annual report

American  

noun

1. a document reporting to stockholders on management and operations and containing fiscal information, published yearly by a publicly held corporation as required by federal law.

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annual report British  

noun

1. a report presented by the directors of a company to its shareholders each year, containing the profit-and-loss account, the balance sheet, and details of the past year's activity

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Example Sentences

The total has increased by more than one million in two years, with almost £1.3bn stolen by scammers in 2025, according to an annual report by UK Finance.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026

Neville noted that in addition to their annual report, a postmortem survey tracks “how happy people are,” and if they feel the cost was worth it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

In the Global Value fund’s most recent annual report, for 2024, it said it had a 22% allocation to healthcare and 20% to information technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The point of the annual report is really to look at the euro, which is still solidly in second place behind the U.S. dollar in international usage.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

It would continue to manufacture new cars and issue its annual report.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari