UK-registered banking subsidiaries country exposure report (C1) return

Details about the UK-registered banking subsidiaries consolidated worldwide country exposure (form C1) return including deadlines, instructions, and contact details.

Key facts

Data to be reported:

UK-resident foreign-controlled banking subsidiaries’ worldwide exposures, broken down by country, sector, origin of claim, risk transfers, and maturity

Who has to report:

As required by the DSD/PRA based on institution/group external business

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Data uses:

International Banking Statistics (BIS)

Frequency:
  • Biannual: as required by DSD/PRA based on institution/group external business
  • Quarterly: as required by DSD/PRA based on institution/group external business 
Coverage: Go to reporting criteria to find detailed calculations used to determine eligibility

Deadlines

Firms need to report figures as at the last calendar day of the reporting period.

Go to reporting criteria to download deadlines for all returns for all available years.

Reporting period Reporters impacted Deadline
(5pm UK time)
Concessionary deadline
(5pm UK time)

Deadlines for 2025 will be released in October 2024.

 

Instructions

Overview of reported data

This return captures UK-resident foreign-controlled banking subsidiaries’ consolidated worldwide exposures.

The consolidation perimeter covers all UK and foreign related group entities whose business is financial and whose prime function is to grant credit or whose assets are largely of types that fall under the definition of claims for Form C1 reporting purposes (see further below). Note that intra-group claims and liabilities arising between related group entities covered by the report should be excluded.

The form collects a breakdown of exposures by counterpart country, counterpart sector, origin of claim, maturity, risk transfers, and currency. The types of claims covered are: 

  • loans and advances to, and balances
  • amounts receivable under finance leases
  • claims under sale and repurchase agreements
  • commercial bills drawn
  • certificates of deposit, promissory notes and other negotiable paper
  • lending under ECGD guarantee
  • portfolio investments (including dealing portfolios) in securities
  • sterling and other currency acceptances given under facilities

In addition, data on risk transfers relating to these claims are also captured, as well as information on local currency local liabilities, derivative claims, and unused external commitments.  

In every return firms also need to include:

  • their company name
  • their legal entity identifier (LEI) or firm reference number (FRN)
  • the first day of the reporting period
  • the last day of the reporting period

Core documents

You can find detailed instructions in the documents below. 

Foreign-controlled banking subsidiaries’ country exposure (C1) specific documents

Document Notes for C1 reporters Last updated
BoE statistics data point model (DPM) 1.3.0 (ZIP)
A folder containing two documents for defining all statistical reporting: annotated templates and a data dictionary

The Table of Contents worksheet in the annotated templates shows reporting templates relating to form C1
24 Oct 2022
C1 definitions (PDF) Includes details of what’s in scope and definitions of C1-specific terms 12 Mar 2014
BoE statistics validations 1.3.0 (XLSX)

Business validations for cross-checking data points within form C1 and the suite of other statistical returns

View column O for a clearly worded description

24 Oct 2022

All statistical returns

Document Notes for all reporters Last updated
Classification of accounts guide (PDF)
Includes detailed guidance on how to classify counterparties plus country lists 24 Apr 2024
General notes and definitions (PDF) Includes an introduction to preparing returns and definitions of common terms 24 Apr 2024

Box codes and related documents

These documents were used as part of a previous reporting method (XML) and are no longer applicable to XBRL reporting. They are still available to help firms as we transition to the new ways of working.

Contact us

For help with C1 instructions: DSDIntl@bankofengland.co.uk

For help with BEEDS: beedsqueries@bankofengland.co.uk

We aim to reply to emails within 2 working days.

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This page was last updated 17 April 2024