Learning outcomes
Why businesses keep accounts
Trading, profit and loss accounts
Vertical balance sheet
Example of a vertical balance sheet
Trading, profit and loss account activity
Vertical balance sheet activity
Consolidation task producing final accounts
Glossary

Final Accounts

Vertical balance sheet

The third document used to make up the final accounts of a business is called the balance sheet. The balance sheet shows the value of a business at one point in time. It balances where a business got its money from (what it owes) and what it did with that money (what it owns).

The balance sheet is divided into two parts:

On the next screen you will see a vertical balance sheet for Mollys Sweet Shop.





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