ANALYSIS OF A SET OF UK FINANCIAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
You are required to select two companies listed below and obtain its financial statements for last 2 years.
i. Tesco
ii. Sainsbury
iii. Next plc
iv. Debenhams plc
v. Marks and Spencer PLC
vi. Morrison Plc

vii. Asda (careful – is Wallmart)

Calculate the following Ratios for each of the 2 years, using formulae provided in the class – this may vary – BUT BE CONSISTENT in your approach. Where ratios are already given in a company annual report, comment appropriately(showing which ratios you are commenting on)
• Profitability,
• Liquidity
• Working capital ratios(receivables,payables,stock turnover ratios)
• Brief comments Cashflow statement
• All calculations and formulae used must be identified

Analyse the financial performance of the two companies based on your calculations, identifying and discussing weaknesses of ratios analysis.

Your analysis must contain an introduction, a recommendation how these areas can be improved in the future, and a conclusion detailing the results of your analysis.

PICK THE TWO COMPANIES OF YOUR CHOICE.

1. TESCO Company Reports:

http://www.tescoplc.com/index.asp?pageid=548

Note: see also the ‘Report Archive’ link on the left-hand side of this Tesco Webpage

2. Sainsbury’s Company Reports:

http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/investor-centre/reports/

Note: See also the Reports for 2013, 2012, etc. on the Links lower down on the same Webpage

3. Morrisons Company Reports:

http://www.morrisons-corporate.com/Investor-centre/Financial-reports/#

Note:

DO NOT USE the ‘Half year announcement 2014/15’ or the ‘Q1 Interim Management Statement’ on that Webpage.

(Instead) USE the Reports for 2013-14, 2012-13, 2011-12, etc. on the Other Tabs on that Webpage.

Generally (for this Coursework) you can Forget about ‘Half year announcements’ or ‘Interim Management Statements’ for ANY year.

4. NEXT Company Reports:

http://www.nextplc.co.uk/investors/reports-and-results/2013.aspx

Note:

DO NOT USE Either of the 2014-15 ‘Trading Statements’, or Either of the ‘Interim Management Statements’ or the ‘Half year Results’ on that Webpage.

(Instead) USE the Reports for 2013-14, 2012-13, 2011-12, or ‘Archive’ on the Other Tabs on that Webpage.

Generally (for this Coursework) you can Forget about ‘Half year Results’, or ‘Interim Management Statements’ or possibly also (Next’s) ‘Trading Statements’ (too) for ANY year.

5. Debenhams Company Reports:

http://www.debenhamsplc.com/

THEN Click on ‘Reports and Financials’

‘Reports and Financials’ for 2014 will then come up

You can THEN Click on ‘2013’ and ‘2012’ as you need them.

OR You can Click on ‘Annual Reports’ (from ‘Reports and Financials’) and a List of Reports for 2014, 2013, 2012, etc. (as PDFs) will come up.

NOTE: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader software to read the PDFs. Adobe Acrobat Reader software is FREE to download from the Web.

Note:

DO NOT USE the ‘Interim Management Statement’ or the ‘Half year Results’ on the ‘Reports and Financials’ (for 2014) Webpage.

(Instead) USE the Reports for 2014, 2013, 2012, etc. on the ‘Link Tabs’ on that Webpage.

Generally (for this Coursework) you can Forget about the ‘Half year announcements’ or the ‘Interim Management Statements’ for ANY year.

6. Marks and Spencers (M&S) Company Reports:

http://corporate.marksandspencer.com/investors/reports-results-and-presentations

THEN Click on ‘2013’, ‘2012’, ‘2011’, etc.

The ‘Reports, Results and Presentations’ for ‘2014’, ‘2013’, ‘2012’, ‘2011’, etc. will then come up.

You can THEN Click on the ‘Annual Report’ for each year as you need them.

NOTE: You may well also need Adobe Acrobat Reader software to read the Reports for M&S which are also PDFs (but which with M&S Reports they load [instead] into a Internet Webpage). Adobe Acrobat Reader software however if needed is (as above) FREE to download from the Web.

Note:

DO NOT use the M&S ‘Half year Results’, their ‘Trading Statements’ or their ‘Plan a Report’ or ‘Multi-Channel Investor Events’ or ‘International Investor Events’ or (likely not) their ‘Governance Events’, and (likely not) their ‘Strategic Reports’ or even possibly not even their ‘Full Year’s Results’ on their M&S ‘Reports, Results and Presentations’ Webpages (and for ANY year.)

(Instead) just USE the M&S ‘Annual Reports’ for 2014, 2013, 2012, etc. on the ‘Link Tabs’ on that Webpage.

Generally (for this Coursework) you can therefore Forget about the M&S ‘Half year Results’, their ‘Trading Statements’, ‘Plan a Report’, ‘Multi-Channel Investor Events’ and ‘International Investor Events’ and (you are likely also to be able to forget about) M&S ‘Governance Events’, (even) their ‘Strategic Reports’ and even possibly also M&S ‘Full Year’s Results’ (and for ANY year.)

 
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