You are a financial analyst working for a stockbroking firm You are required to write a
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This report requires me as a financial analyst, to analyse the reports of the stated limited
company. The company is Cullompton plc which is a part of the Cullompton group.
Cullompton plc is the holdings company but as a whole work internationally supplying
agricultural products and financial services. Analysis for the year 2002, will use
Cullompton's annual report, and will focus on: profitability, working capital utilisation,
liquidity, gearing, capital structure and stock market indicators. Finally the report will
have a conclusion of the overall performance and their future.
The year 2002 was in some respects a reasonably good year for the Cullompton group.
Although pre-tax profits were ₤108 million in 2002, which was ₤11 million down from
the previous year, they were up by ₤22.8 million from 2000, and ₤26.9 million in 1999.
So 2001 was a very good year profit-wise for the group but 2002 was generally good to...