Interpreting Financial Statements training

Course Overview

The aim of this one-day course is to provide a practical introduction to financial statements with an emphasis on relevant interpretation and evaluation techniques. It is intended for professionals who have little or no training in finance and who use company accounts and publicly available financial information to aid marketing, credit, procurement or other business decisions.

This Interpreting Financial Statements course is available throughout the UK.

CPD Value 5.5 Hours

Course Locations

Interpreting Financial Statements London
Interpreting Financial Statements Manchester
Interpreting Financial Statements Nottingham
Interpreting Financial Statements Birmingham
Interpreting Financial Statements Bristol
Interpreting Financial Statements Edinburgh
Interpreting Financial Statements Leeds

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This course qualifies for Continuous Professional Development hours. Learn more about CPD

Timetable

09:30 - 10:00 Coffee & Course Objectives

10:00 - 11.15 Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet (Structure, content, terminology, purpose and inter-relationship)

11:15 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:15 Key Accounting Issues (Accruals, measurement issues, accounting concepts, accounting standards, groups, shortcomings of financial information)

12:15 - 12:45 Working Capital (The working capital cycle, management of working capital, variations from company to company)

12:45 - 13:45 Lunch Break

13:45 - 14:30 Cash Flow (Cash flow statement, cash versus profit, importance of cash flow)

14:30 - 16:30 Evaluation Techniques (Liquidity, efficiency, risk, profitability, ratio analysis, limitations of ratios).

16:30 Summary & Action Plans Agreed

Testimonials

Excellent pace, very well structured.

Tony Day, Inperio London Ltd

Good course content - Very thorough and great knowledge transfer.

Holly Scally, Cutover

Course Delivered Virtually

I really enjoyed the course today. I expected it to get a bit tedious or overload of information I would not understand, but Malcom presented it such a way that it kept my interest throughout the course and he made it comfortable for me to ask questions on the points I did not understand.

Liesl Bush, Trust My Group

Vicky was very clear in her delivery and not intimidating with the content especially as I am a complete beginner it wasn't too overwhelming - highly recommended!

James Taylor, PCF Bank

Course was delivered excellently, it was informative and enjoyable. I liked that it was practical.

Amy Jones, Kingspan Insulation Ltd

Very well explained.

Hanna Mysliwiec. LFS

I thought Paul was a great teacher - very clear and thorough and also engaging. kept my interest and kept things easy to understand - Thank-you!

Sian Baker, Freston Ventures Management Ltd

Demystified jargon - made very accessible.

Mario Dilieto, Stora Enso

Great delivery, engaging and clear.

Jo Ellis, Merlin

Excellent - relaxed and informed but professional and effective.

David James, ANV

Geoff really took the time to understand our needs so we got a very personal worthwhile adaptation of the course. Thank-you.

Jenna Robb, Falck Safety Services TMS

Good delivery, well presented and very informative. Very useful overall.

Guy Galloway, Newline Group

Very informative and pitched at a great level.

Anu Adebajo, British Business Bank

I felt it was an excellent course, pitched at a good level for our group with valuable information.

Noreen ODonnell, ITI Scotland Ltd

Presenter was excellent.

Berry Storman-Mole, ITI Techmedia

Benefits

An understanding of the purpose and content of the three financial statements and how they relate to one another.
Knowledge of ratios and other evaluation techniques
The steps necessary to make an assessment of the financial performance and health of a business.