The Friendly Societies (Accounts and Related Provisions) Regulations 1994

General Rules

2.—(1) Where assets and liabilities to be included in the consolidated balance sheet have been valued or otherwise determined by a subsidiary according to accounting rules differing from those used in the annual accounts of a group accounts society, the values or amounts must be adjusted so as to accord with the rules used for the annual accounts of the group accounts society.

(2) If it appears to the committee of management of the society that there are special reasons for departing from the requirements of sub-paragraph (1) they may do so, but particulars of any such departure, the reasons for it and its effect must be given in a note to the accounts.

(3) The adjustments referred to in this paragraph need not be made if they are not material for the purpose of giving a true and fair view for the society and its subsidiary as a whole of the matters set out in subsections (2) and (3) of section 70 of the Act.

3. Any differences of accounting rules as between a society’s individual accounts for a financial year and its consolidated accounts must be disclosed in a note to the accounts and the reasons for the differences given.

4. Amounts which in the particular context of any provision of this Schedule are not material may be disregarded for the purposes of that provision.