Explain Materiality
Explain Relevance
Explain Faithful Representation
Explain Accounting Entity (and relate to balance sheet)
Explain Legal Entity (and relate to balance sheet)
Explain Accounting Period (and relate to balance sheet)
Explain Going Concern (and relate to balance sheet)
Explain Duality (and relate to balance sheet)
Explain Monetary Unit convention (and relate to balance sheet)
… Shown in balance sheet by only including assets of monetary value, for example, not including goodwill despite it being a NCA.
Explain Historical Cost (and relate to balance sheet)
Explain Materiality (and relate to balance sheet)
Define internal stakeholders (and their need for financial information)
Define external stakeholders (and their need for financial information)
Improvements for liquidity, if illiquid
Improvements for liquidity, if too much idle funds
Improvement for solvency, if highly geared
Improvement for solvency, if lowly geared