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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_04)

A blocking check on the content of the submission template (IR.01.01), in the annual group (ARG) return.

Check your file for this rule

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.01.01.04.01)

Rows

  • R0010IR.01.02.04 - Basic information - general
  • R0020IR.01.03.04 - Basic information - RFF and matching adjustment portfolios
  • R0030IR.02.01.01 - Balance sheet
  • R0040IR.02.02.01 - Assets and liabilities by currency
  • R0060IR.03.01.04 - Off-balance sheet items - general
  • R0070IR.03.02.04 - Off-balance sheet items - unlimited guarantees received
  • R0080IR.03.03.04 - Off-balance sheet items - unlimited guarantees provided
  • R0120IR.05.02.01 - Premiums, claims and expenses by country
  • R0122IR.05.03.02 - Life income and expenditure
  • R0124IR.05.04.02 - Non-life income, expenditure and business model analysis
  • R0140IR.06.02.04 - List of assets
  • R0150IR.06.03.01 - Collective investment undertakings - look-through approach
  • R0170IR.08.01.04 - Open derivatives
  • R0190IR.09.01.04 - Income/gains and losses in the period
  • R0200IR.10.01.04 - Securities lending and repos
  • R0210IR.11.01.04 - Assets held as collateral
  • R0370IR.22.01.04 - Impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals
  • R0410IR.23.01.04 - Own funds
  • R0420IR.23.02.04 - Detailed information by tiers on own funds
  • R0430IR.23.03.04 - Annual movements on own funds
  • R0440IR.23.04.04 - List of items on own funds
  • R0482IR.25.04.04 - Solvency Capital Requirement
  • R0484IR.25.05.01 - Solvency Capital Requirement - Partial or full internal model components
  • R0672IR.30.05.01 - Reinsurer and collateral provider entity information
  • R0680IR.31.01.04 - Outwards reinsurance balance sheet exposures
  • R0700IR.32.01.04 - Undertakings in the scope of the group
  • R0710IR.33.01.04 - Insurance and reinsurance individual requirements
  • R0720IR.34.01.04 - Other regulated and non-regulated financial undertakings
  • R0730IR.35.01.04 - Contribution to group technical provisions
  • R0740IR.36.01.01 - IGT - equity-type transactions, debt and asset transfer
  • R0750IR.36.02.01 - IGT - derivatives
  • R0770IR.36.04.01 - IGT - cost sharing, contingent liabilities, off BS and other items

Column

  • C0010c

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on annual group (ARG) return on Bank of England taxonomy 2.2.0. The Bank of England applies it to annual group (ARG) 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.01.01.04.01, r: R0010; R0020; R0030; R0040; R0060; R0070; R0080; R0120; R0122; R0124; R0140; R0150; R0170; R0190; R0200; R0210; R0370; R0410; R0420; R0430; R0440; R0482; R0484; R0672; R0680; R0700; R0710; R0720; R0730; R0740; R0750; R0770, c: C0010}) = 32

Every Solvency UK rule on IR.01.01

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