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

Own funds requirements (CA2): these items must be completed if the output floor is reported (OF02.00.01.01, Bank of England check boe_b0957)

A blocking check on the own funds requirements (CA2) template (OF02.00.01.01), in the own funds (PRA001) return.

Line4 Check runs it on the own funds (PRA001) return, proven on test files, check by check: the same outcome on all three test files of that return.

The rule in plain words

These items must be completed if the output floor is reported

In column "Output Floor" (0030) of Own funds requirements (CA2) (OF02.00.01.01): if "Total risk exposure amount" (row 0010) is reported, "Output floor activated" (row 0034) must be reported, and "Output floor multiplier" (row 0035) must be reported, and "Output floor adjustment (OF-ADJ)" (row 0036) must be reported.

What to do if your return fails it

  1. 01Open the table below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02The check applies only when its first part holds in your return. When it does, the second part must hold too: fix the second part, or correct the first.
  3. 03It runs only when your filing indicators mark OF02.00.01 as reported.
  4. 04This is a blocking check. A return that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.

The cells it reads

Own funds requirements (CA2) (OF02.00.01.01)

Rows

  • R0010Total risk exposure amount
  • R0034Output floor activated
  • R0035Output floor multiplier
  • R0036Output floor adjustment (OF-ADJ)

Column

  • C0030Output Floor

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on the own funds (PRA001) return on Bank of England banking taxonomy 4.1.1. The Bank of England applies it to 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.

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

if (not(isNull({t: OF02.00.01.01, r: 0010, c: 0030}))) then (not(isNull({t: OF02.00.01.01, r: 0034, c: 0030})) and not(isNull({t: OF02.00.01.01, r: 0035, c: 0030})) and not(isNull({t: OF02.00.01.01, r: 0036, c: 0030}))) else (true())

Every PRA banking rule on OF02.00.01.01

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