BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

Active
Company number 01800000Private limited companyIncorporated 1984

Key figures

£24,990,000,000-1.7%
Net assets 2025/26
+2.9%
Average annual growth 2020/21–2025/26
010 bn20 bn30 bn2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED files its accounts at Companies House on paper. The figures here are for the whole group, taken from its annual financial report in the structured ESEF format (published on the FCA National Storage Mechanism, collected by filings.xbrl.org).

Ratios

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 61900

Where the company stands among the 8,492 active companies whose first SIC code is 61900 (Other telecommunications activities).

Turnover£19,654,000,000
Higher than 99% · median £8,193,961 among 353 that publish turnover
Net assets£24,990,000,000
Higher than 99% · median £12,194
Total assets£62,384,000,000
Higher than 99% · median £56,954
Cash£352,000,000
Higher than 99% · median £32,628
Company age42.6 years
Older than 99% · median 9.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED£25bn
  2. BT GROUP PLC£12.6bn
  3. EE LIMITED£9.3bn
  4. TELEFONICA O2 HOLDINGS LIMITED£7.2bn
  5. CITYFIBRE HOLDCO LIMITED£3.1bn
  6. CABLE & WIRELESS WORLDWIDE LIMITED£1.8bn
  7. VODAFONETHREE HOLDINGS LIMITED£1.5bn
  8. COLT TELECOM FINANCE SWEDEN£1.2bn
  9. CITYFIBRE INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDINGS LIMITED£1bn
  10. TELTHOLD LIMITED£568.2m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 8,492. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01800000. It was incorporated on 1 Apr 1984. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (E1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other telecommunications activities (61900).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Mar 2026); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £19,654,000,000. Profit for the year was £1,725,000,000. Net assets were £24,990,000,000, down 1.7% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £352,000,000. Total assets were £62,384,000,000 and total liabilities £37,394,000,000. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020/21–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 8,492 active companies whose first SIC code is 61900: By turnover it ranks higher than 99% of the 353 that publish turnover (median £8,193,961). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £12,194). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £56,954). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £32,628). It is older than 99% of them (median age 9.1 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 362 public contract award notices from 176 public sector buyers since 2014. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £683.9m. Its most frequent buyer is Ministry of Justice (23 contracts). 13 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 34 central government grants worth £4.9m, mainly from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

It is registered with the Care Quality Commission as a provider with one active location, rated good or outstanding. HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly iron and steel articles, machinery, electrical equipment. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 45 days to pay suppliers, and 2% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 9.4% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 5 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 127 of 128 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 23 Aug 2027.

Dividends

from the accounts
2025/26

Dividends paid in the financial year: £1,500,000,000 (87% of the profit for the year).

History
2025/26£1,500,000,000
2024/25£780,000,000
2023/24£850,000,000
2022/23£850,000,000
2021/22£0
2020/21£2,000,000,000
Filed accounts2020/21–2025/26
2021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
Turnover20,850,000,00020,681,000,00020,797,000,00020,358,000,00019,654,000,000
Profit for the year1,397,000,0002,291,000,0001,566,000,0001,781,000,0001,725,000,000
Cash at bank and in hand772,000,000384,000,000409,000,000209,000,000352,000,000
Total assets60,883,000,00063,695,000,00063,399,000,00063,423,000,00062,384,000,000
Total liabilities35,032,000,00038,156,000,00039,217,000,00037,992,000,00037,394,000,000
Net assets / total equity25,851,000,00025,539,000,00024,182,000,00025,431,000,00024,990,000,000
Dividends paid0850,000,000850,000,000780,000,0001,500,000,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

362 contracts

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED is named as a supplier in 362 public contract award notices from 176 public sector buyers since 2014. The 336 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £683.9m. 13 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers176
Ministry of Justice
23 contracts · £188.5m
Home Office
16 contracts · £36.6m
Ministry of Defence
11 contracts · £58.1m
NHS SOUTH, CENTRAL AND WEST COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT
11 contracts · £14.9m
British Transport Police
11 contracts · £1.7m
Latest 100 contracts
  1. Net Internet CircuitsThe Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria · £97,253 · runs until Oct 2027
  2. One Identity HPAM Higher Privileged Asset ManagementH M REVENUE & CUSTOMS · £23,691 · runs until Oct 2028
  3. Purchase of HP ZBookBritish Transport Police Authority · £37,913
  4. Internet Access & Digital Voice CallsORWELL HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED · £286,000 · runs until Oct 2031
  5. Internet Resilience‡Department of Health and Social Care · £281,040 · runs until Oct 2029
Show 95 more
  1. BT Active Intelligence InsightsCity of York Council · runs until Sep 2028
  2. NPIS - BT Cloud Contract‡UK Health Security Agency · £58,738 · runs until Sep 2029
  3. Smartcards Service‡NHS England · £13,592,153 · runs until Oct 2029
  4. PSBA – CLOUD CONNECT‡Cardiff and Vale University Health Board · £543,675
  5. Prisoner Telephony Services – Bridging AgreementMinistry of Justice · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £94,620,000 in total · runs until Nov 2031
  6. Mobile Voice and Data Services 2Government Commercial Agency · shared by 10 suppliers, up to £1,400,000,000 in total · 2 lots · runs until Sep 2028
  7. MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENTRADIUS HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED · £750,000 · runs until Oct 2029
  8. Strategic Consultancy and Technology Services FrameworkENERGIA GROUP NI HOLDINGS LIMITED · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £10,000,000 in total · runs until Sep 2031
  9. Managed Service for the Provision, Management and Support of a Security PlatformSunderland City Council · £36,596 · runs until Aug 2029
  10. Broadband Provision for GYBC Social Landlord ServiceSuffolk Coastal District Council and Waveney District Council · £36,775 · runs until Aug 2028
  11. BT Circuit SHUK613360University of the West of England · £29,222 · runs until Jul 2027
  12. ANPR Data SimsTHE POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR CHESHIRE · £90,363 · runs until Sep 2029
  13. BT MGST - Private Circuit Emergency Overrun Service (PCEOS) ExtensionTransport for London · £450,672 · runs until Nov 2026
  14. 2067 Smart Messaging Service Renewal for NHS Derby & Derbyshire Integrated Care‡DE1 2FS · £725,834 · runs until Mar 2027
  15. ISDN30 Migration for RothercareRotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · £47,449 · runs until Nov 2029
  16. Wide Area Network (WAN) ServicesPolice and Crime Commissioner for South Wales · runs until Aug 2031
  17. Cloud delivered security solution - Palo Alto Prisma Access‡City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council · £1,412,853
  18. 37380000‡Ministry of Defence · £37,380,000
  19. HSCN-AWS Connectivity Service for Spine‡NHS England · £228,060 · runs until Jun 2029
  20. Network Services For Belfast, Cardiff & London OfficesInformation Commissioners Office · £132,360 · runs until Jul 2031
  21. Call-Off : Provision of SMS Messaging ServicesLincolnshire County Council · £16,008 · runs until Jul 2027
  22. BT Redcare CCTV Town CentresNewry Mourne & Down District Council · £71,615 · runs until Jul 2027
  23. Cisco Threat Defence Subscription‡London Ambulance Service · £78,608 · runs until Jun 2027
  24. ASIC BT Openreach Fibre Division‡The Christie NHS Foundation Trust · £40,491
  25. WAN Circuit for Regional CentreH M REVENUE & CUSTOMS · £251,353 · runs until Jun 2029
  26. Purchase of Cloud Voice SIP TrunkRedditch Borough Council · £26,840 · runs until Jul 2029
  27. Tactical Communications SystemsGovernment Commercial Agency · shared by 69 suppliers, up to £7,300,000,000 in total · 2 lots · runs until Jun 2029
  28. The Provision of Mobile Telephony and Data Services with BT/EEPolice, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Northamptonshire · £128,680 · runs until Jun 2027
  29. The Provision of Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) and related servicesRoyal Berkshire Fire Authority · £50,000 · runs until Aug 2027
  30. Data SIMsOFCOM · £45,900 · runs until Jul 2029
  31. Project_20527 - DMR 5538 Hardware ProcurementHome Office · £160,487 · runs until Jun 2027
  32. Provision of Contact Centre SoftwareTEES, ESK AND WEAR VALLEYS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · £226,800
  33. BT Fibre Rental for CCTV Fibre OpticsCheshire East Council · £122,201 · runs until Mar 2031
  34. Provision of Contact Centre SolutionTEES ESK AND WEAR VALLEYS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · £226,800 · runs until May 2029
  35. Smartnumbers ChannelsBritish Transport Police · £108,115 · runs until May 2029
  36. Communication CircuitsTyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Authority · £308,627
  37. Contract AwardDevon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service · £30,000 · runs until May 2029
  38. Project_20359 - Hardware ProcurementHome Office · £125,108 · runs until May 2027
  39. SIP LinesGloucestershire County Council
  40. Hardware ProcurementHome Office · £86,376 · runs until Apr 2027
  41. CCTV Line RentalLichfield District Council · £71,424 · runs until Mar 2028
  42. CWC25181 - Urban Traffic Control Managed Wide Area Network (WAN)Wolverhampton City Council · £349,212
  43. Telephone and PSTN ReplacementHereford and Worcester Fire Authority · £92,955
  44. EISECPolice And Crime Commissioner For Durham · £7,500 · runs until Mar 2027
  45. The Provision of Telephony Services for FCDO ServicesFCDO Services · £55,000 · runs until Mar 2027
  46. Network ELATEES ESK AND WEAR VALLEYS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · £1,411,434 · runs until Mar 2031
  47. Network ELA AgreementTEES, ESK AND WEAR VALLEYS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · £1,411,434
  48. Mobile Network Data - EventsTransport for Greater Manchester · £48,716 · runs until May 2027
  49. Managed Network ServicesPolice and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands · £4,389,000
  50. Army support for integration and maintenance of edge, computation and storage capabilitiesMinistry of Defence · £3,700,000 · runs until Mar 2027
  51. Army next generation deployable edge, computation, and storage capabilityMinistry of Defence · £4,518,807
  52. Project_19992 - Hardware ProcurementHome Office · £117,783 · runs until Mar 2027
  53. Provision and Support of F5Home Office · £222,839 · runs until Mar 2028
  54. Mobile Network DataCheshire West and Chester Council · runs until Feb 2027
  55. THE PROVISION OF AN INTERNET ONLY NETWORK SERVICE (WAN)Health & Safety Executive · £847,864 · runs until Sep 2030
  56. SYP - BT RedcareSouth Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority · £75,400
  57. Provision of Smart MessagingCounty Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust · £91,320 · runs until Jan 2028
  58. Refresh Network Hardware Farnborough 2026GENOMICS ENGLAND LIMITED · £134,735
  59. Internet ConnectionThe Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria · £95,880
  60. MoJ Future BroadbandMinistry of Justice · £200,164 · runs until Jan 2028
  61. Digital Decision Accelerators for Defence (DDAD), UK6 Contract Award Notification (CAN)MINISTRY OF DEFENCE · £1 · runs until Jan 2029
  62. Refresh Network Hardware 2026GENOMICS ENGLAND LIMITED · £741,005
  63. Internet Protocol (IP) Connect ServicesPension Protection Fund · £249,582 · runs until Jan 2029
  64. W718 - Diversion of BT Openreach cablesDerby City Council · £25,000
  65. Legacy Lines 25/26West Northamptonshire Council · £76,000
  66. Provision of Additional BT Optical Connect CircuitsGENOMICS ENGLAND LIMITED · £178,050
  67. Technology Services 4Crown Commercial Service · shared by 263 suppliers, up to £16,000,000,000 in total · 9 lots · runs until Jun 2028
  68. Mobile voice and data sims - EELINCOLNSHIRE HOUSING PARTNERSHIP LIMITED · £33,180
  69. IUS Further Service PeriodMinistry of Defence · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £56,198,380 in total · runs until Sep 2027
  70. replacement RS10000E NetworkCheltenham Borough Council · £30,846
  71. Provision, Management and Support of an IP Connect Private MPLS Service To the EISEC PlatformPolice and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire · £37,000 · runs until Nov 2030
  72. Mobile Device Replacement PurchasePolice, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire
  73. CCTV InfrastructureLondon Borough of Harrow · £153,496
  74. EE Mobile SIM ConnectivitySouth Yorkshire Police Headquarters · £1,000,097 · runs until Dec 2030
  75. County Transport ModelSurrey County Council · £85,000
  76. PSTN PDPL ReplacementsHM Revenue & Customs · £238,500
  77. Extension of Provision of Mobile Sim Cards & Access to an Online Customer PortalTHE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR LINCOLNSHIRE · £177,984 · 2 lots · runs until Nov 2026
  78. Pre-Digital Phone Line ServiceHome Office · £223,236
  79. BT TelephonySefton Metropolitan Borough Council · £76,995 · runs until Aug 2030
  80. IP Transmission ServiceDfI Transport and Road Asset Management (TRAM) · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £350,000 in total
  81. Arista HW SW Support RenewalH M REVENUE & CUSTOMS · £465,671 · runs until Oct 2028
  82. Pre-Digital Phone LinesMetropolitan Police Service
  83. Provision of Management and Support of an IP Connect Private MPLS Service to the EISEC PlatformRoyal Berkshire Fire Authority · £51,000 · runs until Sep 2030
  84. Smart Messaging Tailored ServiceGreater Manchester Police · £139,560 · runs until Aug 2027
  85. Ambulance Radio ProgrammeAmbulance Radio Programme · £986,040 · runs until Aug 2028
  86. Mobile Voice and Data ServicesDerbyshire Dales District Council · £26,835 · runs until Sep 2028
  87. Mobile PhonesLichfield District Council · £26,226 · runs until Aug 2028
  88. Provision of IT Hardware and Software Support Renewal‡HM Revenue & Customs · £984,248
  89. The Provision of Broadband Portal at Various SitesNHS PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED · £97,425 · runs until Aug 2030
  90. Provision of Daily Footfall DataOffice for National Statistics · £94,000 · runs until Aug 2028
  91. ESPH722 Replacement Mobile ContractWealden District Council · £101,205 · runs until Aug 2028
  92. SYP - EISEC Router ReplacementSouth Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority · £37,000 · runs until Jun 2030
  93. The Provision, Management and Support of an IP Connect Private MPLS Service To the EISEC PlatformThe Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside · £37,000 · runs until Jun 2030
  94. project_19028 - DC Exit Hardware ProcurementHome Office · £608,793 · runs until Jun 2030
  95. Standalone Broadband ServicesHAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · £360,000 · runs until Jun 2028

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Government grants

34 grants

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 34 central government grants since 2018, together worth £4.9m.

Funders
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
22 grants · £2.7m
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
2 grants · £1.5m
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
10 grants · £718.4k
Grants
  1. Enabling multi-service radio access networks with Massive MIMODepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £92,101 · UKRI - FLF - Scheme
  2. QAssureDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £32,152 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  3. Ultra-scalable clock and carrier sychronisation for optical and wireless networks using sequentially-locked optical frequency combsDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £24,306 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  4. StreetCAV - Delivering High-Density CAV-Optimised Shared Street Cell TechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £16,331 · UKRI-CCAV-Scheme
  5. BeGREEN: Beyond 5G Artificial Intelligence Assisted Energy Efficient Open Radio Access NetworkDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £104,714 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme
Show 29 more
  1. TERRAMETA: TERahertz ReconfigurAble METAsurfaces for ultra-high rate wireless communicationsDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £11,834 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme
  2. Project HarlanderDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £308,918 · UKRI-CCAV-Scheme
  3. joInt wireless commuNicaTion and sEnsinG by hologRaphic surfAce TranscEiversDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £66,312 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme
  4. Next Generation Satellite QKD - Creating a UK Sovereign Capability for Manufacturing Satellite QKD PayloadsDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £148,807 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
  5. AIRQKDDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £129,777 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
  6. Piccolo: In-network compute for 5G servicesDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £28,965 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  7. CIFS - Calcium Ion Frequency StandardDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £26,095 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
  8. The quantum data centre of the futureDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £161,756 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
  9. Towards a Quantum enabled CloudDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £112,657 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
  10. Interface for quantum clock links IQ-CLIKDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £37,377 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  11. InDePTH - Intelligent Drones for Ports and Highways TechnologyDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £39,768 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
  12. Near-term quantum computing for solving hard industrial optimisation problemsDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £9,441 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
  13. ORSAM Optical Reference Systems via Additive ManufacturingDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £30,754 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  14. BeGREEN: Beyond 5G Artificial Intelligence Assisted Energy Efficient Open Radio Access NetworkDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £18,306 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme 22/23
  15. TERRAMETA: TERahertz ReconfigurAble METAsurfaces for ultra-high rate wireless communicationsDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £1,771 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme 22/23
  16. Interface for quantum clock links IQ-CLIKDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £24,912 · UKRI - Innovate - Scheme 21/22
  17. TimekeeperDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £5,065 · UKRI - Innovate - Scheme 21/22
  18. CIFS - Calcium Ion Frequency StandardDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £9,909 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme
  19. The quantum data centre of the futureDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £51,788 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme
  20. 5G Edge-XRDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,421,609 · 5G Testbeds & Trials 2122
  21. XCelerateDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £679,723 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21
  22. 5G Edge-XRDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £100,000 · 5G Testbeds & Trials 2021
  23. Piccolo: In-network compute for 5G servicesDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £238,450 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21
  24. Robot HighwaysDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £131,018 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21
  25. Next Generation Satellite QKD - Creating a UK Sovereign Capability for Manufacturing Satellite QKD PayloadsDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £32,155 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21
  26. AIRQKDDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £574,108 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21
  27. i-TRACE - IoT Transport Assured for Critical EnvironmentsDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £178,501 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 19-20
  28. ResiCAV - Resilient CAVDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £29,517 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 19-20
  29. ALB - UKRI - 3QN: Towards A New UK Industry for Novel Quantum Receivers in Nascent Satellite QKD Global MarketsDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £40,077 · ALB - Innovate UK - Innovation grants 18-19

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sep 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
45 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
2%
Standard payment terms
30–60 days
  • Within 30 days 36%
  • 31 to 60 days 60%
  • After 60 days 4%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Mar 2026
44
40%
2%
30 Sep 2025
43
39%
2%
31 Mar 2025
42
42%
3%
30 Sep 2024
47
27%
3%
31 Mar 2024
49
22%
3%
30 Sep 2023
51
19%
8%
31 Mar 2023
46
22%
5%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 9.4% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 5.8% lower
Median bonus pay
women 7.3% lower
Employer size
20,000 or more employees
Lower pay quarter37% womenLower middle29% womenUpper middle22% womenUpper pay quarter23% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 8% lower
women 6% lower
2023/24
women 9% lower
women 7.5% lower
2022/23
women 13.3% lower
women 9.8% lower
2021/22
women 12.9% lower
women 10.8% lower
2020/21
women 11.7% lower
women 11.5% lower
2019/20
women 12.1% lower
women 11.5% lower
2018/19
women 4.2% higher
women 2.2% higher
2017/18
women 2.3% higher
women 0.7% higher

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements5
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
Earlier years (2)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Care Quality Commission1 location
Rated good
1
  1. GoodAdastral Park (Martlesham)Martlesham · Ambulance service · rated 9 Feb 2023

Active registered locations in England with their latest overall rating. View the provider at the CQC

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 2 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments, leather goods and bags and paper and paperboard.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 2 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: iron and steel articles, machinery, electrical equipment, aircraft and optical, medical and measuring instruments.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

8 events
  1. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: turnover £19.7bn, net assets £25bn
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £20.4bn, net assets £25.4bn
  3. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £20.8bn, net assets £24.2bn
  4. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: turnover £20.7bn, net assets £25.5bn
  5. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: turnover £20.9bn, net assets £25.9bn
  6. Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: turnover £21.3bn, net assets £21.7bn
  7. Bt Group Investments Limited registered as a person with significant control
  8. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.