online financial training AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Introducing Astutely’s Training Academy for online finance workshops.
Our first offering is a short and punchy masterclass: “Spotting the Red Flags: Carillion”
Learn how to spot the red flags that were apparent in Carillion’s final set of financial statements, published in March 2017, only 10 months before it spectacularly collapsed in January 2018.
A useful refresher for anybody who has been on one of Sarah’s finance workshops before - it will help cement your learnings applying them to one of the most infamous UK corporate failures.
Watch whenever you want and work through it at your own pace!
50% OFF FOR JANUARY 2025 - Only £47!
fast BITE-SIZED LEARNING
A super easy way to keep up with your financial learning journey.
Easy to follow, huge depth of learning, and an easy short-cut to gaining confidence with your own organisation’s numbers and challenges!
Two ways to approach it:
Way 1: Just show me!
Grab a cuppa and sit back and listen as Sarah takes you through Carillion’s last set of audited financial statements and highlights the clear warning signals.
Follow her simple “paint by numbers” approach to cut through the accounting noise and see what’s really going on.
Way2: Read through the selected pages of the Accounts first and have a shot
Put into practice what you already know and stretch yourself to see if you can spot some warning signals. And then listen to the recording and double check your understanding.
HOW IT WORKS
As soon as you purchase, you will have access to the masterclass in Astutely’s online Academy.
Here you will find an introduction, selected pages from the Annual Report, and some questions to guide your initial thinking. You can have a shot at doing some analysis yourself before watching the recording.
Or just sit back and watch me explain the red flags as revealed in the financial statements.
We will follow my easy 3-step process of financial appraisal to gauge each organisation’s financial health as we work through the topic together. Practice makes perfect.
I look forward to seeing you there!
BENEFITS FOR YOU
Improve and cement your financial knowledge in an enjoyable and practical manner. Do some initial pre-work or just sit back and follow along - your approach is up to you!
Only a one hour investment of your time, at a time of your choosing.
Work at your own pace, and enjoy lifetime access.
Revisit as many times as you want to refresh and consolidate.
SPOTTING THE RED FLAGS IN CARILLION’S ACCOUNTS
A SMART INVESTMENT OF YOUR TIME
Fast track your learning, gain useful knowledge and understand what went wrong in one of the worst ever UK accounting failures.
Trade one hour of your time for a wealth of understanding!
online courses
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Sarah is currently working on an online version of “Finance for Non-Financial Leaders” which covers the same material (in more depth) as the face-to-face and virtual workshops.
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You will have lifetime access to the workshop so that you can revisit it as often as you like.
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Materials will be updated annually for any changes in accounting standards or legal requirements.
MASTERCLASSES
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If you attend a finance workshop and jump straight back into the hurly-burly of office life, then inevitably the new knowledge and understanding you have acquired will fade until you need to come back and attend another workshop!
These webinars will help overcome this problem and keep your knowledge up-to-date without requiring a huge investment of your time.
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Every quarter Sarah will focus on a different company or sector. One week before the webinar you will be sent selected pages of the chosen company’s latest Annual Report to review and look at.
Sarah will give a presentation highlighting the key points and remind you of the power of ratio analysis! Each presentation will last 45 - 60 minutes and then there will be 15 minutes of Q&A.
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A regular 90-minute investment of your time will ensure that you maximise and build on what you have already learnt!
What People Are Saying
“Today was great and I learned A LOT.
It will help me think about resource allocation and planning more strategically. You managed to demystify a lot of financial jargon for me, and your examples and anecdotes really enlivened the session”
— University Director
“Enlightening, brought financial planning alive!
Thank you”.
— Managing Partner, Wellington Medical Practice
“Just to say a massive thank you for today. I found the course incredibly useful and even more informative than I thought and hoped it would be.
Today has given me an excellent starting point and platform to build on, so thank you. I really appreciated the way it was run and how interactive it was.”
— Sarah Mander
our upcoming courses
powering your PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
Get to grip with the structure and terminology of the Profit and Loss Accounts.
Learn how to assess profitability, what EBITDA means, and how to boost your organisation’s bottom line.
Behind your Balance Sheet
Why is the Balance Sheet such an important statement? What does it represent?
Find out how to appraise key areas such as liquidity and gearing to understand the true status of an organisation’s financial health.
THE CASH FLOW STATEMENT
The Cash Flow Statement is a key financial statement as it is a direct reflection of money in and out of the business in the financial period. No book entries, accruals, provisions or estimates - just a window onto the company’s bank account.
Learn how to use this important statement to deepen your understanding of an organisation’s viability and success.
“You have enabled me to really understand our business for the first time. I feel so much more confident in our monthly management account meetings and feel confident to make decisions about big investments. It’s been invaluable”