Specialist mortgage institutions’ balance sheet (MQ) return

Details about the specialist mortgage institutions’ balance sheet (form MQ) return including deadlines, instructions, and contact details.

Key facts

Data to be reported:

Who has to report:

Institutions who report the MM form as well as those specifically requested to do so by the Bank of England.

Check who needs to submit returns

Data uses:

Multiple, including:

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 2026 will be released in October 2025.

 

Instructions

Overview of reported data

This return captures reporting institutions’ secured and unsecured lending. It includes breakdowns by:

  • assets, including loans and advances, and sovereign securities
  • liabilities, including borrowing, and capital and other funds 

It also captures:

  • currency breakdowns – sterling and euro – with foreign currencies to be reported in sterling

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. 

Specialist mortgage institutions’ balance sheet (MQ) specific documents

Document

Notes for MQ reporters Last updated
BoE statistics data point model (DPM) 1.3.0 (ZIP)

A folder containing two documents for defining all statistical reporting: annotated templates and a data dictionary

The Table of Contents worksheet in the annotated templates shows reporting templates relating to form MQ

24 Oct 2022
MQ definitions (PDF)
Includes details of what’s in scope and definitions of MQ-specific terms Jan 2013
BoE statistics validations 1.3.0 (XLSX)

Business validations for cross-checking data points within form MQ and the suite of other statistical returns

View column O for a clearly worded description

24 Oct 2022
Form SPV worked examples (PDF)
Includes detailed instructions on reporting special purpose vehicles.
8 Oct 2020

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.

This page was last updated 25 November 2024