1. BH Form BH This guide captures:
Bank Holding Companies
This guide captures:
- Form BH which is used to collect all data required from bank holding companies for statistical reporting purposes. BH
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Part of Specialist Forms from Bank of England’s Core Statistical Returns

2. Contents Form overview
Family of Bank of England Core Statistical Returns
Form content
Form purpose
How the data are used
Classification/Reporting issues
Form reconciliation
Timetable for dissemination to the ONS
Resources
Contacts

3. UK resident bank holding companies that generally report total assets of at least £1,000mn on Form BT 40 are usually requested to report Form BH
30 working days after quarter end
TBC (Timescale is yet to be fully agreed with ONS)
Form Overview
Reporting Panel
Reporting Deadline
Data finalised for dissemination

4. Family of Bank of England Core Statistical Returns

5. Form Content
Form BH captures:
Data on bank holding companies resident in the UK, split into three parts:
income and expenditure,
balance sheet assets and liabilities,
inward/outward direct investment data with a geographical split.
Holding companies can be defined as:
Companies whose principle activity is to own a group of subsidiary corporations, through holding at least 50% of the subsidiaries’ equity whilst not providing any other service e.g. they do not provide management services to their subsidiaries.

6. Form Purpose
The Form BH is a more detailed and frequent collection replacing the discontinued annual Form HC
Specifically, there is an increase in the level of granular detail within:
Other operating income
Other operating expenses
Exceptional items
Net provisions for bad and doubtful debts
Balance sheet section restructured to reflect National Accounts’ requirements
Collecting a greater counterpart sector breakdown

7. How the data are used
Holding company data remain one of the largest data gaps within the UK National Accounts, which is compiled by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Bank holding companies form part of S.127 captive financial institutions and money lenders, a subsector of Other Financial Corporations (OFCs) in the UK National Accounts. In order to fulfil ESA10 (European System of Accounts 2010) requirements for these data, the Bank agreed to collect quarterly data for bank holding companies on behalf of the ONS.

8. Classification/Reporting issues
Form BH follows the same statistical concepts as Form BT and Form PL. Except where otherwise stated, figures should be reported gross rather than net, and only for the period in question. Except where otherwise stated, figures recorded on Part 1 and 3 of the form should be reported on an accruals basis. In the case of debt securities (Form BH items 1AB, 1BB, 2B), accrued interest should be reported, if possible, as the portion of the coupon accrued over the period in addition to the part of the discount/premium, as at issue,that unwinds during the period (the 'debtor approach'). Please refer to the BH definitions for further detail. Dividends received and paid (Form BH items 4, 14, 32 and 39) should be reported on a cash basis. Please remember to report inward direct investment relationships with non-resident subsidiaries and associates and outward direct investment relationships with non-resident parents on Part 3 of the form.

9. Form reconciliations
Form BH shares similar concepts with Form PL.
Generally speaking, there should be consistencies for entities that report both Form PL and Form BH.
Further information on form reconciliations

10. Working day 30 following quarter end
TBC (Timescale yet to be fully agreed with ONS)
2019
Timetable for dissemination to the ONS
Data received from reporting institutions
Queries sent to reporters regarding large or unusual movements
Responses to be received at the latest
Data finalised for export
Data exported to ONS

11. Resources
BH Definitions Guidance on the Reporting of Captive Financial Institutions Classifications of Accounts Guide

12. Contacts