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Members who are a Principal, Partner or Director of a property company that handles client money or entrusts the handling of its client’s money to an unnamed Client Accounting Service Provider (CASP) must have their client account inspected.
Accounts are inspected through supplying an Accountant’s Report completed by a chartered/certified accountant or through The Letting Partnership’s HealthCheck. You do not need to provide an Accountant’s Report or HealthCheck if your company is regulated by RICS, the Law Society or the Law Society of Scotland. Instead we accept evidence that your company is regulated by one of those organisations.
Please note that existing scheduled dates for submitting an accountant’s report remain in place. This requirement is a key component of compliance with membership for principals, partners and directors.
Scheduled dates remain in place because Propertymark members collectively hold £1.5 billion in client accounts. The statutory requirements for Client Money Protection require regular inspection of client accounts to ensure that we are all maintaining expected standards of conduct in relation to client accounts.
Client money is any money held by a company or its CASP which it is not beneficially entitled to. Examples include:
You will need to provide an Accountant’s Report or HealthCheck for each company you are legally responsible for. You will need to provide this on an annual basis and within six months of your company's financial year end.
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If you entrust your client money to another company to manage, find out if you need to provide an Accountant's Report.
If your firm handles client money and also uses a CASP see both options as you may have to provide two reports.
No. This is not a requirement of ours but one of your supervisory body. They require you to have a practicing certificate to undertake this kind of work.
No. You must be a member of one of the supervisory bodies listed. More info...
Client money must be held in a bank or building society which is an authorised institution that has permission to accept deposits under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. More info...
Late submission of documentation can be pursued as a disciplinary matter outside of the disciplinary procedures. In these circumstances members may not have an opportunity to explain any reasons for their delay and it will likely result in an automatic fine. Members who persistently fail to provide their documents will have their membership terminated. More info...