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

In its 2025 annual report, Fathom, which offers brokerage, mortgage, and title services, said it had approximately 14,135 agent licenses.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

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

According to the latest annual report on violence, Sub-Saharan Africa for the first time is not the world’s most violent region.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker