• THE BASICS
• A MARKETING TOOL
• AUDIENCES
• READING AN ANNUAL REPORT
• PLAIN-ENGLISH INITIATIVE
• PACKAGING THE ANNUAL REPORT
• SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORTS
• FURTHER READING:

Annual reports are public statements of an organization's financial performance that are distributed to company stockholders and other interested parties. An annual report assesses the preceding fiscal year's operations and discusses the management's view of the upcoming year. It may also contain limited comparative information about a company's competitors and the broader industry in which it operates. Both for-profit and nonprofit organizations produce...