PEP, Sanctions and Adverse Media Screening Log

A firm-wide log of every PEP, sanctions and adverse media check – at onboarding, on list changes and at reviews – with a match investigation record and the OFSI reporting steps.

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Accountancy practice – compliance & management

PEP, Sanctions and Adverse Media Screening Log

About this document

What it’s for

A single register showing that every client, beneficial owner and controller has been screened for politically exposed persons, UK financial sanctions and adverse media, when, how and with what result. It includes a procedure and record for investigating possible matches and for reporting to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI).

When to use it

  • At onboarding (Part 6 of the CDD record)
  • When the UK Sanctions List changes, or monthly if you do not use automatic re-screening
  • At every periodic review and on trigger events

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.

  • Part 1 – Screening procedure
  • Part 2 – Screening log
  • Part 3 – Possible match investigation record
  • Part 4 – PEP register

How to complete it

  • Log every check, including clear results
  • For any possible match, complete the match investigation record before doing any more work
  • Keep screening reports with the client’s AML file and the log with the MLRO

Key points to check

  • Uses the UK Sanctions List (FCDO), the single source of UK designations since 28 January 2026
  • Updated for the Money Laundering Regulations as amended by SI 2026/621 and the CCAB 2026 guidance

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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