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Understanding and Analysing Company Accounts

Nobleprog Limited

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In City Of London ()

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Description

  • Type

    Training

  • Class hours

    16h

By the end of this course you should be able to: Understand the terminology relating to company accounts Read, analyse and interpret a set of accounts Assess the effects of business activity on the balance sheet Identify trend and carry out comparisons Understand the key ratios for measuring profitability, liquidity and stability Recognise the benefits and limitations of ratio analysis. Suitable for: Delegates will learn how to assess the health of their own organisations and make comparisons with competitors and industry norms using an array of analytical techniques

About this course

This intensive course introduces delegates to the structure, content and analysis of corporate financial statements. This course is highly practical and delegates will prepare and analyse financial statements to reinforce their learning. After an introduction dealing with the principles, concepts and terminology relating to accounting and finance delegates will be introduced to the legal framework and model of incorporation

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Subjects

  • Accounts
  • Company Accounts
  • Financial Training
  • Financial
  • Balance Sheet
  • Bookkeeping
  • Budgeting
  • Financial Reporting
  • Financial Planning
  • Corporate Insolvency
  • Forecasts
  • Excel for Accounting
  • Chartered Accountancy
  • Business Accounting
  • Financial Accounting

Course programme

Introduction to Accounting and Finance
  • History, importance, principles and concepts of accounting and finance
  • Accounting conventions
  • Jargon and lots of it
  • Assets and liabilities
  • Capital and revenue
  • Financial and business models
  • Memorandum and Articles of Association
  • Public and private companies
  • Depreciation and amortisation
  • Provisions and reserves

Key Financial Statements
  • Key financial statements
  • The structure, content, layout and anatomy of the profit and loss account, balance sheet and cash flow statement
  • Importance of cash
  • Distinction between profit and cash
  • Understanding working capital
  • Annual report analysis
  • Analysis
  • Measuring company size
  • Analytical techniques
  • Profitability and return on investment
  • Capital employed
  • Margin analysis
  • Asset turnover
  • Liquidity and the importance of cash
  • Importance of working capital management
  • Gearing, risk, dividend and interest cover
  • Investor ratios
  • Quantitative and qualitative analysis

Interpretation
  • Reading between the lines
  • Creative accounting
  • Reasons for business failure
  • Warning signs

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