IPA form (IPA) return

Details about the issuing and paying agents (form IPA) return, including deadlines, instructions, and contract details.

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Key facts

Data to be reported:

Details of every bond, note, commercial paper, and certificate of deposit issued and repaid during the reporting month, as well as details of bonds, notes, commercial paper, and certificates of deposit currently out in issue.
Who has to report:

A sample of UK resident issuing and paying agents, who are contacted by the Bank of England directly.
Data uses:

Multiple including:

Internally within the Bank of England by multiple areas, including:

External institutions by multiple places, including:

Public use through the monthly stats releases and Bankstats.
Frequency:

Monthly for all reporters
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, with the deadline for reporting being working day 7 of the month.

Go to reporting criteria to download deadlines for all returns for all available years.

Reporting period Reporters impacted Deadline
(5pm UK time)
January 2025Monthly OnlyTue Feb 11 2025
February 2025Monthly OnlyTue Mar 11 2025
March 2025Monthly OnlyWed Apr 09 2025
April 2025Monthly OnlyMon May 12 2025
May 2025Monthly OnlyTue Jun 10 2025
June 2025Monthly OnlyWed Jul 09 2025
July 2025Monthly OnlyMon Aug 11 2025
August 2025Monthly OnlyTue Sep 09 2025
September 2025Monthly OnlyThu Oct 09 2025
October 2025Monthly OnlyTue Nov 11 2025
November 2025Monthly OnlyTue Dec 09 2025
December 2025Monthly OnlyMon Jan 12 2026

Deadlines for 2026 will be released in October 2025.

 

Contact us

For help with IPA instructions: DSDSecurities@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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Instructions

Overview of reported data

This return captures the issuance, repayments, and outstanding balances of debt securities issued by UK resident companies.

It also captures further information about each security including currency, issue date, final maturity date, issuer name, issuer residency, and coupon type.

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. 

Form IPA specific documents

Document

 Notes for IPA reporters Last updated
IPA definitions (DOC) Includes a high level overview of IPA with tips for common reporting issues
 22 Aug 2023
BoE statistics taxonomy 1.3.0 (ZIP)
 The machine-readable package required to compile statistical returns, plus the associated validations to be met
 21 Oct 2022
BoE XBRL Filing Manual (PDF)
 A document to assist in creating XBRL instance documents for reporting against the BoE Statistics Taxonomy
 25 Apr 2022
BoE statistics data point model (DPM) 1.3.0 (ZIP)

A folder containing reporting requirements for all returns annotated with the dictionary concepts that define each data point and a data dictionary defining all concepts used in statistical reporting

21 Oct 2022
BoE statistics validations 1.3.0 (XLSX)
 Business validations for cross-checking data points within and between returns 19 Oct 2022

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

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This page was last updated 25 November 2024