Companies Act 1985

46 Meaning of “unqualified report” in s. 43(3). E+W+S

(1) The following subsections explain the reference in section 43(3)(c) to an unqualified report of the company’s auditors on the relevant balance sheet.

[F1 (2) If the balance sheet was prepared for a financial year of the company, the reference is to an auditors’ report stating without material qualification the auditors’ opinion that the balance sheet has been properly prepared in accordance with this Act.

(3) If the balance sheet was not prepared for a financial year of the company, the reference is to an auditors’ report stating without material qualification the auditors’ opinion that the balance sheet has been properly prepared in accordance with the provisions of this Act which would have applied if it had been so prepared.

For the purposes of an auditors’ report under this subsection the provisions of this Act shall be deemed to apply with such modifications as are necessary by reason of the fact that the balance sheet is not prepared for a financial year of the company.

(4) A qualification shall be regarded as material unless the auditors state in their report that the matter giving rise to the qualification is not material for the purpose of determining (by reference to the company’s balance sheet) whether at the balance sheet date the amount of the company’s net assets was not less than the aggregate of its called up share capital and undistributable reserves.

In this subsection “net assets” and “undistributable reserves” have the meaning given by section 264(2) and (3).]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 46(2)-(4) substituted for s. 46(2)-(6) by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), ss. 23, 213(2), Sch. 10 para. 1 (subject to transitional and saving provisions in S.I. 1990/355, arts. 6-9, Sch. 3 para. 1)