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# United Kingdom

> What Coverbase asks a supplier in the United Kingdom for, and which of those rules block a submission.

[User guides](/user-guides/overview) / [Supplier countries](/user-guides/supplier-countries/overview)

A supplier whose bank account is held in the United Kingdom sees the fields below. The country is chosen on the form, and changing it changes the fields, so a supplier is never asked for a detail their country does not use.

## Bank details

| Field                        | Requirement | Format                                     | Notes                                                             |
| ---------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Bank name                    | Optional    | up to 60 characters                        |                                                                   |
| Bank code                    | Optional    | 6 characters, digits only                  |                                                                   |
| Sort Code                    | Required    | 6 characters, digits only                  | 6 digits, e.g. 04-00-04.                                          |
| Account number               | Required    | 8 characters, digits only                  | 8 digits (a 7-digit number is zero-padded).                       |
| Check digit                  | Optional    | no length limit, digits only               |                                                                   |
| Building society roll number | Optional    | up to 18 characters                        |                                                                   |
| SWIFT/BIC                    | Optional    | 8 to 11 characters, letters and digits     | 8 or 11 characters, e.g. BOFAUS3N. Needed for a payment by wire.  |
| Account type                 | Optional    | no length limit, one of: checking, savings | Checking unless the bank issued the account as a savings account. |

### IBAN

An IBAN is required for the United Kingdom. It is 22 characters and is checked against the ISO 7064 MOD-97 algorithm, which catches a mistyped or transposed digit before the details reach your finance system.

## Tax and company registrations

| Registration   | Requirement | Format                                                      | Notes                                    |
| -------------- | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| Company number | Required    | 8 characters, letters and digits                            | 8 characters, e.g. 01234567 or SC123456. |
| VAT number     | Suggested   | 9 to 14 characters, letters and digits, UK VAT MOD-97 check |                                          |

After a registration is saved, Coverbase checks it against Companies House and HMRC in the background. That check never blocks the supplier: it annotates the record once it completes, and a reviewer can retry it.

## Country rules

* Postal codes are checked against the national format. A postal code that does not match produces a warning, not a rejection.

## Where these rules come from

Oracle Fusion Cash Management 26c GB validations.

The rules on this page are confirmed against a primary source, so they are enforced strictly.

Configuration version `2026.09.1`. Your organization can override any of these rules for its own suppliers.

## Related

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    Every country Coverbase validates, side by side.
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    How these details are collected, reviewed, and handed to your finance system.
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