The annual report is a
certificate prepared by a business’s management to the shareholders and,
stakeholders which include unions, regulators, vendors, employees, and
explaining what has happened in the business in the last year. There are no specific
rules for what an annual report should consist and some companies do not even make
one. Mostly, though, numerous time and effort is put into this special
document resulting in valuable information that you cannot explore anywhere
else easily.
The only way of attaining details
about any company whether it is the current performance or earlier period, the
upcoming point of view, CSR activities or corporate governance, comprehensive
financial performance via the financial statements, all is met in the Annual
Report of the company. It helps in assessing the year’s operations and provides
the company’s view of the upcoming prospects and imminent year. It is a statement
that each company must supply to its shareholders’ at the conclusion of the financial
year, reasonably it is a report that each investor must check. It is the most extensive
means of communication between a company and its stakeholders, rightly referred
to as the summit of corporate communications.
Aims of Annual Report
- Offering information about the financial position, performance, and changes in financial position of an individual
- Taking prospective economic decisions
- To persuade new investors and make enough disclosures to the existing ones
- Presenting and disclosing information about the company
Utility of Annual Report
- Annual report is considered as the primary answerability method. Answerability is a pre-authorization, as it gives a suggestion of whether the company has met its tasks to its owners, and pleased the role defined, which by means of the financial reports should reproduce the amount of performance that are associated to the organization.
- Besides offering financial information, an annual report serves as a marketing tool for the company. Inclusion of optimistic feedbacks from employees and customers or key developments in the company worth emphasizing can increase the circulation of the report and entice new customers and investors.
- An annual report provides details about the company’s economic year. The financial details offered in the annual reports helps agree on the present status of business, how the company is funding operations and growth, and how good the company is placed at making money for its investors.
- The intent of reporting the financial statements’ is to inform regarding the presentation of the company that can be useful to a varied choice of prospective users for assessing and making financial decisions.
Although the annual report serves
as a communication tool and finds out the authenticity of the organization, it is
based on the class of information provided in the annual reports.
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