How do I calculate the beginning and ending stockholder's equity and the change in equity?

Question

Given beginning and ending of year assets and liabilities and during the year revenue, expenses, and dividends?

Answer 1

Let's use an e.g.:
Assets: Beg 1000 End 1500
Liab: Beg 800 End 1000
From here alone you can tell Beginning equities is 200 and ending is 500. A - L = E
So the net increase in Retained Earnings is 300

Take your revenue less expenses less dividends to make sure the total is also 300.

Answer 2

Beginning Stockholders Equity Formula

Answer 3

All you had to look at share capital (stakeholder wealth),[ I am not sure what they use in UK or US] on the liability side of balance sheet. If any new shares are issued during the year then you will find figures in the same colum or other way you can divide the total share capital by current share price of the company & you will get the no. of shares.