BARCLAYS PLC
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£78bn
+7.9% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
94,700
+2% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£11bn
+13.2% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net interest income | £10,121,000,000 | £10,047,000,000 | £12,709,000,000 | £38,326,000,000 | £36,188,000,000 | -5.6% | |
| Fee & commission income | £6,574,000,000 | £6,599,000,000 | £6,529,000,000 | £8,705,000,000 | £10,717,000,000 | +23.1% | |
| Operating income | £21,434,000,000 | £24,956,000,000 | £25,378,000,000 | £26,788,000,000 | £29,140,000,000 | +8.8% | |
| Impairment losses | £1,065,000,000 | £1,194,000,000 | £1,220,000,000 | £1,982,000,000 | £2,279,000,000 | +15% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,194,000,000 | £7,012,000,000 | £6,557,000,000 | £10,090,000,000 | £11,418,000,000 | +13.2% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Loans & advances to customers | £305,081,000,000 | £344,834,000,000 | £333,288,000,000 | £337,846,000,000 | £355,892,000,000 | +5.3% | |
| Customer deposits | £463,692,000,000 | £527,949,000,000 | £526,462,000,000 | £547,460,000,000 | £565,200,000,000 | +3.2% | |
| Total assets | £1,349,540,000,000 | £1,477,384,000,000 | £1,477,487,000,000 | £1,518,202,000,000 | £1,544,165,000,000 | +1.7% | |
| Total liabilities | £1,282,652,000,000 | £1,414,244,000,000 | £1,405,623,000,000 | £1,445,721,000,000 | £1,465,929,000,000 | +1.4% | |
| Equity | £66,882,000,000 | £69,260,000,000 | £71,864,000,000 | £72,481,000,000 | £78,236,000,000 | +7.9% | |
| Average employees | — | 92,000 | 92,300 | 92,800 | 94,700 | +2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 95.0% | 95.3% | 95.1% | 95.2% | — |
Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- BARCLAYS PLC 1985-01-01 → present
- BARCLAYS BANK PLC 1982-02-15 → 1985-01-01
- BARCLAYS BANK LIMITED 1916-02-17 → 1982-02-15
- BARCLAY & COMPANY LIMITED 1896-07-20 → 1916-02-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors confirm that the Group has sufficient headroom over the period of their three-year plan to remain viable.”
Group structure
- BARCLAYS PLC · parent
- Barclays Bank PLC
- Barclays UK PLC
- Barclays Bank Delaware
- Barclays Capital Inc.
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 87 resigned
Showing the first 100 officers on file — Companies House returns these 100 per page and this record sits at that limit, so the list (and any former officers) may be incomplete. Full register on Companies House
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLWOOD, Hannah Elisabeth, Ms. | Secretary | 2023-02-15 | — | — |
| BERRY, Robert | Director | 2022-02-08 | May 1964 | British,American |
| CROSS, Angela Anna | Director | 2022-04-23 | Jul 1970 | British |
| FITZPATRICK, Dawn | Director | 2019-09-25 | Feb 1970 | American |
| GILVARY, Brian, Dr | Director | 2020-02-01 | Feb 1962 | British |
| HIGGINS, Nigel Paul | Director | 2019-03-01 | Sep 1960 | British |
| KINGMAN, John Oliver Frank, Sir | Director | 2023-06-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
| LEBOT, Dioni-Catherine | Director | 2025-03-17 | Jul 1962 | French,Greek |
| MACK, Mary Tabb | Director | 2025-06-01 | Oct 1962 | American |
| MOSES, Menasey Marc | Director | 2023-01-23 | Nov 1957 | British |
| SHEA, Brian Thomas | Director | 2024-07-19 | Jul 1960 | American |
| VENKATAKRISHNAN, Coimbatore Sundararajan | Director | 2021-11-01 | Jan 1966 | American |
| WILSON, Julia Susan | Director | 2021-04-01 | Sep 1967 | British |
Show 87 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATTERBURY, John Michael David | Secretary | — | 1995-02-09 |
| DAVIES, Claire Anne | Secretary | 2016-12-01 | 2017-08-18 |
| DICKINSON, Lawrence Charles | Secretary | 2017-08-19 | 2017-11-01 |
| DICKINSON, Lawrence Charles | Secretary | 2002-09-19 | 2016-11-30 |
| DILLON, Alison Marie | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 1998-10-01 |
| SHAPIRO, Stephen Victor | Secretary | 2017-11-01 | 2023-02-15 |
| TRUST, Howard Bailey | Secretary | 1995-02-09 | 2002-09-19 |
| AGIUS, Marcus Ambrose Paul | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2012-10-31 |
| ALLVEY, David Philip | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2000-11-09 |
| ARCULUS, Thomas David Guy, Sir | Director | 1997-02-01 | 2006-04-27 |
| ASHLEY, Michael St John | Director | 2013-09-18 | 2023-05-03 |
| BAKER, Mary Elizabeth | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| BAND, David | Director | — | 1996-03-28 |
| BARRETT, Matthew William | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| BEVAN, Timothy Hugh, Sir | Director | — | 1993-04-29 |
| BIRKIN, John Derek, Sir | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| BOOTH, David George | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| BREEDON, Timothy James | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2025-04-30 |
| BROADBENT, Richard John, Sir | Director | 2003-09-01 | 2011-09-30 |
| BUXTON, Andrew Robert Fowell | Director | — | 1999-04-23 |
| CAMOYS, Ralph Thomas Campion George Sherman Stonor, The Right Honorable The Lord | Director | — | 1994-04-01 |
| CARNWATH, Alison Jane, Dame | Director | 2010-08-01 | 2012-07-24 |
| CHESHIRE, Ian Michael, Sir | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2021-05-05 |
| CITRINO, Mary Anne | Director | 2018-07-25 | 2020-09-30 |
| CLIFFORD, Richard Leigh | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2010-09-30 |
| CONTI, Fulvio | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2014-04-24 |
| CRONJE, Daniel Christiaan, Dr | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2008-04-24 |
| CROPPER, Hilary Mary, Dame | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2004-12-26 |
| DAVIS, Roger William John | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2005-12-08 |
| DAWSON, Sandra June Noble, Professor Dame | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2009-04-23 |
| DE MILHE DE SAINT VICTOR, Diane Marie Therese Helene | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2017-05-10 |
| DIAMOND JR, Robert Edward | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2012-07-03 |
| EL-ERIAN, Mohamed A, Dr | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| FRANCIS, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2026-05-06 |
| FRANKLIN, Michael David Milroy, Sir | Director | — | 1993-04-29 |
| FRASER, Simon John | Director | 2009-03-10 | 2014-04-24 |
| GILLIES, Crawford Scott | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2023-05-31 |
| GORDON, William John | Director | 1995-07-01 | 1998-09-30 |
| GRIMSTONE, Gerald Edgar, Lord | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2019-02-28 |
| HARRISON, William Robert | Director | 1996-10-10 | 1997-10-03 |
| HENDERSON, Denys Hartley, Sir | Director | — | 1997-04-30 |
| HOFFMAN, Gary Andrew | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2008-08-31 |
| JACOMB, Martin Wakefield, Sir | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| JARVIS, Peter Jack | Director | 1995-08-01 | 2001-09-30 |
| JEFFERY III, Reuben | Director | 2009-07-16 | 2019-05-02 |
| JENKINS, Antony Peter | Director | 2012-08-30 | 2015-07-16 |
| JENKINS, Brian Garton, Sir | Director | 2000-10-25 | 2004-09-01 |
| KHERAJ, Naguib | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2007-03-31 |
| LARGE, Andrew Mcleod Brooks, Sir | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2002-09-03 |
| LAWSON OF BLABY PC, The Right Honourable The Lord | Director | — | 1998-04-30 |
| LENDRUM, Christopher John | Director | 1998-06-05 | 2004-12-31 |
| LESTER, Matthew John | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2020-01-01 |
| LIKIERMAN, John Andrew, Professor Sir | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2013-04-25 |
| LORD WRIGHT OF RICHMOND, Patrick Richard Henry, Sir | Director | — | 1996-04-30 |
| LUCAS, Christopher George | Director | 2007-04-01 | 2013-08-16 |
| LUCAS-BULL, Wendy | Director | 2013-09-19 | 2016-03-01 |
| MCFARLANE, John | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2019-05-02 |
| MIDDLETON, Peter Edward, Sir | Director | — | 2004-09-01 |
| MOBBS, Gerald Nigel, Sir | Director | — | 2003-04-24 |
| MORZARIA, Tushar | Director | 2013-10-15 | 2022-04-22 |
| MOYO, Dambisa Felicia, Dr | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2019-05-02 |
| NORRINGTON OBE, Humphrey Thomas | Director | — | 1993-12-03 |
| O'NEILL, Michael Edward | Director | 1999-03-26 | 1999-04-13 |
| OGATA, Shijuro | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| PEELEN, Jan | Director | — | 1998-08-31 |
| QUINTON, John Grand, Sir | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| RAKE, Michael Derek Vaughan, Sir | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| ROBERTS, David Lawton | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2006-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, Francis Alastair Lavie | Director | — | 1996-05-06 |
| RUDD, Anthony Nigel Russell, Sir | Director | 1996-02-01 | 2009-04-23 |
| RUSSELL, Stephen George | Director | 2000-10-25 | 2009-10-31 |
| SCHUENEMAN, Diane Lynn | Director | 2015-06-25 | 2025-01-31 |
| SEEGERS, Frederik Ferdinand | Director | 2006-07-10 | 2009-11-03 |
| SPOONER, James Douglas, Sir | Director | — | 1994-05-05 |
| STALEY, James Edward | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2021-10-31 |
| STEEL, Robert King | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2006-10-11 |
| STEWART, John Morrison | Director | 2000-10-25 | 2003-02-27 |
| STOCKEN, Oliver Henry James | Director | 1993-05-01 | 1999-09-30 |
| SUNDERLAND, John Michael, Sir | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2015-04-23 |
| TAYLOR, John Martin | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1998-11-27 |
| THIEKE, Stephen Gerard | Director | 2014-01-07 | 2017-05-10 |
| TURNER, Michael John | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2019-05-02 |
| VAN PAASSCHEN, Frits | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2016-04-28 |
| VARLEY, John Silvester | Director | 1998-06-05 | 2010-12-31 |
| WALKER, David Alan, Sir | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2015-04-23 |
| WALLACE, Graham Martyn | Director | 2001-04-30 | 2003-04-02 |
| WHEATCROFT, Patience Jane | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2009-06-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 4729 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-06-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-06-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-06-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-06-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-05-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 19
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.