Methods of presenting a balance sheet as set out in the Companies Act. Details the two formats available, vertical and horizontal, with specific disclosure requirements.
Capital Employed is the total amount of capital that a company uses to generate profits and includes shareholder's equity and long-term debt, or the sum of fixed and net current assets. This metric is pivotal in ratio analysis for assessing the efficiency and profitability of a company's capital investments.
Net current assets, also known as working capital, refer to the excess of current assets over current liabilities and represent the capital available to run day-to-day operations within a business.
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