapter 34 - Adopting IFRS for the first timeChapter 35 - Putting it all together  Appendix 1 UK GAAP: Current Financial Reporting Standards and Exposure DraftsAppendix 2 International Accounting Standards (IAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)Appendix 3 Useful website addressesAppendix 4 Present valueAppendix 5 Retail Price Indices since 1950Index