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_06)

A blocking check on the content of the submission template (IR.01.01), in the annual solo (ARS) 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.01.01.01.01)

Rows

  • R0010IR.01.02.01 - Basic information - general
  • R0020IR.01.03.01 - Basic information - RFF and matching adjustment portfolios
  • R0030IR.02.01.01 - Balance sheet
  • R0040IR.02.02.01 - Assets and liabilities by currency
  • R0060IR.03.01.01 - Off-balance sheet items - general
  • R0070IR.03.02.01 - Off-balance sheet items - unlimited guarantees received
  • R0080IR.03.03.01 - Off-balance sheet items - unlimited guarantees provided
  • 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
  • R0126IR.05.05.01 - Life premiums and claims by country
  • R0128IR.05.06.01 - Non-life premiums and claims by country
  • R0132IR.05.07.01 - Business model analysis - financial guarantee insurers
  • R0134IR.05.08.01 - Material pooling arrangements
  • R0136IR.05.09.01 - Assessable mutuals
  • R0138IR.05.10.01 - Excess capital generation
  • R0140IR.06.02.01 - List of assets
  • R0150IR.06.03.01 - Collective investment undertakings - look-through approach
  • R0170IR.08.01.01 - Open derivatives
  • R0190IR.09.01.01 - Income/gains and losses in the period
  • R0200IR.10.01.01 - Securities lending and repos
  • R0210IR.11.01.01 - Assets held as collateral
  • R0220IR.12.01.01 - Life technical provisions
  • R0232IR.12.03.01 - Life best estimate liabilities by country
  • R0234IR.12.04.01 - Best estimate assumptions for life insurance risks
  • 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
  • R0370IR.22.01.01 - Impact of long term guarantees measures and transitionals

And 31 more.

Column

  • C0010c

Which returns it applies to

Line4 Check runs it on annual solo (ARS) return on Bank of England taxonomy 2.2.0. The Bank of England applies it to annual solo (ARS) 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.01.01.01.01, r: R0010; R0020; R0030; R0040; R0060; R0070; R0080; R0120; R0122; R0124; R0126; R0128; R0132; R0134; R0136; R0138; R0140; R0150; R0170; R0190; R0200; R0210; R0220; R0232; R0234; R0236; R0238; R0250; R0280; R0282; R0290; R0305; R0310; R0315; R0320; R0325; R0330; R0350; R0365; R0370; R0380; R0402; R0410; R0420; R0430; R0440; R0445; R0450; R0482; R0484; R0486; R0500; R0510; R0520; R0530; R0540; R0550; R0560; R0570; R0580; R0590; R0660; R0670; R0672; R0674; R0676; R0678; R0680; R0740; R0750; R0770, c: C0010}) = 71

Every Solvency UK rule on IR.01.01

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