BUS7C2 Finance & Accounting for Business

Assignment 2 -Financial statement analysis

You are required to produce a report of 2500-words applying below details.

Choose one of the companies from the list given below.

All companies are publicly listed companies from FTSE350. Download their annual report (for last 3 years 2021,2022,2023) including their financial statements (This will be available in the Investor relation section of the website). Using information from their income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statements, and notes to financial statements, prepare a report for potential investors of the company.

Requirements:

Your report should include the following:

a) Company performance analysis based on the profitability, efficiency, liquidity, gearing and investment aspects of the company (You need to select two ratios from each section and need to show your ratio calculations).

b) An interpretation of the ratio analysis and the commentary (Where appropriate you should identify any potential interrelationships between aspects).

c) Explanation of the investor considerations for a UK company investment decision making and any further information that may be required when addressing the concerns of any potential investors.

LIST OF COMPANIES

NEXT Plc

M & S Group Plc

Tesco Plc

Sainsbury Plc

BP Plc

(Total 100 marks)

Submission instructions - What should be the format of the submission? / Where should it be submitted?

A single Word or PDF document only, containing your assignment and a reference list. No appendices are required. A template is provided on the module space, which must be followed. Please submit online via the appropriate turnitin submission on the module space.

Hints and tips

#All submitted work is expected to observe academic standards in terms of referencing, academic writing, use of language etc. Failure to adhere to these instructions may result in your work being awarded a lower grade than it would otherwise deserve.

Marking and moderation

All submissions would be second marked /moderated.

Marking Criteria attached to the brief.

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