The Building Societies (Accounts and Related Provisions) Regulations 1998

Annual accounts U.K.

3.—(1) In respect of the annual accounts of any single accounts society—

(a) every income and expenditure account shall be prepared in the format set out in Part I of Schedule 1; [F1 and]

(b) every balance sheet shall be prepared in the format set out in Part I of Schedule 2; F2 ...

F2 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

in each case in accordance with the relevant provisions, and every such document shall, subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation, be prepared in the order and under the headings and subheadings in the format applicable to it.

(2) In respect of the annual accounts of any group accounts society—

(a) the provisions of this regulation shall apply subject to the provisions of regulation 4, the supplementary provisions of which shall also have effect in relation to those accounts; and

(b) within those accounts—

(i) every income and expenditure account relating to the society shall be prepared in the format set out in Part I of Schedule 1;

(ii) every income and expenditure account relating to the society and its subsidiary undertakings shall be prepared on a consolidated basis in the format set out in Part II of Schedule 1;

(iii) every balance sheet relating to the society shall be prepared in the format set out in Part I of Schedule 2; [F3 and]

(iv) every balance sheet relating to the society and its subsidiary undertakings shall be prepared on a consolidated basis in the format set out in Part II of Schedule 2; F4 ...

F4 (v) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

and in each case in accordance with the relevant provisions, and every such document shall, subject to the following paragraphs of this regulation, be prepared in the order and under the headings and subheadings in the format applicable to it.

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) are not to be read as—

(a) requiring the heading or subheading for any item to be distinguished by any letter or number assigned to that item in the format in which it appears;

(b) prohibiting the showing of any item in a particular account in greater detail (with or without additional subdivisions) than is required by the format for that particular account; or

(c) prohibiting the insertion of additional items, provided that their contents are not specifically covered by any of the items prescribed in the formats.

(4) Where the heading of an item in any format set out in Schedule 1 or 2 contains any wording in square brackets, that wording may be omitted if not applicable to the society.

(5) Items preceded by a lower case letter in any format set out in Schedule [F5 1 or 2] may be combined in a society’s annual accounts for any financial year if either:

(a) their individual amounts are not material to assessing—

(i) in respect of an income and expenditure account, the income and expenditure of the society (or, as the case may be, the society and its subsidiary undertakings) for that year; [F6 and]

(ii) in respect of a balance sheet, the state of affairs of the society (or, as the case may be, the society and its subsidiary undertakings) as at the end of that year; F7 ...

F7 (iii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) their combination facilitates that assessment,

but where sub-paragraph (b) applies, the individual amounts of any items so combined shall be disclosed in a note to the annual accounts.

(6) Subject to paragraph (7), a heading or subheading for an item contained in any format set out in Schedule [F8 1 or 2] shall not be included if there is no amount to be shown for that item in respect of the financial year to which the annual accounts relate (and a total need not be included if, as a result of this paragraph, it would be composed of a single item).

(7) For the purpose of comparing particular accounts with those for the preceding financial year—

(a) in respect of every item shown in a balance sheet [F9 and income and expenditure account], the corresponding amount for the preceding financial year shall be shown;

(b) where that corresponding amount is not comparable with the amount to be shown for the item in question in respect of the financial year to which the annual accounts relate, the former amount shall be adjusted and particulars of the adjustment and the reasons for it shall be disclosed in a note to the annual accounts; and

(c) paragraph (6) does not apply in any case where an amount can be shown for the item to which the heading or subheading relates in respect of the preceding financial year; in such a case that amount shall be shown under the heading or subheading required for that item.

(8) In this regulation, “the relevant provisions” means, in relation to any particular account, Part III of the Schedule in question, Parts I and II of which contain formats of that particular account.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 3(1)(a) inserted (23.3.1999) by The Building Societies (Contents of Accounts) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/248), reg. 1, Sch. para. 8(1) (with reg. 4)

F2 Reg. 3(1)(c) and word omitted (23.3.1999) by virtue of The Building Societies (Contents of Accounts) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/248), reg. 1, Sch. para. 8(1) (with reg. 4)

F3 Word in reg. 3(2)(b)(iii) inserted (23.3.1999) by The Building Societies (Contents of Accounts) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/248), reg. 1, Sch. para. 8(2) (with reg. 4)

F4 Reg. 3(2)(b)(v) and word omitted (23.3.1999) by virtue of The Building Societies (Contents of Accounts) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/248), reg. 1, Sch. para. 8(2) (with reg. 4)

F5 Words in reg. 3(5) substituted (23.3.1999) by The Building Societies (Contents of Accounts) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/248), reg. 1, Sch. para. 8(3) (with reg. 4)

F6 Word in reg. 3(5)(a)(i) inserted (23.3.1999) by The Building Societies (Contents of Accounts) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/248), reg. 1, Sch. para. 8(4) (with reg. 4)

F7 Reg. 3(5)(a)(iii) and word omitted (23.3.1999) by virtue of The Building Societies (Contents of Accounts) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/248), reg. 1, Sch. para. 8(4) (with reg. 4)

F8 Words in reg. 3(6) substituted (23.3.1999) by The Building Societies (Contents of Accounts) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/248), reg. 1, Sch. para. 8(5) (with reg. 4)

F9 Words in reg. 3(7)(a) substituted (23.3.1999) by The Building Societies (Contents of Accounts) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/248), reg. 1, Sch. para. 8(6) (with reg. 4)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 3 in force at 27.3.1998, see reg. 1