Statistical collection from financial vehicle corporations (FV) return

Details about the statistical collection from financial vehicle corporations (form FV) return including deadlines, instructions, and contact details.

Key facts

Data to be reported:

income and expenditure, and balance sheet positions

Who has to report:

Any UK resident financial vehicle corporations that operate or conduct business on behalf of a UK resident bank or building society

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 2025 will be released in October 2024.

 

Instructions

Overview of reported data

This return captures data on financial vehicle corporations’ resident in the UK split into two parts:

  • Income and expenditure
  • Balance sheet assets and liabilities

It also captures:

  • The broad economic sectors of counterparties – for example, residents, non-residents, monetary financial institutions, government etc

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.

Statistical collection from financial vehicle corporations (FV) 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These documents were used as part of a previous reporting method (XML) and are no longer applicable to XBRL reporting.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 as we transition to the new ways of working.

Contact us

For help with FV instructions: DSDPLTeam@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