As any financial expert will tell you, company accounts tend, more often than not, to conceal or gloss over the less attractive aspects of a company's trade record. For shareholders, private investors, speculators or potential clients or employees, it is vital that they are able to cut through the jargon and legalese to expose the truth behind the figures.
Stephen Bloomfield brings his years of financial experience to bear in Reading Between the Lines of Company Accounts to show the uninitiated how to spot the "black holes" in the books. No previous knowledge of accountancy is required to gain an accurate and informed overview of a company, despite the tricks that accountants use to mask unhealthy profit figures and bleak growth prospects.
