You are required to research one company that would be your ideal company to work for.
You should write a report to the newly appointed chairperson of the company, addressing the following issues.
a) identify six different groups of users of financial statements, who would be interested in this company (ensure that both internal and external users are fairly represented).
Provide a brief summary of these users and a brief description of the purposes for which they will use the financial statements
b) Obtain the latest five consecutive years of the published Income Statement and Statement of Financial Position (Balance Sheet) for this company; most importantly the company should be listed on the London Stock Market (these accounts should be included as an appendix to the coursework).
Your analysis should include
- A brief summary of the company.
- Calculations of various ratios which will be used to analyse the company''s performance over the years, choosing at least two from profitability. liquidity, and working capital and solvency ratio
- Provide an analysis on each ratio calculated
- Summarise your findings in the conclusion
No of Pages/Words : 2,000