The Finance Book

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Contents
4. About the authors
5. Acknowledgements
6. Introduction
7. Part 1 Finance fundamentals
   1. 1 Finance personnel and systems
   2. 2 Cash versus accruals accounting
8. Part 2 Primary financial statements
   1. 3 Profit and loss (P&L)
   2. 4 The balance sheet
   3. 5 Cash flow statement
9. Part 3 Key elements of financial statements
   1. 6 Revenue recognition
   2. 7 Opex and capex
   3. 8 Business tax
   4. 9 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation
   5. 10 Goodwill and other intangibles
   6. 11 Stock
   7. 12 Debtors and creditors
   8. 13 Prepayments and accruals
   9. 14 Provisions and contingencies
   10. 15 Capital and reserves
   11. 16 Group accounting
   12. 17 Revaluation
   13. 18 Impairment
10. Part 4 Financial and regulatory environment
    1. 19 Accounting and financial reporting standards
    2. 20 External financial audit
    3. 21 Information in the public domain
    4. 22 Corporate governance and whistleblowing
11. Part 5 Assessing financial health
    1. 23 Profitability performance measures
    2. 24 Working capital and liquidity management
    3. 25 Insolvency and going concern risk
    4. 26 Long-term solvency performance measures
    5. 27 Investor ratios
    6. 28 Business valuation
12. Part 6 Sources of business finance
    1. 29 Equity finance
    2. 30 Debt finance
13. Part 7 Financial management
    1. 31 Management accounts
    2. 32 Profitable pricing
    3. 33 Profit planning
    4. 34 Budgeting and forecasting
    5. 35 Investment appraisal
    6. What did you think of this book?
14. Appendix: Greggs 2015 Accounts
15. Glossary
16. Further resources
17. Index
18. Endorsements
19. Imprint