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

Intragroup financial reporting (detailed breakdown) Breakdown of financial liabilities: a total must equal the sum of its parts (SR08.01.04.01, SR08.01.04.02, Bank of England check boe_v0829_m)

A blocking check on the intragroup financial reporting (detailed breakdown) Breakdown of financial liabilities (SR08.01.04.01) and intragroup financial reporting (detailed breakdown) Breakdown of financial liabilities (SR08.01.04.02) templates, in the intragroup financial reporting (core and detailed breakdowns) (RFB004) return.

Line4 Check runs it on the intragroup financial reporting (core and detailed breakdowns) (RFB004) return, proven on test files, check by check: the same outcome on all eight test files of that return.

Check your file for this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

In Intragroup financial reporting (detailed breakdown) Breakdown of financial liabilities (SR08.01.04.01): "Financial liabilities" in column "Held for trading" (row 0450, column 0010) in Intragroup financial reporting (detailed breakdown) Breakdown of financial liabilities (SR08.01.04.02) must equal the sum of "Derivatives" in column "Held for trading" (row 0010, column 0010), "Short positions" in column "Held for trading" (row 0020, column 0010), "Deposits" in column "Held for trading" (row 0050, column 0010), "Debt securities issued" in column "Held for trading" (row 0360, column 0010) and "Other financial liabilities" in column "Held for trading" (row 0440, column 0010).

The headline gives only the template and the kind of check, because the rule is too long to say in a headline. The plain words above say all of it.

What to do if your return fails it

  1. 01Open the tables below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Add up the parts in your return and compare the result with the total.
  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.
  4. 04The Bank of England allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  5. 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark SR08.01.04 as reported.
  6. 06This is a blocking check. A return that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit.

The cells it reads

Intragroup financial reporting (detailed breakdown) Breakdown of financial liabilities (SR08.01.04.01)

Rows

  • R0010Derivatives
  • R0020Short positions
  • R0050Deposits
  • R0360Debt securities issued
  • R0440Other financial liabilities

Column

  • C0010Held for trading

Intragroup financial reporting (detailed breakdown) Breakdown of financial liabilities (SR08.01.04.02)

Row

  • R0450Financial liabilities

Column

  • C0010Held for trading

A worked example

With simple numbers.

Illustrative values
Derivatives, Held for trading1,200
Short positions, Held for trading800
Deposits, Held for trading450
Debt securities issued, Held for trading300
Other financial liabilities, Held for trading150
Together2,900
What the rule then expects

Financial liabilities, Held for trading must then be 2,900.

2,900Passes
3,000Fails

A file that reports 2,900 passes. One that reports 3,000 fails, by 100.

The numbers are illustrative, reported to the unit, so the rounding tolerance does not change the result.

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on the intragroup financial reporting (core and detailed breakdowns) (RFB004) return on Bank of England banking taxonomy 4.1.1. The Bank of England applies it to intragroup financial reporting (core and detailed breakdowns) (RFB004) returns, as a blocking check.

The Bank’s own words and formula

The plain words above spell out the Bank’s formula, with each cell named from its templates. In the Bank of England’s list of validations, word for word:

boe_v0829_m: T1: SR08.01.04.01; T2: SR08.01.04.02; Expression: {SR08.01.04.02, r0450, c0010} = {SR08.01.04.01, r0010, c0010} + {SR08.01.04.01, r0020, c0010} + {SR08.01.04.01, r0050, c0010} + {SR08.01.04.01, r0360, c0010} + {SR08.01.04.01, r0440, c0010}
Show the formulaShow

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

{t: SR08.01.04.02, r: 0450, c: 0010} = {t: SR08.01.04.01, r: 0010, c: 0010} + {t: SR08.01.04.01, r: 0020, c: 0010} + {t: SR08.01.04.01, r: 0050, c: 0010} + {t: SR08.01.04.01, r: 0360, c: 0010} + {t: SR08.01.04.01, r: 0440, c: 0010}

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