Yn ddilys o 12/11/2004
231ADisclosure required in notes to annual accounts: particulars of staffU.K.
(1)The following information with respect to the employees of the company must be given in notes to the company’s annual accounts–
(a)the average number of persons employed by the company in the financial year, and
(b)the average number of persons so employed within each category of persons employed by the company.
(2)The average number required by subsection (1)(a) or (b) is determined by dividing the relevant annual number by the number of months in the financial year.
(3)The relevant annual number is determined by ascertaining for each month in the financial year–
(a)for the purposes of subsection (1)(a), the number of persons employed under contracts of service by the company in that month (whether throughout the month or not);
(b)for the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the number of persons in the category in question of persons so employed;
and, in either case, adding together all the monthly numbers.
(4)In respect of all persons employed by the company during the financial year who are taken into account in determining the relevant annual number for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) there must also be stated the aggregate amounts respectively of–
(a)wages and salaries paid or payable in respect of that year to those persons;
(b)social security costs incurred by the company on their behalf; and
(c)other pension costs so incurred.
This does not apply in so far as those amounts, or any of them, are stated elsewhere in the company’s accounts.
(5)For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the categories of person employed by the company are such as the directors may select, having regard to the manner in which the company’s activities are organised.
(6)This section applies in relation to group accounts as if the undertakings included in the consolidation were a single company.
(7)In this section “social security costs” and “pension costs” have the same meaning as in Schedule 4 (see paragraph 94(1) and (2) of that Schedule).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 231-234 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2004) by The Insurance Accounts Directive (Lloyd's Syndicate and Aggregate Account) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3219), reg. 3(4)(a), Sch.