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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annual report

Edison told its shareholders in its annual report that it believes it acted as a “reasonable” utility operator before the fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

SEW warned in its annual report this week that it needed to secure fresh financing to stay afloat after taking a £55m hit from outages over the winter.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Scott Mills' earnings and those of other highly paid presenters may be making headlines, but there is a bigger story contained in the BBC's annual report.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

If you’re already anxious about the AI spending bubble and its global economic risks, maybe don’t read the latest annual report from the Bank for International Settlements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

In PIH’s 1993 annual report, Farmer wrote that the organization should never change its basic mission—serving Haiti—or soften its message in order to broaden its appeal.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French