4.1Investment Foundations · Mission 6
The Three Financial Statements
Open one annual report as three connected views: the year-end position, the year's profit, and the cash that actually moved.
Your investigation
Trace a credit sale through all three statements and file a Three-Statement Evidence Map before reading a single ratio.
18–22 minutesFour evidence scansThree-Statement Evidence Map
Cedar Works · Filing investigation
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OPS filing guide
Start with what each statement measures and the time window it covers. The labels are not interchangeable.
Open all three statement tabs.
Evidence file 1 · Open the filing
Three statements, three views of one company
Definition · financial statement
A structured report that records one view of a company's financial position or activity. No single statement answers every investor question.
Cedar Works · FY 2026
Balance sheet
A balance sheet reports recognized assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity at a specified date.
Investor question: What does Cedar Works control, and who has claims on it at year-end?
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