Meaning of Directors’ Report
At the end of financial year, the directors draft a short statement on the overall activities of the company which is called directors’ report. it is a statement by a company’s directors in its annual accounts giving the directors’ opinion of the state of the company, and how much should be paid to people owning shares in the company.
This is attached to the company’s annual report. This report must support and elaborate on the information contained in the Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Source and Application of Funds Statement. Such a report indicates whether there had been any change in the company’s nature of business. It is an instrument through which the Board describes the business performance during last financial year and prospect in the years to come. The Companies Act requires that the directors’ report should deal with the company’s affairs in general and indicate the amount recommended as dividend and the amount proposed to be carried to reserves.
