2 min readBlockingBank of England banking taxonomy 4.1.1Updated 11 November 2026

Check that total exposures (row 0010) is less than or equal to the row 'of which: SME' (0020) for the relevant negative columns (OF07.00.01.01, SC07.00.01.01, Bank of England check boe_b0537)

A blocking check on the credit and counterparty credit risks and free deliveries: standardised approach to capital requirements (CR SA) (OF07.00.01.01) and credit and counterparty credit risks and free deliveries: standardised approach to capital requirements for SDDTs (CR SA SDDT) (SC07.00.01.01) templates, in the own funds (PRA001) and own funds for SDDTs (PRA116) returns.

Line4 Check runs it on the own funds (PRA001) and own funds for SDDTs (PRA116) returns, proven on test files, check by check: the same outcome on all six test files of those returns.

The rule in plain words

Check that total exposures (row 0010) is less than or equal to the row 'of which: SME' (0020) for the relevant negative columns

In each of 9 columns (listed below) of Credit and counterparty credit risks and free deliveries: standardised approach to capital requirements (CR SA) (OF07.00.01.01): "Total exposures" (row 0010) must not be more than "of which: SME" (row 0020).

What to do if your return fails it

  1. 01Open the tables below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Compare the values in your return. If the first is bigger than it may be, one of them is wrong: check both before you change either.
  3. 03The Bank of England allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  4. 04It runs only when your filing indicators mark OF07.00.01 as reported.
  5. 05This is a blocking check. A return that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.

The cells it reads

Credit and counterparty credit risks and free deliveries: standardised approach to capital requirements (CR SA) (OF07.00.01.01)

Rows

  • R0010Total exposures
  • R0020of which: SME

Columns

  • C0030(-) Value adjustments and provisions associated with the original exposure
  • C0035(-) Adjustment to exposure value due to on-balance sheet netting
  • C0050(-) Guarantees
  • C0060(-) Credit derivatives
  • C0070(-) Financial collateral: simple method
  • C0080(-) Other funded credit protection
  • C0090(-) Total Outflows
  • C0130(-) Financial collateral: adjusted value (Cvam)
  • C0140(-) of which: Volatility and maturity adjustments

Sheets

  • S0001Total (SA exposures)
  • S0002Central governments or Central banks
  • S0003Regional governments or local authorities
  • S0004Public sector entities
  • S0005Multilateral development banks
  • S0006International organisations
  • S0007Institutions
  • S0008Corporates
  • S0009Retail
  • S0010Real estate exposures
  • S0011Exposures in default
  • S0012Exposures associated with particularly high risk
  • S0013Eligible covered bonds
  • S0015Exposures in the form of units or shares in collective investment undertakings (‘CIUs’)
  • S0016Subordinated debt, equity and other own funds instruments
  • S0017Other items

Credit and counterparty credit risks and free deliveries: standardised approach to capital requirements for SDDTs (CR SA SDDT) (SC07.00.01.01)

Rows

  • R0010Total exposures
  • R0020of which: SME

Columns

  • C0030(-) Value adjustments and provisions associated with the original exposure
  • C0035(-) Adjustment to exposure value due to on-balance sheet netting
  • C0050(-) Guarantees
  • C0060(-) Credit derivatives
  • C0070(-) Financial collateral: simple method
  • C0080(-) Other funded credit protection
  • C0090(-) Total Outflows
  • C0130(-) Financial collateral: adjusted value (Cvam)
  • C0140(-) of which: Volatility and maturity adjustments

Sheets

  • S0001Total (SA exposures)
  • S0002Central governments or Central banks
  • S0003Regional governments or local authorities
  • S0004Public sector entities
  • S0005Multilateral development banks
  • S0006International organisations
  • S0007Institutions
  • S0008Corporates
  • S0009Retail
  • S0010Real estate exposures
  • S0011Exposures in default
  • S0012Exposures associated with particularly high risk
  • S0013Eligible covered bonds
  • S0015Exposures in the form of units or shares in collective investment undertakings (‘CIUs’)
  • S0016Subordinated debt, equity and other own funds instruments
  • S0017Other items

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on the own funds (PRA001) and own funds for SDDTs (PRA116) returns on Bank of England banking taxonomy 4.1.1. The Bank of England applies it to own funds for SDDTs (PRA116) and own funds (PRA001) returns, as a blocking check.

The Bank’s own words and formula

The first paragraph of the plain words above is the Bank of England’s own, word for word, from its list of validations. The second spells out its formula, with each cell named from its templates.

Show the formulaShow

The Bank of England's formula. Cells are written as {t: table, r: row, c: column}.

{t: OF07.00.01.01, r: 0010} <= {t: OF07.00.01.01, r: 0020}

Where it applies, in the Bank's words (its scope):

scope({t: OF07.00.01.01, c:0030;0035;0050;0060;0070;0080;0090;0130;0140,z:0001;0002;0003;0004;0005;0006;0007;0008;0009;0010;0011;0012;0013;0015;0016;0017, f: banking, fv: banking_reporting})

Every PRA banking rule on OF07.00.01.01

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