Annual report compliance checklists

Annual report compliance checklists
Published Date
Jul 17 2025
Our newly updated annual report compliance checklists cover the key legal and regulatory obligations for the “front end” of a UK-listed plc’s annual report for financial years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.

This tool is designed to assist company secretaries, in-house counsel and investor relations professionals when drafting and checking the annual report. It will help you navigate the often daunting annual report disclosure requirements with greater ease and confidence.

A summary of the checklists included are:

  • Strategic report checklist
  • DTR 4.1 checklist
  • DTR 7 checklist
  • UK Listing Rules disclosures checklist
  • UK Corporate Governance Code disclosures checklist
  • FRC Audit Committees and External Audit: Minimum Standard disclosures checklist
  • CMA audit order disclosures checklist
  • Directors’ remuneration report checklist
  • Directors’ report checklist
Annual report compliance checklists

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