subsidiary undertaking

subsidiary undertaking
For accounting purposes, a company is required to prepare consolidated accounts for itself and every undertaking (including an unincorporated association) which is its "subsidiary undertaking". Parent and subsidiary undertakings are defined in section 258 of the Companies Act 1985. Broadly, an undertaking is a parent undertaking in relation to a subsidiary undertaking if:
• It holds a majority of the voting rights in it; or
• It is a member of it and has the right to appoint or remove a majority of its board; or
• It has the right to exercise dominant influence over it by virtue of provisions contained in the subsidiary undertaking's memorandum of association or articles of association or a control contract; or
• It is a member of it and controls a majority of its voting rights; or
• It has a participating interest in it and actually exercises a dominant influence over it or both of them are managed on a unified basis.
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