1 min readBlockingBank of England taxonomy 2.2.0Updated 11 November 2026

The item "Total eligible own funds to meet the SCR Tier 3" reported in Own funds should be equal or lower than 15% * "Total SCR" (IR.23.01, IR.22.01, Bank of England rule IR_bv0614)

A blocking check on the own funds (IR.23.01) and impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals (IR.22.01) templates, in the quarterly solo (QRS) and annual solo (ARS) returns.

The rule in plain words

The item "Total eligible own funds to meet the SCR Tier 3" reported in Own funds (IR.23.01.01.01) should be equal or lower than 15% * "Total SCR"

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 IR.23.01 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

Impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals (IR.22.01.01.01)

Rows

  • R0080Tier 3
  • R0090Solvency Capital Requirement

Column

  • C0010Amount with Long Term Guarantee measures and transitionals

Own funds (IR.23.01.01.01)

Rows

  • R0540Total eligible own funds to meet the SCR
  • R0580SCR

Columns

  • C0010Total
  • C0050Tier 3

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on quarterly solo (QRS) and annual solo (ARS) returns on Bank of England taxonomy 2.2.0. The Bank of England applies it to quarterly solo (QRS) and annual solo (ARS) returns, as a blocking check.

The Bank’s own words and formula

In the Bank of England’s list of validations, word for word:

The item "Total eligible own funds to meet the SCR Tier 3" reported in IR.23.01.01.01 - Own funds should be equal or lower than 15% * "Total SCR".
Show the formulaShow

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

{t: IR.23.01.01.01, r: R0540, c: C0050, z: Z0001} <= 0.15 * {t: IR.23.01.01.01, r: R0580, c: C0010, z: Z0001}

Every Solvency UK rule on IR.23.01

Checks like this one, run at the point of submission, are the first step to real-time supervision. Line4 builds SupTech software for financial regulators that runs checks like these as each return arrives.