Quarterly derivatives (DQ) return

Details about the quarterly derivatives (form DQ) return including deadlines, instructions, and contact details.

Key facts

Data to be reported:

Asset and liability positions in

Who has to report:

Firms reporting over £10 billion gross in derivatives positions on their balance sheet (BT) return

Check who needs to submit returns

Data uses:
Frequency: Quarterly
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 2026 will be released in October 2025.

 

Instructions

Overview of reported data

This return captures reporting institutions’ derivative positions. It includes breakdowns by:

  • assets and liabilities 
  • market risk and/or product type – for example, credit derivatives or interest rate products
  • country

It also captures:

  • currency breakdowns – sterling, euro, other – with foreign currencies to be reported in sterling
  • the broad economic sectors of counterparties – for example, banks versus UK private corporations or the public sector  

In every return firms also need to include the following information:

  • 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.

Derivative Quarterly (DQ) specific documents

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These documents were used as part of a previous reporting method (XML) and are no longer applicable to XBRL reporting.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

This page was last updated 25 November 2024