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Accounting
Level 4

Drafting and Interpreting Financial Statements

Duration

17 weeks

Location

Rush Green Campus

Starting

Jan 2025

Audience

Higher Education

Build on your knowledge of drafting, analysis and interpretation of the financial statements of limited companies with this AAT accredited module.

This module can be studied in isolation to build you knowledge in this specific area, or studied alongside other AAT accredited modules, to lead to an AAT Professional Diploma in Accounting.


Other modules available include:

  • Business Tax
  • Personal Tax
  • Internal Accounting Systems and Control

This module is accredited by:

Specifically, this module will cover:

  • The reporting frameworks and ethical principles that underpin financial reporting
  • The key features of a published set of financial statements
  • Drafting statutory financial statements for a limited company
  • Drafting consolidated financial statements
  • Interpreting financial statements using ratio analysis

You will complete online assessments for this module.

You'll need to have completed the AAT Advanced Diploma in Accounting at Level 3 to study on this programme.

Tutors are qualified accountants with years of experience in industry and in delivering AAT qualification courses.

Work experience can help develop your skills and improve your job prospects for the future. We'll support students looking for placements.

To be awarded the full AAT Professional Diploma in Accounting you'll need to have completed all course modules. Other modules offered at Barking & Dagenham College include:

Successful completion of the full AAT Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting gives you a variety of career options.

You can move into employment in fields such as Forensic Accounting or Corporate Finance, or specialise in taxation or insolvency.

If you want to continue your studies, you may be able to jump onto the 2nd year of accounting degree programmes of some Universities.

Whatever you choose, you can apply for full AAT membership. This will boost your employment opportunities.

You could also progress to study for Chartered and Certified Accountancy qualifications such as ACCA, CIMA or ICAEW.

Where it can lead to
Career progression

There are number of routes you can take following successful completion of a course. Further study can include Higher Education courses or a Higher Apprenticeship where you will expand your skills through study whilst earning a wage. Or you may choose to move directly into employment.

Contact our careers team for further guidance.