1 min readBlockingBank of England taxonomy 2.2.0Updated 11 November 2026

Content of the submission: item cannot be empty (IR.01.01, Bank of England rule IR_bv0718_02)

A blocking check on the content of the submission template (IR.01.01), in the annual third-country branch (ARB) return.

The rule in plain words

Item cannot be empty

This is a blocking check. A return that fails it is normally rejected, so fix it before you submit. It runs only when your filing indicators mark IR.01.01 as reported.

The cells it reads

Content of the submission (IR.01.01.07.01)

Rows

  • R0010IR.01.02.07 - Basic information - general
  • R0020IR.01.03.01 - Basic information - RFF and matching adjustment portfolios
  • R0025IR.01.04.07 - Basic information - branch legal entity
  • R0030IR.02.01.07 - Balance sheet
  • R0050IR.02.03.07 - Additional branch balance sheet information
  • R0120IR.05.02.01 - Premiums, claims and expenses by country
  • R0122IR.05.03.01 - Life income and expenditure
  • R0124IR.05.04.01 - Non-life income, expenditure and business model analysis
  • R0132IR.05.07.01 - Business model analysis - financial guarantee insurers
  • R0134IR.05.08.01 - Material pooling arrangements
  • R0136IR.05.09.01 - Assessable mutuals
  • R0220IR.12.01.01 - Life technical provisions
  • R0232IR.12.03.01 - Life best estimate liabilities by country
  • R0236IR.12.05.01 - With-profits value of bonus
  • R0238IR.12.06.01 - With-profits liabilities and assets
  • R0250IR.14.01.01 - Life obligations analysis
  • R0280IR.16.01.01 - Non-life annuities information
  • R0282IR.16.02.01 - Non-life annuities projection of future cash flows
  • R0290IR.17.01.01 - Non-life technical provisions
  • R0305IR.17.03.01 - Non-life best estimate liabilities by country
  • R0310IR.18.01.01 - Non-life projection of future cash flows
  • R0315IR.18.02.01 - Non-life liability projection of future cash flows
  • R0320IR.19.01.01 - Non-life claim development
  • R0325IR.19.02.01 - Non-life general liability claim development
  • R0330IR.20.01.01 - Development of the distribution of the claim incurred
  • R0350IR.21.02.01 - Non-life underwriting risks
  • R0365IR.21.04.01 - Cyber underwriting risk
  • R0660IR.30.03.01 - Non-life outwards reinsurance contract information
  • R0670IR.30.04.01 - Non-life outwards reinsurance contract reinsurer exposures
  • R0672IR.30.05.01 - Reinsurer and collateral provider entity information
  • R0680IR.31.01.01 - Outwards reinsurance balance sheet exposures

Column

  • C0010c

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on annual third-country branch (ARB) return on Bank of England taxonomy 2.2.0. The Bank of England applies it to annual third-country branch (ARB) returns, as a blocking check.

The Bank’s own words and formula

The plain words above are the Bank of England’s own, word for word, from its list of validations.

Show the formulaShow

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

count({t: IR.01.01.07.01, r: R0010; R0020; R0025; R0030; R0050; R0120; R0122; R0124; R0132; R0134; R0136; R0220; R0232; R0236; R0238; R0250; R0280; R0282; R0290; R0305; R0310; R0315; R0320; R0325; R0330; R0350; R0365; R0660; R0670; R0672; R0680, c: C0010}) = 31

Every Solvency UK rule on IR.01.01

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