The course is for people who need to make sense of financial information. The aim of the course is to help people improve the performance of their organisation.

The course clearly explains the essentials of financial information and it demonstrates the use of Ten Powerful Tools which help people analyse and interpret the financial performance of an organisation. The course will demystify the world of finance and remove any misconceptions that people may have.

During the morning of the course the presenter will equip the delegates with all the knowledge and skills to enable them to analyse and interpret financial information.  During the afternoon the presenter will lead the delegates through a case study which will enable them to apply their new found skills to a real life situation.  We have a library of case studies that can be used in this session or we can use the financial statements of an organisation selected by the client.

Each person receives a comprehensive manual and a CD. The manual allows them to revisit critical parts of the presentation and the CD demonstrates in an interactive way how to apply ten powerful tools which are essential for analysing and interpreting financial information.

The course answers the following questions

• What is the purpose of financial information?
• What are the common misconceptions that hinder the understanding of financial information?
• What is the difference between Profit and Cash Flow?
• Which financial analysis techniques help interpret financial information?
• What are the Ten Powerful Tools? 
• What is Return on Sales? Interest Cover?
• What is the Current Ratio? Acid Test? Gearing?
• What are Debtor Days? Creditor Days? Stock Turn?
• What is Return on Investment?
• What questions should be asked to get the complete picture behind the Financial Information?
• How will these skills help you improve the performance of your organisation?
• How will they help you identify the appropriate level of finance required to fund your operations?
• How will they help you identify the appropriate level of share capital as opposed to long term loans?
• How will they help you identify which customers are a bad credit risk?
• How will they help you identify which suppliers are vulnerable?
• How can people further enhance these skills after attending the course?

This is a very popular in-house course.  The price of an in-house presentation exclusive of VAT is £995 per day plus £15 per person.

The cost stated below is our standard price for somebody to attend a public presentation of the course.