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- Companies House, FRC
- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 1 of 201 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 200 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
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INTRODUCTION
0 of 2 sections shown2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
FORM AND CONTENT OF ACCOUNTS
4 of 7 sections shown- Prepare accounts in accordance with Schedule 1 form and content rulesDirector or Officer
- Prepare and label insurance company annual accountsDirector or Officer
- Prepare insurance company accounts in the required formatDirector or Officer
- Disclose information about related companies in your accountsDirector or Officer
- Include required related‑undertaking disclosures in your accountsDirector or Officer
- Prepare group accounts according to specialized format and content rulesDirector or Officer
- Prepare group accounts in the Schedule 6 formatDirector or Officer
3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
DIRECTORS' REPORT
1 of 1 section shown- Include required disclosures in your annual Directors' reportDirector or Officer
- Prepare directors’ report with required disclosuresDirector or Officer
DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION REPORT
1 of 1 section shown- Prepare and publish a detailed Directors' Remuneration ReportDirector or Officer
- Prepare directors’ remuneration report with required Schedule 8 informationDirector or Officer
INTERPRETATION
0 of 2 sections shown2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
REVIEW
0 of 1 section shown1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
Schedules
177 of 441 shown- Prepare annual individual accounts using the prescribed formatsDirector or Officer
- Prepare company accounts using standard formats and headingsDirector or Officer
- Prepare annual accounts in the prescribed format for insurance companiesDirector or Officer
- Prepare insurance company accounts in the required statutory formatDirector or Officer
- Disclose directors' remuneration and benefits in annual accountsTrader
- Prepare directors' remuneration report with required pay disclosuresDirector or Officer
- Ensure opening balance sheet matches previous year's closing balance sheetTrader
- Write off excess of debt repayable over consideration received, or disclose in notesTrader
- Apply depreciation rules to revalued assets and disclose differencesTrader
- Disclose alternative valuation methods and historical cost comparatives in accounts notesTrader
- Maintain a revaluation reserve for asset revaluationsTrader
- Determine fair value of financial instruments using the correct hierarchyTrader
- Adjust the fair value reserve and disclose tax treatment in accountsTrader
- Present notes to accounts in balance sheet and profit and loss orderTrader
- State your accounting policies in the notes to your accountsTrader
- Report share allotment details in annual accountsTrader
- Disclose details of any contingent share allotment rights in your accountsTrader
- Disclose debentures issued during the financial year in accountsTrader
- Disclose fixed asset movements and depreciation in annual accountsTrader
- Disclose historical valuations and valuers' details for fixed assetsTrader
- Break down land and buildings by tenure in your balance sheetTrader
- Disclose how much of your investments are in listed sharesTrader
- Disclose derivatives not held at fair value in annual accountsTrader
- Disclose fair value methods for investment property and biological assetsTrader
- Disclose movements of reserves and provisions in annual accountsTrader
- Disclose long-term debt and secured debt details in annual accountsTrader
- Disclose arrears of fixed cumulative dividends in accountsTrader
- Disclose guarantees, charges and financial commitments in annual accountsTrader
- Disclose turnover by business class and geographical market in accountsTrader
- State basis of foreign currency translation in accountsTrader
- State in accounts if dormant company acted as agentDirector or Officer
- Disclose related party transactions in annual accountsTrader
- Disclose post-balance-sheet events affecting your accountsTrader
- Disclose profit appropriation or loss treatment in annual accountsTrader
- Disclose certain distributions in company accountsTrader
- Show how assets and liabilities map to balance sheet itemsTrader
- Explain assets or liabilities shown under more than one balance sheet itemTrader
- Write back provisions when no longer needed and disclose in accountsTrader
- Disclose amortisation period and reasons for capitalising development costsTrader
- Write off intangible assets over useful life and disclose exceptional periodDirector or Officer
- Write off asset from discounted debt in annual instalmentsTrader
- Disclose alternative valuation methods and historical cost comparatives in accounts notesTrader
- Maintain a revaluation reserve for revalued assetsTrader
- Present notes to accounts in balance sheet and P&L orderTrader
- State your accounting policies in annual accountsTrader
- State how foreign currency amounts are translated in your accountsTrader
- Disclose details of shares allotted during the financial yearTrader
- Disclose details of contingent share allotment rightsTrader
- Disclose details of any new debentures issued in the annual accountsTrader
- Disclose fixed asset movements and depreciation in balance sheet notesTrader
- Disclose revaluation details of fixed assets in financial statementsTrader
- Disclose details of derivatives not recorded at fair valueTrader
- Disclose fair value and impairment justification for financial fixed assetsTrader
- Disclose transfers to/from reserves and provisions in accountsTrader
- Disclose maturity breakdown of loans, advances and liabilities in accountsTrader
- Disclose debt and fixed-income securities due within one yearTrader
- Disclose details of significant subordinated borrowings in accountsTrader
- Disclose arrears of fixed cumulative dividends in accountsTrader
- Disclose details of assets charged in annual accountsDirector or Officer
- Disclose contingent liabilities and commitments for group undertakings in accounts notesTrader
- Disclose property leased to others in annual accountsTrader
- Disclose breakdown of material other assets and other liabilities in accountsTrader
- Disclose income by geographical market in annual accountsTrader
- Disclose provision of management and agency services if materialTrader
- Disclose material related party transactions in annual accountsTrader
- Disclose material post-balance-sheet events in your accountsTrader
- Disclose proposed or actual profit appropriation and loss treatmentTrader
- Make your opening balance sheet match the previous year's closing balance sheetDirector or Officer
- Determine fair value of financial instruments using prescribed hierarchyTrader
- Recognise permanent asset diminutions and disclose provisions in accountsTrader
- Write back provisions when reasons no longer apply (but not goodwill)Trader
- Disclose development costs and write-off period in accounting notesTrader
- Write off intangible assets and disclose chosen periodDirector or Officer
- Have a Fellow of the Institute or Faculty of Actuaries compute long-term business provisions annuallyTrader
- Follow strict conditions and disclose when discounting claims provisionsTrader
- Determine equalisation reserves in line with FCA/PRA rulesTrader
- Disclose use of non-annual accounting method in notes to accountsTrader
- Present required information as notes to the accounts in the correct orderTrader
- Disclose accounting policies in your company accountsTrader
- State whether accounts comply with accounting standards and explain any departuresTrader
- Disclose foreign currency translation basis in accountsTrader
- Disclose share allotment details in annual accountsTrader
- Disclose contingent share allotment rights in annual accountsTrader
- Disclose debenture issues and nominee-held debentures in annual accountsTrader
- Disclose movements and provisions for intangible assets, land/buildings and investmentsTrader
- Disclose asset valuation history and valuers’ details in accountsTrader
- Disclose listed investments within balance sheet investmentsTrader
- Disclose fair value assumptions, changes and derivative details in your accountsTrader
- Disclose fair value and details of derivatives not held at fair valueTrader
- Disclose fair value and justification for overvalued financial fixed assetsTrader
- Disclose fair value methods for investment property and biological assetsTrader
- Disclose movements in reserves and provisions in your annual accountsTrader
- Disclose details of long-term and secured debts in accountsTrader
- Disclose fixed cumulative dividend arrears in company accountsTrader
- Disclose asset cost determination and loans for own-share purchase in accountsTrader
- Disclose insurance business breakdown by class and reinsuranceTrader
- Disclose long-term insurance business premiums and reinsurance balanceTrader
- Disclose relationships between assets or liabilities and balance sheet itemsTrader
- Disclose material related party transactions not under normal market conditionsTrader
- File statement of capital and initial shareholdings at incorporationTrader
- Disclose proposed or actual appropriation of profit and treatment of lossTrader
- Disclose subsidiary undertakings in your annual accountsTrader
- Explain in accounts why your company doesn't produce group accountsTrader
- Disclose holdings in subsidiary undertakings in accountsTrader
- State subsidiary's financial year-end date if different from parentTrader
- Disclose financial information about each unconsolidated subsidiaryTrader
- Disclose membership of unlimited liability undertakings in group accountsDirector or Officer
- Disclose significant holdings in external companiesTrader
- State the name and address of each subsidiary undertakingTrader
- Disclose capital, reserves and profit/loss of significant holdings in other undertakingsTrader
- Disclose membership of unlimited-liability undertakingsTrader
- Disclose parent undertaking details for largest and smallest groupsTrader
- Identify and state your ultimate parent companyTrader
- Disclose directors' remuneration and share scheme gains in annual accountsTrader
- Disclose acquisition details in notes to accountsTrader
- Disclose parent company directors' remuneration in group accountsDirector or Officer
- Recognise deferred tax balances in consolidated accountsTrader
- Disclose differences between parent and group accounting rulesTrader
- Add explanatory notes to the directors' report where neededDirector or Officer
- Include methodology for disclosed information in directors' reportDirector or Officer
- Include at least one emissions ratio in directors' reportDirector or Officer
- Include prior-year comparative figures in directors' reportDirector or Officer
- Include prior-year comparison in your directors' reportDirector or Officer
- State differing reporting period for certain data in directors' reportDirector or Officer
- Keep directors' report periods consistent across sectionsDirector or Officer
- Disclose use of option to move directors' report information to strategic reportDirector or Officer
- Report annual carbon emissions and energy use in directors' reportTrader
- State methodologies used to calculate energy and carbon informationDirector or Officer
- State at least one emissions intensity ratio in your directors' reportDirector or Officer
- Include prior-year energy and carbon data in your directors' reportDirector or Officer
- State different reporting period in directors' reportDirector or Officer
- Ensure consistent reporting period for directors' report informationDirector or Officer
- Include corporate governance statement in directors’ report if you meet size thresholdsDirector or Officer
- Include a corporate governance statement in your directors’ reportDirector or Officer
- Fail to publish corporate governance statement onlineDirector or Officer
Fine up to £1,000
- Include supplier payment performance data in directors' reportDirector or Officer
- Disclose political donations and expenditure in directors' reportTrader
- Disclose contributions to non-UK political parties in directors' reportTrader
- Report details of share purchases, acquisitions, charges and disposals in directors' reportDirector or Officer
- Include specified directors' remuneration information in annual reportTrader
- Include total pension entitlements in directors' remuneration reportDirector or Officer
- Include scheme interests awarded to directors in the remuneration reportTrader
- Include past director payments in remuneration reportTrader
- Disclose payments for loss of office in directors' remuneration reportDirector or Officer
- Include director shareholding and share interest details in remuneration reportDirector or Officer
- Include performance graph and table in directors' remuneration reportDirector or Officer
- Include pay ratio information in directors' remuneration reportTrader
- Choose a method to calculate pay ratio figures Y25, Y50, Y75Trader
- Include detailed pay ratio explanations in the directors' remuneration reportDirector or Officer
- Disclose pay ratio figures in directors' remuneration reportDirector or Officer
- Explain pay ratio changes in directors' remuneration reportDirector or Officer
- Follow presentation and disclosure rules for directors’ remuneration reportDirector or Officer
- Remuneration report: show relative importance of pay spend in graph or tableDirector or Officer
- Include implementation statement for directors' remuneration policy in annual reportDirector or Officer
- Disclose remuneration committee members and advisers in directors' remuneration reportDirector or Officer
- Disclose shareholder voting on remuneration in the directors' reportDirector or Officer
- Prepare directors' remuneration policy with required content and disclosuresTrader
- Disclose remuneration component details in the remuneration reportTrader
- Explain your directors' remuneration policy in the notes to the policy tableTrader
- Set out recruitment remuneration principles in directors' pay policyTrader
- Include remuneration statement in directors' remuneration reportDirector or Officer
- Describe service contract payment obligations in remuneration policyTrader
- Disclose where directors' service contracts are keptTrader
- Include bar chart of executive pay in directors' remuneration reportTrader
- Explain how you calculated the bar chart figuresDirector or Officer
- Show max remuneration assuming 50% share price rise in directors' reportDirector or Officer
- Include notice period policy in directors' remuneration policyTrader
- Include loss-of-office payment principles in directors' remuneration policyTrader
- Include employee pay considerations in directors' remuneration policyDirector or Officer
- Disclose employee consultation and pay comparisons in directors' remuneration reportDirector or Officer
- Include statement on how shareholder views shaped the directors' remuneration policyDirector or Officer
- Include all required matters in revised directors' remuneration policyDirector or Officer
- Present revised directors' remuneration policy in the same format as the remuneration reportDirector or Officer
- Include additional columns for other remuneration items in the directors' remuneration report tableDirector or Officer
- Include single total figure table in directors' remuneration reportDirector or Officer
- Account for partial performance, recoveries, and negative values in the single total figure tableDirector or Officer
- Present comparative directors' remuneration figures in single total figure tableTrader
- Do not use provisions to adjust asset valuesTrader
- Report staff costs correctly in your profit and loss accountTrader
264 other schedules
- Apply accounting policies consistently within and across yearsTrader
- Prepare annual accounts on a prudent basisDirector or Officer
- Apply accounting policies consistently within and across financial yearsTrader
- Apply accounting policies consistently across accounts and yearsTrader
- Prepare accounts on a prudent basisTrader
- Value land and buildings at market value every 5 yearsTrader
- Adapt accounts formats for special business nature and combine immaterial itemsDirector or Officer
- Show comparative prior-year figures in accounts and omit empty linesDirector or Officer
- Write back provisions when reasons cease and disclose in accountsTrader
- Write off intangible assets over their useful economic life or, if uncertain, over a maximum of 10 years with disclosureDirector or Officer
- Value land and buildings at market value, revalue every five yearsTrader
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