The Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

CHAPTER 2 FORM AND CONTENTS OF GROUP ACCOUNTS

Form and contents of group accounts: general

14.—(1) The requirements as to the form and contents of group accounts to be prepared under paragraph 3(3)(b) of Schedule 6 are prescribed in this regulation and regulation 15.

(2) In the case of a parent charity that is a general charity, the group accounts must comply with regulation 8 as if the undertakings included in the group were a single charity.

(3) In the case of a parent charity that is a special case charity, the group accounts must comply with regulation 9 as if the undertakings included in the group were a single charity.

(4) In the case of a parent charity that is an investment fund, the group accounts must comply with regulation 10 as if the undertakings included in the group were a single charity.

Form and contents of group accounts: general requirements

15.—(1) In addition to complying with regulation 14, the group accounts prepared by the charity trustees of any parent charity to be prepared under paragraph 3(3)(b) of Schedule 6 must comply with the requirements prescribed in this regulation.

(2) The group accounts must be prepared in accordance with the methods and principles set out in FRS 102 and the SORP.

(3) The group accounts must incorporate in full the information contained in the individual accounts of the parent charity and its relevant subsidiary undertakings, subject to such consolidation adjustments, if any, as may be appropriate in accordance with FRS 102.

(4) In this regulation, “relevant subsidiary undertaking” means a subsidiary undertaking of the parent charity which is not excluded under regulation 17 from the group accounts required to be prepared for the parent financial year.