MLRO Annual Report to Senior Management

The MLRO’s annual report to the partners or directors on the effectiveness of the firm’s AML systems – risk, CDD, reporting, training, monitoring results, law changes and an action plan – with a board approval record.

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Guidance notes included
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Accountancy practice – compliance & management

MLRO Annual Report to Senior Management

About this document

What it’s for

A structured annual report from the MLRO to senior management. It evidences that senior management oversee the firm’s AML systems (regulations 19 and 21), that the firm-wide risk assessment and policies have been reviewed, and that weaknesses are tracked to completion. Supervisors, including ACCA, review the MLRO’s oversight on monitoring visits.

When to use it

  • Once a year, aligned with the review of the firm-wide risk assessment
  • Additionally after a significant event – a serious breach, a supervisory visit or a major change in the law

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  • 1. Summary and overall assessment
  • 2. Firm profile and risk
  • 3. Customer due diligence
  • 4. Internal reports and SARs
  • 5. Sanctions
  • 6. Training and staff
  • 7. Monitoring, independent review and supervision
  • 8. Changes in law, guidance and risk
  • 9. Action plan
  • 10. Senior management review and approval

How to complete it

  • Fill in the statistics from the MLRO register, the review diary, the screening log and the training record
  • Do not name clients who are the subject of internal reports or SARs
  • Present it to senior management, record their decisions in section 10 and keep it with the AML compliance file

Key points to check

  • Updated for the Money Laundering Regulations as amended by SI 2026/621 and the CCAB 2026 guidance
  • Tailor it to your firm before use

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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