C3C4C5C6Part 15Accounts and reports

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C4

Pt. 15 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2008) by The Partnerships (Accounts) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/569), regs. 4, 7, Sch. Pt. 1

C5

Pt. 15 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 16 (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)

C2Chapter 4Annual accounts

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Individual accounts

C1394AF1Individual accounts: exemption for dormant subsidiaries

1

A company is exempt from the requirement to prepare individual accounts for a financial year if—

a

it is itself a subsidiary undertaking,

b

it has been dormant throughout the whole of that year, and

c

its parent undertaking is established under the law of an EEA State.

2

Exemption is conditional upon compliance with all of the following conditions—

a

all members of the company must agree to the exemption in respect of the financial year in question,

b

the parent undertaking must give a guarantee under section 394C in respect of that year,

c

the company must be included in the consolidated accounts drawn up for that year or to an earlier date in that year by the parent undertaking in accordance with—

i

the provisions of the Seventh Directive (83/349/EEC), or

ii

international accounting standards,

d

the parent undertaking must disclose in the notes to the consolidated accounts that the company is exempt from the requirement to prepare individual accounts by virtue of this section, and

e

the directors of the company must deliver to the registrar within the period for filing the company's accounts and reports for that year—

i

a written notice of the agreement referred to in subsection (2)(a),

ii

the statement referred to in section 394C(1),

iii

a copy of the consolidated accounts referred to in subsection (2)(c),

iv

a copy of the auditor's report on those accounts, and

v

a copy of the consolidated annual report drawn up by the parent undertaking.