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In forceFriendly societies outside Solvency UKLast checked 11 November 2026

Annual accounts of a small friendly society (Annual accounts, non-Directive friendly societies)

A regulatory return listed by the Bank of England (PRA), insurers, United Kingdom.

The yearly accounts that a friendly society outside Solvency UK (a non-Directive society) must send to the PRA. All of them except flat rate benefits business friendly societies and partnership pension societies also file a valuation every three years (FSC2) and an FSC4 in the years between. Source

The facts

Who files
All non-Directive friendly societies under the Friendly Societies Act 1992 or the Friendly Societies Act 1974. Source
How often
Annual. Source
Deadline
Within six months of the year end for societies under the Friendly Societies Act 1992; within seven months for societies under the Friendly Societies Act 1974. Source
Format
Other. Annual accounts. Societies are strongly encouraged to use BEEDS; they may also email insurancedata@bankofengland.co.uk. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the PRA: BEEDS (Bank of England Electronic Data Submission portal); Email to the Bank's insurance data mailbox. See how firms file with the PRA.
Status
In force
Legal basis
Group
Friendly societies outside Solvency UK

Templates (0)

The library lists no templates for this return.

No PRA template: the society's own annual accounts. Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. Source

Public data

No published data from this return was found. No published data from this return was found on the Bank of England statistics pages checked (insurance aggregate data, annual and quarterly). Source

Official documents (1)

The PRA's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

Sources

Every page and document this return's facts were read from.

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Last checked 11 November 2026.