CTM80570 | Consortia: group relief: items eligible for relief: potential restriction on surrender of trading losses
From HM Revenue & Customs · Company Taxation Manual
applies where the company owned by the consortium surrenders losses, etc, including a trading loss
Under consortium condition 1 to members of the consortium
Under consortium condition 2 to companies in the same group as a member of the consortium.
The same types of losses, etc, () that can be surrendered on a group claim to group relief can also be surrendered on a consortium claim, however there is a restriction on the amount of trade losses that can be surrendered by a company owned by a consortium.
Trade losses can only be surrendered by a company owned by a consortium to the extent that they could not be claimed by that company under against its own total profits for that period ( onwards), regardless of whether such a set off is claimed or not.
See the example at .
may also restrict the amount available for surrender by companies owned by a consortium where that company is also a member of a group relief group. If S147(3) and S148 both apply S147(4) provides that S147(3) is applied before S148.