Part 15

Accounts and reports
Chapter 12

Supplementary provisions

Companies qualifying as medium-sized

Companies qualifying as medium-sized: general
465
1
A company qualifies as medium-sized in relation to its first financial year if the qualifying conditions are met in that year.
2
A company qualifies as medium-sized in relation to a subsequent financial year—
a
if the qualifying conditions are met in that year and the preceding financial year;
b
if the qualifying conditions are met in that year and the company qualified as medium-sized in relation to the preceding financial year;
c
if the qualifying conditions were met in the preceding financial year and the company qualified as medium-sized in relation to that year.
3
The qualifying conditions are met by a company in a year in which it satisfies two or more of the following requirements—
1. Turnover | Not more than £54 million
2. Balance sheet total | Not more than £27 million
3. Number of employees | Not more than 250
4
For a period that is a company's financial year but not in fact a year the maximum figures for turnover must be proportionately adjusted.
5
The balance sheet total means the aggregate of the amounts shown as assets in the company's balance sheet.
6
The number of employees means the average number of persons employed by the company in the year, determined as follows—
a
find for each month in the financial year the number of persons employed under contracts of service by the company in that month (whether throughout the month or not),
b
add together the monthly totals, and
c
divide by the number of months in the financial year.
7
This section is subject to section 466 (companies qualifying as medium-sized: parent companies).
Pt. 15 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2008) by The Bank Accounts Directive (Miscellaneous Banks) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/567), reg. 4, Sch. para. 1 (with Sch. para. 11)
Pt. 15 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2008) by The Partnerships (Accounts) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/569), regs. 4, 7, Sch. Pt. 1
Pt. 15 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 16 (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)
Ss. 418-469 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 10 (with reg. 7, Sch. 2) (and the said Sch. 1 para. 10 is amended (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Unregistered Companies (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1972), regs. 1(2), 2(2)(a))
Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))
Ss. 465-467 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2008) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1911), reg. 26 (as amended: (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2013/2005, regs. 1(1), 3(3) (with reg. 1(5)(6)); (with effect in accordance with reg. 2(2)-(5) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2016/575, regs. 2(1), 17; (E.W.S.) (1.10.2018) by S.I. 2018/1030, regs. 1(2), 31(3); (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/685, reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 58(5) (with reg. 1(3)-(8), Sch. 1 para. 65) (as amended by S.I. 2020/335, regs. 1, 3, 4; S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 22, 25(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)); (31.12.2020 with effect in relation to financial years beginning on or after IP completion day) by S.I. 2019/145, regs. 1(2)(b), 2, Sch. 3 para. 19 (with reg. 7(2)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 10, 11; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)); (N.I.) (6.4.2022) by S.R. 2022/121, regs. 1, 31(3); (N.I.) (3.10.2022) by S.R. 2022/234, regs. 1, 31(3); (N.I.) (1.4.2023) by S.R. 2023/59, regs. 1, 31(3); (N.I.) (29.9.2023) by S.R. 2023/148, regs. 1, 31(3)(a)(b); (N.I.) (27.3.2024) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/78), regs. 1, 31(3)); and (6.4.2025) by S.I. 2024/1303, regs. 1(2), 2(2), 11(5)(6))
Words in s. 465(3) table substituted (6.4.2025) by The Companies (Accounts and Reports) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1303), regs. 1(2), 10(1)(b) (with regs. 2(2), 3)
Pt. 15 applied (with modifications) (8.12.2017) by The Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1212), regs. 1(2), 162, 163 (with reg. 189)
Words in s. 465(3) table substituted (6.4.2025) by The Companies (Accounts and Reports) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1303), regs. 1(2), 10(1)(a) (with regs. 2(2), 3)