Table of Contents

• About the author
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Prologue
• Introduction
• Part 1: The Basics of accounting
• 1 The balance sheet and the fundamental principle
• 2 Creating a Balance Sheet
• 3 The profit & loss account and cash flow statement
• 4 Creating the profit & loss account and cash flow statement
• 5 Accounting in practice
• Part 2: Interpretation and analysis of accounts
• 6 Wingate's Annual Report
• 7 Financial Analysis: introduction
• 8 Analysis of the enterprise
• 9 Analysis of the funding structure
• 10 Valuation of companies
• Part 3: Listed company accounts
• 11 Listed company accounts: introduction
• 12 Interpretation of Listco's accounts
• Glossary
• Appendix 1: Wingate Foods' accounts
• Appendix 2: Listco's accounts
• Index

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About the Author

Anthony Rice is not an accountant. He learned accounting the hard way - by keeping accounts for his own company. Having subsequently spent much of his time analysing companies, first as a strategy consultant and more recently when looking for businesses to buy, he has some valuable insights into financial analysis.