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

"General risk" must not be less than the sum of "Derivatives" and "Other assets and liabilities" (OF21.00.01.01, Bank of England check v0055_h)

A blocking check on the market risk: standardised approach for position risk in equities (MKR SA EQU) template (OF21.00.01.01), 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.

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The rule in plain words

In each of "Long" (column 0010) and "Short" (column 0020) of Market risk: standardised approach for position risk in equities (MKR SA EQU) (OF21.00.01.01): "General risk" (row 0020) must not be less than the sum of "Derivatives" (row 0021) and "Other assets and liabilities" (row 0022).

What to do if your return fails it

  1. 01Open the table below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Compare the values in your return. If the first is smaller 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 OF21.00.01 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

Market risk: standardised approach for position risk in equities (MKR SA EQU) (OF21.00.01.01)

Rows

  • R0020General risk
  • R0021Derivatives
  • R0022Other assets and liabilities

Columns

  • C0010Long
  • C0020Short

Sheets

  • S0001Total
  • S0004Bulgaria
  • S0006Czech Republic
  • S0007Denmark
  • S0013Hungary
  • S0021Poland
  • S0023Romania
  • S0027Sweden
  • S0028United Kingdom
  • S0029Albania
  • S0030Japan
  • S0031Macedonia
  • S0032Russian Federation
  • S0033Serbia
  • S0034Switzerland
  • S0035Turkey
  • S0036Ukraine
  • S0037USA
  • S0038Norway
  • S0039Egypt
  • S0040Iceland
  • S0041Liechtenstein
  • S0042Other
  • S0043Croatia
  • S0044Euro Area

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 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:

v0055_h: [OF21.00.01.01 (c0010;0020, All sheets)] {r0020} >= +{r0021} + {r0022}
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The Bank of England's formula. Cells are written as {t: table, r: row, c: column}.

{t: OF21.00.01.01, r: 0020} >= {t: OF21.00.01.01, r: 0021} + {t: OF21.00.01.01, r: 0022}

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

scope({t: OF21.00.01.01, c:0010;0020,z:0001;0004;0006;0007;0013;0021;0023;0027;0028;0029;0030;0031;0032;0033;0034;0035;0036;0037;0038;0039;0040;0041;0042;0043;0044, f: banking, fv: banking_reporting})

Every PRA banking rule on OF21.00.01.01

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