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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
 
 
FORM 6-K
 
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
February 13, 2025
 
Barclays PLC
(Name of Registrant)
 
1 Churchill Place
London E14 5HP
England
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
 
Form 20-F x Form 40-F
 
This Report on Form 6-K is filed by Barclays PLC.
 
This Report comprises:
 
Information given to The London Stock Exchange and furnished pursuant to
General Instruction B to the General Instructions to Form 6-K.
 

 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
BARCLAYS PLC
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
Date: February 13, 2025
 
 
 
By: /s/ Garth Wright
--------------------------------
 
Garth Wright
 
Assistant Secretary
 
 
 
Barclays PLC
 
2024 Results Announcement
 
31 December 2024
 
Notes
 
The terms Barclays and Group refer to Barclays PLC together with its subsidiaries. Unless otherwise stated, the income statement analysis compares the twelve months ended 31 December 2024 to the corresponding twelve months of 2023 and balance sheet analysis as at 31 December 2024 with comparatives relating to 31 December 2023. The abbreviations ‘£m’ and ‘£bn’ represent millions and thousands of millions of Pounds Sterling respectively; the abbreviations ‘$m’ and ‘$bn’ represent millions and thousands of millions of US Dollars respectively; and the abbreviations ‘€m’ and ‘€bn’ represent millions and thousands of millions of Euros respectively.
There are a number of key judgement areas, for example impairment calculations, which are based on models and which are subject to ongoing adjustment and modifications. Reported numbers reflect best estimates and judgements at the given point in time.
Relevant terms that are used in this document but are not defined under applicable regulatory guidance or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are explained in the results glossary, which can be accessed at home.barclays/investor-relations.
The information in this announcement, which was approved by the Board of Directors on 12 February 2025, does not comprise statutory accounts within the meaning of Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. Statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024, which contain an unmodified audit report under Section 495 of the Companies Act 2006 (which does not make any statements under Section 498 of the Companies Act 2006) will be delivered to the Registrar of Companies in accordance with Section 441 of the Companies Act 2006.
These results will be furnished on Form 6-K to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as soon as practicable following publication of this document. Once furnished to the SEC, a copy of the Form 6-K will be available from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Barclays is a frequent issuer in the debt capital markets and regularly meets with investors via formal roadshows and other ad hoc meetings. Consistent with its usual practice, Barclays expects that from time to time over the coming quarter it will meet with investors globally to discuss these results and other matters relating to the Group.
 
Non-IFRS performance measures
Barclays’ management believes that the non-IFRS performance measures included in this document provide valuable information to the readers of the financial statements as they enable the reader to identify a more consistent basis for comparing the businesses’ performance between financial periods and provide more detail concerning the elements of performance which the managers of these businesses are most directly able to influence or are relevant for an assessment of the Group. They also reflect an important aspect of the way in which operating targets are defined and performance is monitored by Barclays’ management. However, any non-IFRS performance measures in this document are not a substitute for IFRS measures and readers should consider the IFRS measures as well. Refer to the appendix on pages 74 to 84 for definitions and calculations of non-IFRS performance measures included throughout this document, and reconciliations to the most directly comparable IFRS measures.
 
Forward-looking statements
This document contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the Group. Barclays cautions readers that no forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance and that actual results or other financial condition or performance measures could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate only to historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements sometimes use words such as ‘may’, ‘will’, ‘seek’, ‘continue’, ‘aim’, ‘anticipate’, ‘target’, ‘projected’, ‘expect’, ‘estimate’, ‘intend’, ‘plan’, ‘goal’, ‘believe’, ‘achieve’ or other words of similar meaning. Forward-looking statements can be made in writing but also may be made verbally by directors, officers and employees of the Group (including during management presentations) in connection with this document. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements or guidance regarding or relating to the Group’s future financial position, business strategy, income levels, costs, assets and liabilities, impairment charges, provisions, capital leverage and other regulatory ratios, capital distributions (including policy on dividends and share buybacks), return on tangible equity, projected levels of growth in banking and financial markets, industry trends, any commitments and targets (including environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments and targets), plans and objectives for future operations, International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) and other statements that are not historical or current facts. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances. Forward-looking statements speak only as at the date on which they are made. Forward-looking statements may be affected by a number of factors, including, without limitation: changes in legislation, regulations, governmental and regulatory policies, expectations and actions, voluntary codes of practices and the interpretation thereof, changes in IFRS and other accounting standards, including practices with regard to the interpretation and application thereof and emerging and developing ESG reporting standards; the outcome of current and future legal proceedings and regulatory investigations; the Group’s ability along with governments and other stakeholders to measure, manage and mitigate the impacts of climate change effectively or navigate inconsistencies and conflicts in the manner in which climate policy is implemented in the regions where the Group operates, including as a result of the adoption of anti-ESG rules; environmental, social and geopolitical risks and incidents and similar events beyond the Group’s control; financial crime; the impact of competition in the banking and financial services industry; capital, liquidity, leverage and other regulatory rules and requirements applicable to past, current and future periods; UK, US, Eurozone and global macroeconomic and business conditions, including inflation; volatility in credit and capital markets; market related risks such as changes in interest rates and foreign exchange rates; reforms to benchmark interest rates and indices; higher or lower asset valuations; changes in credit ratings of any entity within the Group or any securities issued by it; changes in counterparty risk; changes in consumer behaviour; the direct and indirect consequences of the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East on European and global macroeconomic conditions, political stability and financial markets; political elections, including the impact of the UK, European and US elections in 2024; developments in the UK’s relationship with the European Union (“EU”); the risk of cyber-attacks, information or security breaches, technology failures or operational disruptions and any subsequent impact on the Group’s reputation, business or operations; the Group’s ability to access funding; and the success of acquisitions (including the acquisition of Tesco Bank completed in November 2024), disposals and other strategic transactions. A number of these factors are beyond the Group’s control. As a result, the Group’s actual financial position, results, financial and non-financial metrics or performance measures or its ability to meet commitments and targets may differ materially from the statements or guidance set forth in the Group’s forward-looking statements. In setting its targets and outlook for the period 2024-2026, Barclays has made certain assumptions about the macroeconomic environment, including, without limitation, inflation, interest and unemployment rates, the different markets and competitive conditions in which Barclays operates, and its ability to grow certain businesses and achieve costs savings and other structural actions. Additional risks and factors which may impact the Group’s future financial condition and performance are identified in Barclays PLC’s filings with the SEC (including, without limitation, the Barclays PLC Annual Report on Form 20-F for the financial year ended 31 December 2024), which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Subject to Barclays PLC's obligations under the applicable laws and regulations of any relevant jurisdiction (including, without limitation, the UK and the US) in relation to disclosure and ongoing information, we undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
 
Performance Highlights
 
In 2024 Barclays delivered a return on tangible equity (RoTE) of 10.5%, with total capital distributions of £3.0bn, achieving 2024 targets and on track to deliver 2026 targets
 
C. S. Venkatakrishnan, Group Chief Executive, commented
"In 2024 we met our financial targets, delivering for our customers and clients, with operational and financial performance improvement driven by disciplined execution of the three-year plan. This delivered a Group RoTE of 10.5% for the year and £3.0bn of capital distributions, including the £1.0bn buyback announced today. Profit before tax increased by 24% to £8.1bn, earnings per share (EPS) increased 8.3p year-on-year to 36.0p, and Tangible net asset value (TNAV) per share increased 26p to 357p. Our Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio of 13.6% underpins our target to distribute at least £10bn of capital to shareholders by 2026, with a progressive increase in 2025 vs 2024. Our new guidance for 2025, including Group RoTE of c.11%, represents an important next step in the journey towards our 2026 targets, including Group RoTE of greater than 12%. We have also announced a share grant for our colleagues to further align their work with shareholders’ interests and enable them to benefit tangibly from the firm’s progress and success.”
 
FY24 Group statutory RoTE of 10.5% (target of greater than 10%)
 
Total capital distributions of £3.0bn announced in relation to 2024, broadly in line with 2023 as guided
 
Reflecting a total dividend of 8.4p (£1.2bn) and total share buybacks of £1.8bn for 2024. This includes a 5.5p (c.£0.8bn) 2024 full year dividend, and our intention to initiate a further share buyback of up to £1.0bn
 
Group net interest income (NII) excluding Barclays Investment Bank (IB) and Head Office of £11.2bn1, of which Barclays UK was £6.5bn1, meeting targets of greater than £11.0bn for Group and c.£6.5bn for Barclays UK
 
Group cost: income ratio of 62% in FY24 (c.63% FY24 target)
 
Delivered the targeted £1.0bn gross cost efficiency savings in FY24
 
Strong credit performance with FY24 loan loss rate (LLR) of 46bps, inclusive of the £0.2bn impact (c.4bps LLR impact) from the acquisition of Tesco Bank, below the through the cycle target range of 50-60bps
 
Strong balance sheet with CET1 ratio of 13.6%, within the target range of 13-14%
 
TNAV per share of 357p (December 2023: 331p)
 
Key financial metrics:
 
Statutory
 
Excluding inorganic activity2
 
Income
Profit before tax
Attributable profit
Cost: income ratio
LLR
RoTE
EPS
TNAV per share
CET1 ratio
Total capital return
 
RoTE
FY24
£26.8bn
£8.1bn
£5.3bn
62%
46bps
10.5%
36.0p
357p
13.6%
£3.0bn
 
10.5%
Q424
£7.0bn
£1.7bn
£1.0bn
66%
66bps
7.5%
6.7p
 
5.7%
 
2024 Performance highlights:
 
Group statutory RoTE was 10.5% (2023: 9.0%) with profit before tax of £8.1bn (2023: £6.6bn)
 
Excluding the impact of inorganic activity2 Group profit before tax of £8.0bn and Group RoTE was 10.5%
 
Group income of £26.8bn increased 6% year-on-year, and 4% year-on-year excluding the net £0.3bn impact of inorganic activity. Group NII excluding IB and Head Office of £11.2bn1 of which Barclays UK NII was £6.5bn1 
 
Barclays UK income increased 9%, primarily reflecting the £0.6bn day 1 gain from the acquisition of Tesco Bank and higher structural hedge income, partially offset by mortgage margin compression and adverse product dynamics in deposits, which have stabilised throughout 2024. Excluding the day 1 gain, Barclays UK income increased 2%
Barclays UK Corporate Bank (UKCB) income was broadly stable, reflecting higher deposit income from higher average balances partially offset by lower liquidity pool income
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management (PBWM) income increased 8% driven by growth in client assets and liabilities balances and the transfer of Wealth Management and Investments (WM&I) from Barclays UK3 
Barclays Investment Bank (IB) income increased 7%, with Global Markets income increasing by 4% and Investment Banking income increasing by 12%, which reflected higher fee income across products, partially offset by lower income in the International Corporate Bank
Barclays US Consumer Bank (USCB) income increased 2% reflecting underlying growth in card balances, partially offset by the strengthening of average GBP against USD
 
1
FY24 Group NII excluding IB and Head Office of £11.2bn and Barclays UK NII of £6.5bn, excludes £0.1bn Tesco Bank NII in line with the updated NII guidance provided at Q324. On a statutory basis, Group NII excluding IB and Head Office was £11.3bn and Barclays UK NII was £6.6bn.
2
Inorganic activity refers to certain inorganic transactions announced as part of the FY23 Investor Update designed to improve Group RoTE beyond 2024. In FY24 this included the £220m loss on sale of the performing Italian retail mortgage portfolio, the £9m loss on disposal from the German consumer finance business and the £26m loss on sale of the non-performing Italian retail mortgage portfolio. This was offset by the day 1 net profit before tax of £347m from the acquisition of Tesco Bank which completed 1 November 2024.
3
WM&I was transferred in May 2023.
 
2024 Performance highlights (continued):
 
Group total operating expenses were £16.7bn, down 1% year-on-year
 
Group operating costs were 3% lower at £16.2bn, reflecting £0.8bn lower structural cost actions year-on-year partially offset by inflation, investment spend and business growth, enabled by £1.0bn of cost efficiency savings
 
2024 total structural cost actions of £273m (2023: £1,046m) with Q424 structural cost actions of £110m (Q423: £927m)
 
Credit impairment charges were £2.0bn (2023: £1.9bn) with an LLR of 46bps (2023: 46bps), including the £0.2bn day 1 impact from the acquisition of Tesco Bank which had a c.4bps impact to LLR
 
Q424 Performance highlights:
 
Group statutory RoTE was 7.5% (Q423: (0.9)%) with profit before tax of £1.7bn (Q423: £0.1bn), reflecting seasonal performance, including the impact of the UK bank levy
 
Excluding the impact of inorganic activity1, Group profit before tax was £1.3bn and Group RoTE was 5.7%
 
Group income of £7.0bn was up 24% year-on-year, and 14% year-on-year excluding the £0.6bn impact of inorganic activity
 
Barclays UK income increased 46%, primarily reflecting the £0.6bn day 1 gain from the acquisition of Tesco Bank. Excluding the impact of the day 1 gain from the acquisition of Tesco Bank, Barclays UK income increased 15%, driven by higher structural hedge income and stabilising product dynamics
 
UKCB income increased 16%, reflecting income from higher average deposit balances and the non-recurrence of liquidity pool adversity in the prior year
 
PBWM income increased 12%, reflecting higher client assets and liabilities balances and higher transactional activity by clients
 
IB income increased 28%, reflecting higher Global Markets and Investment Banking income
 
USCB income was broadly stable, reflecting card balance growth offset by strengthening of average GBP against USD
 
Group total operating expenses were £4.6bn, down 7% year-on-year
 
Group operating costs were 10% lower at £4.2bn, reflecting £0.8bn lower structural cost action year-on-year partially offset by inflation, investment spend and business growth, enabled by £0.3bn of cost efficiency savings
 
Credit impairment charges were £0.7bn (Q423: £0.6bn) with an LLR of 66bps (Q423: 54bps) including the £0.2bn day 1 impact from the acquisition of Tesco Bank, which had a c.19bps impact to LLR
 
CET1 ratio of 13.6% (December 2023: 13.8%), with risk weighted assets (RWAs) of £358.1bn (December 2023: £342.7bn) and TNAV per share of 357p (December 2023: 331p)
 
1
Inorganic activity refers to certain inorganic transactions announced as part of the FY23 Investor Update designed to improve Group RoTE beyond 2024. In FY24 this included the £220m loss on sale of the performing Italian retail mortgage portfolio, the £9m loss on disposal from the German consumer finance business and the £26m loss on sale of the non-performing Italian retail mortgage portfolio. This was offset by the day 1 net profit before tax of £347m from the acquisition of Tesco Bank which completed 1 November 2024.
 
Group financial guidance and targets1:
 
2025 guidance
 
Returns: RoTE of c.11%
 
Capital returns: progressive increase in total capital returns versus 2024
 
Income: Group NII excluding IB and Head Office of c.£12.2bn, of which Barclays UK NII of c.£7.4bn
 
Costs: Group cost: income ratio of c.61%. This includes total gross efficiency savings of c.£0.5bn in 2025
 
Impairment: LLR of 50-60bps through the cycle
 
Capital: CET1 ratio target range of 13-14%
 
2026 targets
 
Returns: RoTE of greater than 12%
 
Capital returns: plan to return at least £10bn of capital to shareholders between 2024 and 2026, through dividends and share buybacks, with a continued preference for buybacks
 
Plan to keep total dividend stable at 2023 level in absolute terms, with progressive dividend per share growth driven through share count reduction as a result of increased share buybacks
 
Dividends will continue to be paid semi-annually. This multi-year plan is subject to supervisory and Board approval, anticipated financial performance and our published CET1 ratio target range of 13-14%
 
Income: Group total income of c.£30bn
 
Costs: Group cost: income ratio of high 50s in percentage terms, implying Group total operating expenses of c.£17bn, based on targeted Group total income of c.£30bn. Cost target includes total gross efficiency savings of c.£2bn by 2026
 
Impairment: expect an LLR of 50-60bps through the cycle
 
Capital: CET1 ratio target range of 13-14%
 
Targeting IB RWAs of c.50% of Group RWAs in 2026
 
Impact of regulatory change on RWAs in line with our prior guidance of c.£19-26bn, with the phasing and mix updated to reflect the latest guidance from the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA)
 
c.£3-10bn RWAs from Basel 3.1, with the timing of implementation delayed to 1 January 2027
 
c.£16bn RWAs from USCB moving to an Internal Ratings Based (IRB) model, subject to model build and portfolio changes, implementation could be beyond 2026
 
0.1% increase in Pillar 2A from Q125 until model implementation
 
1
Our targets and guidance are based on management's current expectations as to the macroeconomic environment and the business and are subject to change.
 
Barclays Group results
Year ended
 
 
Three months ended
 
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
 
£m
£m
% Change
 
£m
£m
% Change
Barclays UK
8,274
7,587
9
 
2,615
1,792
46
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
1,780
1,770
1
 
458
395
16
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
1,309
1,208
8
 
351
313
12
Barclays Investment Bank
11,805
11,035
7
 
2,607
2,037
28
Barclays US Consumer Bank
3,326
3,268
2
 
857
866
(1)
Head Office
294
510
(42)
 
76
195
(61)
Total income
26,788
25,378
6
 
6,964
5,598
24
Operating costs
(16,195)
(16,714)
3
 
(4,244)
(4,735)
10
UK regulatory levies1
(320)
(180)
(78)
 
(227)
(180)
(26)
Litigation and conduct
(220)
(37)
 
 
(121)
(5)
 
Total operating expenses
(16,735)
(16,931)
1
 
(4,592)
(4,920)
7
Other net income/(expenses)
37
(9)
 
 
(16)
 
Profit before impairment
10,090
8,438
20
 
2,372
662
 
Credit impairment charges
(1,982)
(1,881)
(5)
 
(711)
(552)
(29)
Profit before tax
8,108
6,557
24
 
1,661
110
 
Tax (charge)/credit
(1,752)
(1,234)
(42)
 
(448)
23
 
Profit after tax
6,356
5,323
19
 
1,213
133
 
Non-controlling interests
(49)
(64)
23
 
(20)
(25)
20
Other equity instrument holders
(991)
(985)
(1)
 
(228)
(219)
(4)
Attributable profit/(loss)
5,316
4,274
24
 
965
(111)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Performance measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average tangible shareholders' equity
10.5%
9.0%
 
 
7.5%
(0.9)%
 
Average tangible shareholders' equity (£bn)
50.7
47.4
 
 
51.5
48.9
 
Cost: income ratio
62%
67%
 
 
66%
88%
 
Loan loss rate (bps)
46
46
 
 
66
54
 
Basic earnings per ordinary share
36.0p
27.7p
 
 
6.7p
(0.7)p
 
Dividend per share
8.4p
8.0p
 
 
 
 
 
Share buybacks announced (£m)
1,750
1,750
 
 
 
 
 
Total payout equivalent per share
c.20.4p
c.19.4p
 
 
 
 
 
Basic weighted average number of shares (m)
14,755
15,445
(4)
 
14,432
15,092
(4)
Period end number of shares (m)
14,420
15,155
(5)
 
 
 
 
Period end tangible shareholders' equity (£bn)
51.5
50.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at
31.12.24
 
As at
31.12.23
 
Balance sheet and capital management2
£bn
£bn
Loans and advances at amortised cost
414.5
399.5
Loans and advances at amortised cost impairment coverage ratio
1.2%
1.4%
Total assets
1,518.2
1,477.5
Deposits at amortised cost
560.7
538.8
Tangible net asset value per share
357p
331p
Common equity tier 1 ratio
13.6%
13.8%
Common equity tier 1 capital
48.6
47.3
Risk weighted assets
358.1
342.7
UK leverage ratio
5.0%
5.2%
UK leverage exposure
1,206.5
1,168.3
 
 
 
Funding and liquidity
 
 
Group liquidity pool (£bn)
296.9
298.1
Liquidity coverage ratio3
172.4%
161.4%
Net stable funding ratio4
134.9%
138.0%
Loan: deposit ratio
74%
74%
 
1
Comprises of the Bank of England (BoE) levy scheme and the UK bank levy.
2
Refer to pages 60 to 64 for further information on how capital, RWAs and leverage are calculated.
3
Represents average of the last 12 spot month end ratios.
4
Represents average of the last four spot quarter end positions.
 
Reconciliation of financial results excluding inorganic activity1
 
Year ended
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
 
Statutory
 
Inorganic activity
 
Excluding inorganic activity
 
 
Statutory
 
 
 
 
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
 
% Change
Barclays UK
8,274
556
7,718
 
7,587
 
2
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
1,780
1,780
 
1,770
 
1
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
1,309
1,309
 
1,208
 
8
Barclays Investment Bank
11,805
11,805
 
11,035
 
7
Barclays US Consumer Bank
3,326
3,326
 
3,268
 
2
Head Office
294
(229)
523
 
510
 
3
Total income
26,788
327
26,461
 
25,378
 
4
Operating costs
(16,195)
(16,195)
 
(16,714)
 
3
UK regulatory levies
(320)
(320)
 
(180)
 
(78)
Litigation and conduct
(220)
(220)
 
(37)
 
 
Total operating expenses
(16,735)
(16,735)
 
(16,931)
 
1
Other net income/(expenses)
37
37
 
(9)
 
 
Profit before impairment
10,090
327
9,763
 
8,438
 
16
Credit impairment charges
(1,982)
(235)
(1,747)
 
(1,881)
 
7
Profit before tax
8,108
92
8,016
 
6,557
 
22
Attributable profit
5,316
(3)
5,319
 
4,274
 
24
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average tangible shareholders' equity (£bn)
50.7
 
50.7
 
47.4
 
 
Return on average tangible shareholders' equity
10.5%
 
10.5%
 
9.0%
 
 
Cost: income ratio
62%
 
63%
 
67%
 
 
 
Three months ended
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
 
Statutory
 
Inorganic activity
Excluding inorganic activity
 
 
Statutory
 

 
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
 
% Change
Barclays UK
2,615
556
2,059
 
1,792
 
15
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
458
458
 
395
 
16
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
351
351
 
313
 
12
Barclays Investment Bank
2,607
2,607
 
2,037
 
28
Barclays US Consumer Bank
857
857
 
866
 
(1)
Head Office
76
11
65
 
195
 
(67)
Total income
6,964
567
6,397
 
5,598
 
14
Operating costs
(4,244)
(4,244)
 
(4,735)
 
10
UK regulatory levies
(227)
(227)
 
(180)
 
(26)
Litigation and conduct
(121)
(121)
 
(5)
 
 
Total operating expenses
(4,592)
(4,592)
 
(4,920)
 
7
Other net expenses
 
(16)
 
 
Profit before impairment
2,372
567
1,805
 
662
 
 
Credit impairment charges
(711)
(235)
(476)
 
(552)
 
14
Profit before tax
1,661
332
1,329
 
110
 
 
Attributable profit/(loss)
965
230
735
 
(111)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average tangible shareholders' equity (£bn)
51.5
 
51.5
 
48.9
 
 
Return on average tangible shareholders' equity
7.5%
 
5.7%
 
(0.9)%
 
 
Cost: income ratio
66%
 
72%
 
88%
 
 
 
 
1
Inorganic activity refers to certain inorganic transactions announced as part of the FY23 Investor Update designed to improve Group RoTE beyond 2024. In FY24 this included the £220m loss on sale of the performing Italian retail mortgage portfolio, the £9m loss on disposal from the German consumer finance business and the £26m loss on sale of the non-performing Italian retail mortgage portfolio. This was offset by the day 1 net profit before tax of £347m from the acquisition of Tesco Bank which completed 1 November 2024.
 
 
Group Finance Director's Review
 
2024 Group performance
 
Barclays delivered a profit before tax of £8,108m (2023: £6,557m), RoTE of 10.5% (2023: 9.0%) and EPS of 36.0p (2023: 27.7p)
The Group has a diverse income profile across businesses and geographies including a significant presence in the US. The appreciation of average GBP against USD negatively impacted income and positively impacted credit impairment charges and total operating expenses. The full-year impact of FX was broadly neutral to profits
Group statutory income increased 6% to £26,788m (2023: £25,378m), including the impact of inorganic activity1
Excluding the £327m impact of inorganic activity, Group income increased 4%, as higher structural hedge income, higher Investment Banking fees, increased income in Equities and balance growth in USCB were partially offset by mortgage margin compression and adverse product dynamics in deposits in Barclays UK, which have stabilised throughout 2024, as well as lower FICC income
Group total operating expenses decreased to £16,735m (2023: £16,931m), including the £93m impact of the BoE levy scheme introduced in 2024
Group operating costs were 3% lower at £16,195m, reflecting £0.8bn lower structural cost actions year-on-year partially offset by inflation, investment spend and business growth, enabled by £1.0bn of cost efficiency savings  
2024 total structural cost actions were £273m (2023: £1,046m) with Q424 structural cost actions of £110m (Q423: £927m)
Credit impairment charges increased to £1,982m (2023: £1,881m), driven by the £209m charge on the acquisition of Tesco Bank and the anticipated higher delinquencies in US cards, partially offset by the impact of credit risk management actions and methodology enhancements. Total coverage ratio reduced to 1.2% (December 2023: 1.4%) primarily driven by the reclassification of a co-branded cards portfolio in USCB to assets held for sale
The effective tax rate (ETR) was 21.6% (2023: 18.8%). The 2024 ETR includes tax relief on payments made under Additional Tier 1 (AT1) instruments and on holdings of inflation-linked government bonds
Attributable profit was £5,316m (2023: £4,274m)
Total assets increased to £1,518.2bn (December 2023: £1,477.5bn), driven by an increase in derivatives in Global Markets (with a corresponding increase in liabilities) as well as the impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
TNAV per share increased to 357p (December 2023: 331p) including EPS of 36.0p, a c.7p benefit from the reduction in share count as a result of the completion of the share buybacks announced at FY23 and H124 Results and a 5p benefit from the cash flow hedging reserve. These were partially offset by an 8p reduction from dividends paid during 2024 and net negative other reserve movements
 
Group capital and leverage
 
The reported CET1 ratio decreased by c.20bps to 13.6% (December 2023: 13.8%) as RWAs increased by £15.4bn to £358.1bn partially offset by an increase in CET1 capital of £1.3bn to £48.6bn. Excluding the c.20bps2 decrease as a result of the acquisition of Tesco Bank's retail banking business, significant movements in the year were:
c.140bps increase from attributable profit including other inorganic activity
c.80bps decrease driven by shareholder distributions including the completed share buybacks announced with FY23 and H124 results and an accrual for the FY24 dividend
c.30bps decrease from other capital movements including decreases in the other qualifying reserves
c.30bps decrease as a result of an £8.4bn increase in RWAs, including strategic growth in lending within UKCB and Barclays UK and regulatory driven methodology changes 
The UK leverage ratio decreased to 5.0% (December 2023: 5.2%) due to an increase in exposure of £38.2bn to £1,206.5bn (December 2023: £1,168.3bn). The increase in exposure was largely driven by an increase in derivatives in Global Markets, and the acquisition of Tesco Bank
 
Group funding and liquidity
 
The liquidity metrics remain well above regulatory requirements, underpinned by well-diversified sources of funding, a stable global deposit franchise and a highly liquid balance sheet
The liquidity pool was £296.9bn, broadly unchanged from December 2023 (£298.1bn)
The average3 Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) increased to 172.4% (December 2023: 161.4%), equivalent to a surplus of £127.6bn (December 2023: £117.7bn)
Total deposits increased by £21.9bn to £560.7bn (December 2023: £538.8bn), driven by the acquisition of Tesco Bank in Barclays UK and inflows of customer deposits in the International Corporate Bank (within the IB), PBWM and USCB
 
1
Inorganic activity refers to certain inorganic transactions announced as part of the FY23 Investor Update designed to improve Group RoTE beyond 2024. In FY24 this included the £220m loss on sale of the performing Italian retail mortgage portfolio, the £9m loss on disposal from the German consumer finance business and the £26m loss on sale of the non-performing Italian retail mortgage portfolio. This was offset by the day 1 net profit before tax of £347m from the acquisition of Tesco Bank which completed 1 November 2024.
2
Includes c.£7bn of RWAs partially offset by £0.3bn day 1 net profit before tax from the acquisition.
3
Represents average of the last 12 spot month end ratios.
 
Group funding and liquidity (continued)
 
The average1 Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) was 134.9% (December 2023: 138.0%), which represents a £162.9bn (December 2023: £167.1bn) surplus above the 100% regulatory requirement
Wholesale funding outstanding, excluding repurchase agreements, was £186.0bn (December 2023: £176.8bn)
The Group issued £15.1bn equivalent of minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) instruments from Barclays PLC (the Parent company) in FY24. The Group has a strong MREL position with a ratio of 34.4%, which is in excess of the regulatory requirement of 30.2% plus a confidential, institution specific, PRA buffer
 
Other matters
 
The cumulative impact of all announced inorganic activity will reduce the Group’s CET1 ratio by c.10bps, following the inclusion of the disposal of the German consumer finance business, which completed after the balance sheet date. There was a broadly neutral impact on FY24 Group RoTE as the net gain upon the completion of the Tesco Bank acquisition in Q424, broadly offset the losses on disposals from the Italian retail mortgage portfolios as well as from the disposal of the German consumer finance business:
Acquisition of Tesco Bank's retail banking business: on 9 February 2024, Barclays entered into an agreement with Tesco Personal Finance plc to acquire certain assets and liabilities of its retail banking business (including credit cards, unsecured loans and deposits) conducted under the "Tesco Bank" brand. The High Court approved the transfer on 17 October 2024, and it became effective on 1 November 2024. The acquisition generated an income gain of £556m as a result of consideration payable for the net assets being lower than fair value, partially offset by the post-acquisition impairment charge from IFRS 9 recognition of £209m, generating a day 1 net profit before tax impact of £347m
Disposal of Italian retail mortgages: on 24 April 2024, Barclays announced a transaction under which Barclays Bank Ireland PLC intended to dispose of its performing Italian retail mortgage portfolio, held in Head Office. The sale completed in Q224, generating a loss on disposal of £220m and reduced RWAs by £0.8bn
 
On 22 October 2024 Barclays agreed the sale of its non-performing Italian retail mortgage portfolio, with the sale of the vast majority of loans completing during Q424. The sale of the small residual amount of loans is expected to complete later in Q125. The transaction generated a small pre-tax loss of £26m, and will reduce RWAs by c.£100m
 
Barclays remains in discussion with respect to the disposal of the remaining Swiss-Franc linked Italian retail mortgage portfolio. Should the sale occur, it is expected to generate a further small loss on sale and reduce RWAs by c.€200m, and be broadly neutral to Barclays’ CET1 ratio
 
Disposal of German consumer finance business: on 4 July 2024, Barclays Bank Ireland PLC agreed the sale of its German consumer finance business (comprising credit cards, unsecured personal loans and deposits) to BAWAG P.S.K., a wholly-owned subsidiary of BAWAG Group AG, for a small premium to tangible book value. When including disposal costs and accounting adjustments as required by IFRS 5 (Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations), Barclays has recorded a £9m loss for the disposal group within Head Office for FY24. After the balance sheet date, Barclays announced it had completed the sale, resulting in an estimated release of c.€4.0bn of RWAs, increasing Barclays’ CET1 ratio by c.10bps in Q125
 
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) motor finance review: in light of recent legal and regulatory developments, including the Court of Appeal judgment in October 2024 against other lenders in three motor finance commissions cases (subject to appeal to the Supreme Court, which is scheduled to be heard in early April 2025), and the ongoing FCA review into historical motor finance commission arrangements and sales, Clydesdale Financial Services Limited (a subsidiary of Barclays plc) has recognised a provision of £90m in relation to historical motor finance commission arrangements. Taking into account the information currently available, Barclays has estimated the potential impact of these matters by considering the potential basis for and timing of redress, which complaints may be valid or invalid, and the potential level of such complaints. All these assumptions are subject to significant uncertainty and will be monitored and updated if any significant new information becomes available. The legal and regulatory outcomes and the nature, extent and timing of any remediation action if required remain uncertain and, as a result the ultimate financial impact could differ materially to the amount provided. The FCA plans to set out the next steps of its review in May 2025. Under the FCA's rules, Barclays’ obligation to respond to motor finance commission complaints is paused until after 4 December 2025. Barclays ceased operating in the motor finance market in late 2019, although historical operations before this time may be in scope of any potential FCA consumer redress scheme. Additional details are set out in note 25 Legal, competition and regulatory matters of the Barclays 2024 Annual Report
USCB sale of American Airlines card receivables: following American Airlines’ decision to consolidate its co-brand card partnerships, Barclays has decided not to bid to become the sole card issuer, leading to the transfer of its portfolio of receivables in 2026, which has been reclassified as held for sale as at December 2024. This portfolio is expected to generate a gain on sale in 2026. USCB targets for 2026 remain unchanged
 
Anna Cross, Group Finance Director
 
1
Represents average of the last four spot quarter end ratios.
 
Results by Business
 
Barclays UK
Year ended
 
Three months ended
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
Income statement information
£m
£m
% Change
 
£m
£m
% Change
Net interest income
6,627
6,431
3
 
1,815
1,575
15
Net fee, commission and other income
1,647
1,156
42
 
800
217
 
Total income
8,274
7,587
9
 
2,615
1,792
46
Operating costs
(4,235)
(4,393)
4
 
(1,170)
(1,153)
(1)
UK regulatory levies
(78)
(30)
 
 
(36)
(30)
(20)
Litigation and conduct
(16)
8
 
 
(9)
(4)
 
Total operating expenses
(4,329)
(4,415)
2
 
(1,215)
(1,187)
(2)
Other net income
 
 
 
#DIV/0!
Profit before impairment
3,945
3,172
24
 
1,400
605
 
Credit impairment charges
(365)
(304)
(20)
 
(283)
(37)
 
Profit before tax
3,580
2,868
25
 
1,117
568
97
Attributable profit
2,465
1,962
26
 
781
382
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Performance measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
23.1%
19.2%
 
 
28.0%
14.9%
 
Average allocated tangible equity (£bn)
10.7
10.2
 
 
11.2
10.2
 
Cost: income ratio
52%
58%
 
 
46%
66%
 
Loan loss rate (bps)
16
14
 
 
49
7
 
Net interest margin
3.29%
3.13%
 
 
3.53%
3.07%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at
31.12.24
As at 3
1.12.23
 
 
 
 
 
Key facts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UK mortgage balances (£bn)
163.1
163.5
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage gross lending flow (£bn)
23.9
22.7
 
 
 
 
 
Average LTV of mortgage portfolio1
53%
54%
 
 
 
 
 
Average LTV of new mortgage lending1
66%
63%
 
 
 
 
 
Number of branches
221
306
 
 
 
 
 
Digitally active customers (m)2
13.4
12.7
 
 
 
 
 
30 day arrears rate - Barclaycard Consumer UK3
0.7%
0.9%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance sheet information
£bn
 
£bn
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost
207.7
202.8
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets
299.8
293.1
 
 
 
 
 
Customer deposits at amortised cost
244.2
241.1
 
 
 
 
 
Loan: deposit ratio
92%
92%
 
 
 
 
 
Risk weighted assets
84.5
73.5
 
 
 
 
 
Period end allocated tangible equity
11.6
10.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Average loan to value (LTV) of mortgages is balance weighted and reflects both residential and buy-to-let (BTL) mortgage portfolios within the Home Loans portfolio.
2
Mobile active customers has been replaced by digitally active customers as a more complete reflection of digital adoption by Barclays UK customers.
3
Excluding the impact of Tesco Bank acquisition.
 
Analysis of Barclays UK
 
Year ended
 
Three months ended
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
Analysis of total income
£m
£m
% Change
 
£m
£m
% Change
Personal Banking1
5,333
4,729
13
 
1,847
1,067
73
Barclaycard Consumer UK
937
964
(3)
 
231
242
(5)
Business Banking
2,004
1,894
6
 
537
483
11
Total income
8,274
7,587
9
 
2,615
1,792
46
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis of credit impairment (charges)/releases
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Personal Banking1
(281)
(170)
(65)
 
(244)
35
 
Barclaycard Consumer UK
(113)
(162)
30
 
(35)
(73)
52
Business Banking
29
28
4
 
(4)
1
 
Total credit impairment charges
(365)
(304)
(20)
 
(283)
(37)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 31.12.24
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis of loans and advances to customers at amortised cost
£bn
£bn
 
 
 
 
 
Personal Banking
177.0
170.1
 
 
 
 
 
Barclaycard Consumer UK
11.0
9.7
 
 
 
 
 
Business Banking
19.7
23.0
 
 
 
 
 
Total loans and advances to customers at amortised cost
207.7
202.8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis of customer deposits at amortised cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Personal Banking
191.4
185.4
 
 
 
 
 
Barclaycard Consumer UK
 
 
 
 
 
Business Banking
52.8
55.7
 
 
 
 
 
Total customer deposits at amortised cost
244.2
241.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Following the completion of the acquisition on 1 November 2024, Tesco Bank is reported in Personal Banking. In Q424 and FY24, total income includes the £556m day 1 gain, and total credit impairment charges include the £209m day 1 impact. For further details, refer to Other Matters on page 8.
 
Barclays UK delivered a RoTE of 23.1% (2023: 19.2%) supported by robust income, strong asset quality and disciplined cost management, with continued investment in delivering a simpler, better and more balanced retail bank.
 
2024 compared to 2023
Income statement
 
Profit before tax increased 25% to £3,580m
 
Excluding the net positive day 1 impact from the Tesco Bank acquisition of £347m, profit before tax increased 13% to £3,233m with a RoTE of 20.8%
 
Total income increased 9% to £8,274m primarily driven by the £556m day 1 gain from the acquisition of Tesco Bank. Excluding the impact of the day 1 gain, income increased 2% to £7,718m. NII increased 3% to £6,627m, as continued structural hedge momentum and the Q424 Tesco Bank NII benefit were partially offset by adverse deposit dynamics, which have stabilised throughout 2024, and mortgage margin compression. Net fee, commission and other income increased 42% to £1,647m driven primarily by the £556m day 1 gain from the acquisition of Tesco Bank. Excluding the impact from the day 1 gain, net fee, commission and other income decreased 6% to £1,091m primarily driven by the transfer of WM&I to PBWM1 
 
Personal Banking income increased 13% to £5,333m, driven primarily by the £556m day 1 gain from the acquisition of Tesco Bank. Excluding the impact from the day 1 gain, income was broadly stable at £4,777m, as continued structural hedge momentum and the Q424 Tesco Bank NII were partially offset by adverse deposit dynamics and mortgage margin compression
 
Barclaycard Consumer UK income decreased 3% to £937m due to lower interest earning lending balances, resulting from higher customer spend being more than offset by repayments
 
Business Banking income increased 6% to £2,004m driven by continued structural hedge momentum, partially offset by lower government scheme lending as repayments continue and lower deposit volumes
 
Total operating expenses decreased 2% to £4,329m, driven by lower structural cost actions and by the transfer of WM&I to PBWM1 partially offset by Q424 Tesco Bank costs and inflation. Ongoing efficiency savings continue to be reinvested, to drive sustainable improvement to the cost: income ratio
 
Credit impairment charges were £365m (2023: £304m), driven by the £209m day 1 impact from the acquisition of Tesco Bank, partially offset by a resilient credit performance in UK cards and UK mortgages. UK cards 30 and 90 day arrears remained low at 0.7%2 (Q423: 0.9%) and 0.2%2 (Q423: 0.2%) respectively. The UK cards total coverage ratio reduced to 4.8% (December 2023: 6.8%) following the day 1 impact from the acquisition of Tesco Bank and release of the affordability linked adjustments
 
Balance sheet
 
Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost increased by £4.9bn to £207.7bn, primarily driven by a c.£8bn increase from the acquisition of Tesco Bank, growth in unsecured lending and mortgage lending, partially offset by securitisation of mortgage balances in Q424 and continued repayment of government scheme lending in Business Banking
Customer deposits at amortised cost increased by £3.1bn to £244.2bn, driven by a c.£7bn increase from the acquisition of Tesco Bank, partially offset by reduction in Business Banking and retail current account balances, however these dynamics have stabilised throughout 2024. The loan: deposit ratio remained stable at 92% (December 2023: 92%)
RWAs increased to £84.5bn (December 2023: £73.5bn), primarily driven by a c.£7bn increase from the acquisition of Tesco Bank, lending business growth and regulatory driven methodology changes
 
1
WM&I was transferred in May 2023.
2
Excluding the impact of Tesco Bank acquisition.
 
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
Year ended
 
Three months ended
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
Income statement information
£m
£m
% Change
 
£m
£m
% Change
Net interest income
1,206
1,160
4
 
324
247
31
Net fee, commission, trading and other income
574
610
(6)
 
134
148
(9)
Total income
1,780
1,770
1
 
458
395
16
Operating costs
(935)
(905)
(3)
 
(250)
(258)
3
UK regulatory levies
(37)
(8)
 
 
(14)
(8)
(75)
Litigation and conduct
(1)
1
 
 
(1)
(1)
 
Total operating expenses
(973)
(912)
(7)
 
(265)
(267)
1
Other net expenses
(3)
 
 
(5)
 
Profit before impairment
807
855
(6)
 
193
123
57
Credit impairment (charges)/releases
(76)
27
 
 
(40)
(18)
 
Profit before tax
731
882
(17)
 
153
105
46
Attributable profit
490
584
(16)
 
98
59
66
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Performance measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
16.0%
20.5%
 
 
12.3%
8.4%
 
Average allocated tangible equity (£bn)
3.1
2.9
 
 
3.2
2.8
 
Cost: income ratio
55%
52%
 
 
58%
68%
 
Loan loss rate (bps)
29
(10)
 
 
62
27
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 31.12.24
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance sheet information
£bn
£bn
 
 
 
 
 
Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost
25.4
26.4
 
 
 
 
 
Deposits at amortised cost
83.1
84.9
 
 
 
 
 
Risk weighted assets
23.9
20.9
 
 
 
 
 
Period end allocated tangible equity
3.3
3.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year ended
 
Three months ended
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
 
31.12.24
31.12.23
 
Analysis of total income
£m
£m
% Change
 
£m
£m
% Change
Corporate lending
267
262
2
 
71
64
11
Transaction banking
1,513
1,508
 
387
331
17
Total income
1,780
1,770
1
 
458
395
16
 
UKCB delivered a RoTE of 16.0% (2023: 20.5%), as income from increased average deposit balances was offset by lower liquidity pool income, and the continuing investment to support future growth ambitions.
 
2024 compared to 2023
Income statement
 
Profit before tax decreased 17% to £731m (2023: £882m)
Total income was broadly stable at £1,780m as increased deposit income from higher average balances was largely offset by lower liquidity pool income
Total operating expenses increased 7% to £973m, reflecting higher ongoing spend to support growth ambitions and the BoE levy scheme
Credit impairment charges were £76m (2023: £27m release), driven by stable underlying credit performance and limited single name charges. The release in the prior period was driven by the improved macroeconomic outlook
 
Balance sheet
 
Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost decreased to £25.4bn (December 2023: £26.4bn) as strategic growth in balances was more than offset by a c.£2bn reduction from refinements to the perimeter with the International Corporate Bank within IB
Customer deposits at amortised cost decreased to £83.1bn (December 2023: £84.9bn) primarily driven by a c.£2bn reduction from refinements to the perimeter with the International Corporate Bank within IB
RWAs increased to £23.9bn (December 2023: £20.9bn), reflecting higher client lending limits and strategic growth in lending balances
 
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
Year ended
 
Three months ended
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
Income statement information
£m
£m
% Change
 
£m
£m
% Change
Net interest income
767
768
 
216
182
19
Net fee, commission and other income
542
440
23
 
135
131
3
Total income
1,309
1,208
8
 
351
313
12
Operating costs
(911)
(795)
(15)
 
(255)
(255)
UK regulatory levies
(9)
(4)
 
 
(7)
(4)
(75)
Litigation and conduct
2
 
 
(1)
2
 
Total operating expenses
(920)
(797)
(15)
 
(263)
(257)
(2)
Other net income
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Profit before impairment
389
411
(5)
 
88
56
57
Credit impairment (charges)/releases
(6)
(4)
(50)
 
(2)
4
 
Profit before tax
383
407
(6)
 
86
60
43
Attributable profit
288
330
(13)
 
63
47
34
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Performance measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
28.1%
32.7%
 
 
23.9%
19.1%
 
Average allocated tangible equity (£bn)
1.0
1.0
 
 
1.1
1.0
 
Cost: income ratio
70%
66%
 
 
75%
82%
 
Loan loss rate (bps)
4
3
 
 
5
(10)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Key facts
£bn
£bn
 
 
 
 
 
Invested assets1
124.6
108.8
 
 
 
 
 
Clients assets and liabilities2
208.9
182.9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at
31.12.24
 
As at
31.12.23
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance sheet information
£bn
£bn
 
 
 
 
 
Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost
14.5
13.6
 
 
 
 
 
Deposits at amortised cost
69.5
60.3
 
 
 
 
 
Risk weighted assets
7.9
7.2
 
 
 
 
 
Period end allocated tangible equity
1.1
1.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
Invested assets represent assets under management and supervision.
2
Client assets and liabilities refers to customer deposits, lending and invested assets.
 
PBWM delivered a RoTE of 28.1% (2023: 32.7%), as the business continues to see an inflow of new client balances across deposits, lending and investments which reflects the strong product offering and client engagement. Together with the impact from market movement, this has resulted in continued income growth of 8%. Costs are higher by 15% which is due to the continued investment in people, product and the platform to deliver our three year plan.
 
2024 compared to 2023
 
Income statement
 
Profit before tax decreased 6% to £383m
 
Total income increased 8% to £1,309m driven by client assets and liabilities balances growth and the transfer of WM&I from Barclays UK1. Net interest income was broadly flat, as the impact from higher deposits balances was offset by lower liquidity pool income. Net fee, commission and other income increased 23%, driven by higher investment balances and transactional activity
 
Total operating expenses increased 15% to £920m, reflecting the transfer of WM&I from Barclays UK and higher investment spend, to support business growth ambitions
 
Balance sheet
 
Client assets and liabilities increased £26.0bn to £208.9bn, driven by £15.8bn increase in invested assets as a result of market movements and underlying balance growth, as well as £9.2bn increase in deposits and £0.9bn increase in gross loans to clients
 
RWAs increased to £7.9bn (December 2023: £7.2bn)
 
1
WM&I was transferred in May 2023.
 
Barclays Investment Bank
Year ended
 
Three months ended
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
Income statement information
£m
£m
% Change
 
£m
£m
% Change
Net interest income
1,031
1,393
(26)
 
284
282
1
Net trading income
6,241
6,040
3
 
1,262
757
67
Net fee, commission and other income
4,533
3,602
26
 
1,061
998
6
Total income
11,805
11,035
7
 
2,607
2,037
28
Operating costs
(7,666)
(7,619)
(1)
 
(1,903)
(1,934)
2
UK regulatory levies
(187)
(123)
(52)
 
(161)
(123)
(31)
Litigation and conduct
(55)
5
 
 
(26)
(2)
 
Total operating expenses
(7,908)
(7,737)
(2)
 
(2,090)
(2,059)
(2)
Other net expenses
 
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(1)
 
Profit before impairment
3,897
3,298
18
 
517
(23)
 
Credit impairment charges
 
(123)
(102)
(21)
 
(46)
(23)
 
Profit/(loss) before tax
3,774
3,196
18
 
471
(46)
 
Attributable profit/(loss)
2,513
2,041
23
 
247
(149)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Performance measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
8.5%
7.0%
 
 
3.4%
(2.1)%
 
Average allocated tangible equity (£bn)
29.7
29.0
 
 
29.3
28.9
 
Cost: income ratio
67%
70%
 
 
80%
101%
 
Loan loss rate (bps)
10
9
 
 
15
8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 31.12.24
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance sheet information
£bn
£bn
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost
69.7
62.7
 
 
 
 
 
Loans and advances to banks at amortised cost
6.8
7.3
 
 
 
 
 
Debt securities at amortised cost
47.9
38.9
 
 
 
 
 
Loans and advances at amortised cost
124.4
108.9
 
 
 
 
 
Trading portfolio assets
166.1
174.5
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative financial instrument assets
291.6
255.1
 
 
 
 
 
Financial assets at fair value through the income statement
190.4
202.5
 
 
 
 
 
Cash collateral and settlement balances
111.1
102.3
 
 
 
 
 
Deposits at amortised cost
140.5
132.7
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative financial instrument liabilities
279.0
249.7
 
 
 
 
 
Risk weighted assets
198.8
197.3
 
 
 
 
 
Period end allocated tangible equity
29.3
29.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year ended
 
 
Three months ended
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
Analysis of total income
£m
£m
% Change
 
£m
£m
% Change
FICC
4,667
4,845
(4)
 
934
724
29
Equities
2,875
2,373
21
 
604
431
40
Global Markets
7,542
7,218
4
 
1,538
1,155
33
Advisory
661
593
11
 
189
171
11
Equity capital markets
351
219
60
 
98
38
 
Debt capital markets
1,492
1,148
30
 
327
301
9
Banking fees and underwriting
2,504
1,960
28
 
614
510
20
Corporate lending
153
213
(28)
 
45
(23)
 
Transaction banking
1,606
1,644
(2)
 
410
395
4
International Corporate Bank
1,759
1,857
(5)
 
455
372
22
Investment Banking
4,263
3,817
12
 
1,069
882
21
Total income
11,805
11,035
7
 
2,607
2,037
28
 
IB delivered a RoTE of 8.5% (2023: 7.0%) which reflects the deep client relationships, synergies across the Investment Bank, prudent capital deployment and risk management. The performance is supported by growth in our diversified income streams including improved performance in Financing1 and Equities within Global Markets, Equity and Debt Capital markets in Investment Banking. Costs have grown by 2% reflecting the commitment to grow costs modestly.
 
2024 compared to 2023
 
Income statement
 
IB has a diverse income profile across businesses and geographies including a significant presence in the US. The appreciation of average GBP against USD adversely impacted income and profits, and positively impacted total operating expenses.
Profit before tax increased to £3,774m (2023: £3,196m)
Total income increased 7% to £11,805m
 
Global Markets income increased 4% to £7,542m driven by increased income in Equities, partially offset by lower income in FICC
 
Equities income increased 21% to £2,875m, reflecting increased client activity in Derivatives and Cash products and growth in Prime financing balances, additionally supported by a £125m fair value gain on Visa B shares in Q124
FICC income decreased 4% to £4,667m, reflecting lower client activity in Macro and the non-repeat of the inflation benefit from prior year, partially offset by strong performance in Securitised products
 
Investment Banking income increased 12% to £4,263m
 
Banking fees and underwriting income increased 28% to £2,504m reflecting an increase in the fee pool and an increased market share2. Debt capital markets fee increased 30% to £1,492m driven by increased activity in leverage finance and investment grade issuance. Equity capital markets fees increased 60% to £351m driven by increased deal activity including fees booked on a large UK rights issue completed in Q224. Advisory fee income increased 11% to £661m
International Corporate Bank income decreased 5% to £1,759m driven by lower liquidity pool income, as higher income from growth in deposit balances was offset by margin compression in deposit products including the impact of customers migrating to higher interest returning products. Corporate lending income was broadly stable
 
Total operating expenses increased 2% to £7,908m driven by UK regulatory levies and litigation and conduct costs. Operating expenses excluding UK regulatory levies and litigation and conduct, remained broadly stable as the impact of inflation, and higher performance costs was offset by efficiency savings
Credit impairment charges were £123m (2023: £102m), driven by single name charges, partially offset by the benefit of credit protection
 
Balance sheet
 
Loans and advances at amortised costs increased to £124.4bn (December 2023: £108.9bn) driven by increased investment in debt securities and higher lending in Global Markets
Trading portfolio assets decreased to £166.1bn (December 2023: £174.5bn) and Financial assets at fair value through the income statement decreased to £190.4bn (December 2023: £202.5bn). Increases in client activity and underlying growth in financing balances were more than offset by balance sheet efficiencies and increased netting opportunities
Derivative assets and liabilities increased to £291.6bn (December 2023: £255.1bn) and £279.0bn (December 2023: £249.7bn) respectively. In addition to increased client activity, increased mark-to-market on FX derivatives was driven by USD appreciation in Q424, partially offset by a reduction in interest rate derivatives due to an increase in the USD and GBP forward rate curves
Deposits at amortised cost increased to £140.5bn (December 2023: £132.7bn) driven by deposit growth in International Corporate Bank
RWAs remained broadly stable at £198.8bn (December 2023: £197.3bn) reflecting the commitment to improve productivity whilst not increasing RWAs materially
 
1
Markets Financing includes income related to client financing in both FICC and Equities. In FICC this includes fixed income securities repurchase agreements, structured credit, warehouse and asset backed lending. In Equities this includes prime brokerage margin lending, securities lending, quantitative prime services, futures clearing and settlement, synthetic financing, and equity structured financing. All other items are considered intermediation.
2
Data source: Dealogic for the period covering 1 January to 31 December 2024.
 
Barclays US Consumer Bank
Year ended
 
Three months ended
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
Income statement information
£m
£m
% Change
 
£m
£m
% Change
Net interest income
2,659
2,604
2
 
678
686
(1)
Net fee, commission and other income
667
664
 
179
180
(1)
Total income
3,326
3,268
2
 
857
866
(1)
Operating costs
(1,612)
(1,650)
2
 
(433)
(418)
(4)
UK regulatory levies
#DIV/0!
 
#DIV/0!
Litigation and conduct
(14)
(6)
 
 
(2)
 
Total operating expenses
(1,626)
(1,656)
2
 
(433)
(420)
(3)
Other net income
#DIV/0!
 
#DIV/0!
Profit before impairment
1,700
1,612
5
 
424
446
(5)
Credit impairment charges
 
(1,293)
(1,438)
10
 
(298)
(449)
34
Profit/(loss) before tax
407
174
 
 
126
(3)
 
Attributable profit/(loss)
302
131
 
 
94
(3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Performance measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
9.1%
4.1%
 
 
11.2%
(0.3)%
 
Average allocated tangible equity (£bn)
3.3
3.2
 
 
3.4
3.3
 
Cost: income ratio
49%
51%
 
 
51%
48%
 
Loan loss rate (bps)
431
514
 
 
395
636
 
Net interest margin
10.65%
10.85%
 
 
10.66%
10.88%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Key facts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
US cards 30 day arrears rate
3.0%
2.9%
 
 
 
 
 
US cards customer FICO score distribution
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
<660
12%
12%
 
 
 
 
 
>660
88%
88%
 
 
 
 
 
End net receivables ($bn)
33.1
32.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 31.12.24
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance sheet information
£bn
£bn
 
 
 
 
 
Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost
20.0
24.2
 
 
 
 
 
Deposits at amortised cost
23.3
19.7
 
 
 
 
 
Risk weighted assets
26.8
24.8
 
 
 
 
 
Period end allocated tangible equity
3.7
3.4
 
 
 
 
 
 
USCB delivered a RoTE of 9.1% (2023: 4.1%) driven by a reduced impairment charge from lower reserve build, and growth in cards balances driving higher income, partially offset by the strengthening of GBP against USD. c.£0.9bn ($1.1bn) of the outstanding credit card receivables were sold to Blackstone in Q124, providing a benefit from reduced RWAs.
 
2024 compared to 2023
 
Income statement
 
The appreciation of average GBP against USD adversely impacted income and profits, and positively impacted credit impairment charges and total operating expenses. Measurement uncertainty
Profit before tax was £407m (2023: £174m)
Total income increased 2% to £3,326m. NII increased 2% to £2,659m reflecting underlying growth in cards balances. Net fee, commission and other income remained stable driven by higher purchases and account growth1
Total operating expenses decreased 2% to £1,626m, driven by efficiency savings
Credit impairment charges were £1,293m (2023: £1,438m), informed by the anticipated higher delinquencies in US cards partially offset by the impact of credit risk management actions and methodology enhancements. US cards 30 and 90 day arrears were 3.0%2 (Q423: 2.9%) and 1.6%2 (Q423: 1.5%) respectively. The USCB total coverage ratio increased to 11.4% (December 2023: 10.1%), primarily driven by the reclassification of a co-branded cards portfolio to assets held for sale, excluding which the coverage ratio was 9.8%
 
Balance sheet
 
Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost decreased to £20.0bn (December 2023: £24.2bn) driven by a reclassification of balances to assets held for sale. Adjusting for this reclassification, loans and advances to customers at amortised cost grew to £26.0bn driven by growth in cards balances
Customer deposits at amortised cost grew to £23.3bn (December 2023: £19.7bn), with underlying deposit growth, in line with USCB's ambition to grow core deposits
RWAs increased to £26.8bn (December 2023: £24.8bn), driven by increased receivables
 
1
Includes Barclays accounts and those serviced for third parties.
2
Including a co-branded cards portfolio classified as assets held for sale.
 
Head Office
Year ended
 
Three months ended
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
 
31.12.24
 
31.12.23
 
 
Income statement information
£m
£m
% Change
 
£m
£m
% Change
Net interest income
646
353
83
 
183
167
10
Net fee, commission and other income
(352)
157
 
 
(107)
28
 
Total income
294
510
(42)
 
76
195
(61)
Operating costs
(836)
(1,352)
38
 
(233)
(717)
68
UK regulatory levies
(9)
(14)
36
 
(9)
(14)
36
Litigation and conduct
(134)
(48)
 
 
(84)
1
 
Total operating expenses
(979)
(1,414)
31
 
(326)
(730)
55
Other net income/(expenses)
 
37
(6)
 
 
(10)
 
Loss before impairment
(648)
(910)
29
 
(250)
(545)
54
Credit impairment charges
 
(119)
(60)
(98)
 
(42)
(29)
(45)
Loss before tax
(767)
(970)
21
 
(292)
(574)
49
Attributable loss
(742)
(774)
4
 
(318)
(447)
29
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Performance measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average allocated tangible equity (£bn)
2.9
1.1
 
 
3.4
2.7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 31.12.24
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance sheet information
£bn
£bn
 
 
 
 
 
Risk weighted assets
16.2
19.0
 
 
 
 
 
Period end allocated tangible equity
2.4
3.6
 
 
 
 
 
 
2024 compared to 2023
 
Income statement
 
Loss before tax was £767m (2023: £970m)
Total income decreased to £294m (2023: £510m) mainly driven by the £220m loss on sale of the performing Italian retail mortgage portfolio and the £9m negative impact from the disposal of the German consumer finance business.
Total operating expenses decreased to £979m (2023: £1,414m) mainly due to the non-repeat of prior year structural cost actions. Q424 included a £90m provision in relation to historical motor finance commission arrangements1
Credit impairment charges were £119m (2023: £60m), including a £26m loss on sale on the non-performing Italian mortgage portfolio. The lower charge in the prior period was influenced by easing inflationary pressure in the modelled German consumer finance business
 
Balance sheet
 
RWAs decreased to £16.2bn (December 2023: £19.0bn) mainly from the sale of the Italian retail mortgage portfolios and a decrease in relation to merchant acquiring cash in transit settlement balances
 
1
See Note 25 Legal, competition and regulatory matters of the Barclays 2024 Annual Report for more information on the basis of preparation.
 
Quarterly Results Summary
 
Barclays Group
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q424
 
Q324
 
Q224
 
Q124
 
 
Q423
 
Q323
 
Q223
 
Q123
 
Income statement information
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
Net interest income
3,500
3,308
3,056
3,072
 
3,139
3,247
3,270
3,053
Net fee, commission and other income
3,464
3,239
3,268
3,881
 
2,459
3,011
3,015
4,184
Total income
6,964
6,547
6,324
6,953
 
5,598
6,258
6,285
7,237
Operating costs
(4,244)
(3,954)
(3,999)
(3,998)
 
(4,735)
(3,949)
(3,919)
(4,111)
UK regulatory levies1
(227)
27
(120)
 
(180)
Litigation and conduct
(121)
(35)
(7)
(57)
 
(5)
(33)
1
Total operating expenses
(4,592)
(3,962)
(4,006)
(4,175)
 
(4,920)
(3,949)
(3,952)
(4,110)
Other net income/(expenses)
21
4
12
 
(16)
9
3
(5)
Profit before impairment
2,372
2,606
2,322
2,790
 
662
2,318
2,336
3,122
Credit impairment charges
(711)
(374)
(384)
(513)
 
(552)
(433)
(372)
(524)
Profit before tax
1,661
2,232
1,938
2,277
 
110
1,885
1,964
2,598
Tax (charges)/credit
(448)
(412)
(427)
(465)
 
23
(343)
(353)
(561)
Profit after tax
1,213
1,820
1,511
1,812
 
133
1,542
1,611
2,037
Non-controlling interests
(20)
(3)
(23)
(3)
 
(25)
(9)
(22)
(8)
Other equity instrument holders
(228)
(253)
(251)
(259)
 
(219)
(259)
(261)
(246)
Attributable profit/(loss)
965
1,564
1,237
1,550
 
(111)
1,274
1,328
1,783
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Performance measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average tangible shareholders' equity
7.5%
12.3%
9.9%
12.3%
 
(0.9)%
11.0%
11.4%
15.0%
Average tangible shareholders' equity (£bn)
51.5
51.0
49.8
50.5
 
48.9
46.5
46.7
47.6
Cost: income ratio
66%
61%
63%
60%
 
88%
63%
63%
57%
Loan loss rate (bps)
66
37
38
51
 
54
42
37
52
Basic earnings per ordinary share
6.7p
10.7p
8.3p
10.3p
 
(0.7)p
8.3p
8.6p
11.3p
Basic weighted average number of shares (m)
14,432
14,648
14,915
14,983
 
15,092
15,405
15,523
15,770
Period end number of shares (m)
14,420
14,571
14,826
15,091
 
15,155
15,239
15,556
15,701
Period end tangible shareholders' equity (£bn)
51.5
51.1
50.4
50.6
 
50.2
48.2
45.3
47.3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance sheet and capital management2
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost
337.9
326.5
329.8
332.1
 
333.3
339.6
337.4
343.6
Loans and advances to banks at amortised cost
8.3
8.1
8.0
8.5
 
9.5
11.5
10.9
11.0
Debt securities at amortised cost
68.2
64.6
61.7
57.4
 
56.7
54.3
53.1
48.9
Loans and advances at amortised cost
414.5
399.2
399.5
397.9
 
399.5
405.4
401.4
403.5
Loans and advances at amortised cost impairment coverage ratio
1.2%
1.3%
1.4%
1.4%
 
1.4%
1.4%
1.4%
1.4%
Total assets
1,518.2
1,531.1
1,576.6
1,577.1
 
1,477.5
1,591.7
1,549.7
1,539.1
Deposits at amortised cost
560.7
542.8
557.5
552.3
 
538.8
561.3
554.7
555.7
Tangible net asset value per share
357p
351p
340p
335p
 
331p
316p
291p
301p
Common equity tier 1 ratio
13.6%
13.8%
13.6%
13.5%
 
13.8%
14.0%
13.8%
13.6%
Common equity tier 1 capital
48.6
47.0
47.7
47.1
 
47.3
48.0
46.6
46.0
Risk weighted assets
358.1
340.4
351.4
349.6
 
342.7
341.9
336.9
338.4
UK leverage ratio
5.0%
4.9%
5.0%
4.9%
 
5.2%
5.0%
5.1%
5.1%
UK leverage exposure
1,206.5
1,197.4
1,222.7
1,226.5
 
1,168.3
1,202.4
1,183.7
1,168.9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Funding and liquidity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Group liquidity pool (£bn)
296.9
311.7
328.7
323.5
 
298.1
335.0
330.7
333.0
Liquidity coverage ratio
172.4%
170.1%
167.0%
163.2%
 
161.4%
158.7%
157.2%
156.6%
Net stable funding ratio
134.9%
135.6%
136.4%
135.7%
 
138.0%
138.2%
138.8%
139.2%
Loan: deposit ratio
74%
74%
72%
72%
 
74%
72%
72%
73%
 
1
Comprises the impact of the BoE levy scheme and the UK bank levy.
2
Refer to pages 60 to 64 for further information on how capital, RWAs and leverage are calculated.
 
Barclays UK
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q424
 
Q324
 
Q224
 
Q124
 
 
Q423
 
Q323
 
Q223
 
Q123
 
Income statement information
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
Net interest income
1,815
1,666
1,597
1,549
 
1,575
1,578
1,660
1,618
Net fee, commission and other income
800
280
290
277
 
217
295
301
343
Total income
2,615
1,946
1,887
1,826
 
1,792
1,873
1,961
1,961
Operating costs
(1,170)
(1,017)
(1,041)
(1,007)
 
(1,153)
(1,058)
(1,090)
(1,092)
UK regulatory levies
(36)
12
(54)
 
(30)
Litigation and conduct
(9)
(1)
(4)
(2)
 
(4)
9
5
(2)
Total operating expenses
(1,215)
(1,006)
(1,045)
(1,063)
 
(1,187)
(1,049)
(1,085)
(1,094)
Other net income
 
Profit before impairment
1,400
940
842
763
 
605
824
876
867
Credit impairment charges
(283)
(16)
(8)
(58)
 
(37)
(59)
(95)
(113)
Profit before tax
1,117
924
834
705
 
568
765
781
754
Attributable profit
781
621
584
479
 
382
531
534
515
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance sheet information
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost
207.7
199.3
198.7
200.8
 
202.8
204.9
206.8
208.2
Customer deposits at amortised cost
244.2
236.3
236.8
237.2
 
241.1
243.2
249.8
254.3
Loan: deposit ratio
92%
92%
91%
92%
 
92%
92%
90%
90%
Risk weighted assets
84.5
77.5
76.5
76.5
 
73.5
73.2
73.0
74.6
Period end allocated tangible equity
11.6
10.7
10.6
10.7
 
10.2
10.1
10.1
10.3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Performance measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
28.0%
23.4%
22.3%
18.5%
 
14.9%
21.0%
20.9%
20.0%
Average allocated tangible equity (£bn)
11.2
10.6
10.5
10.4
 
10.2
10.1
10.2
10.3
Cost: income ratio
46%
52%
55%
58%
 
66%
56%
55%
56%
Loan loss rate (bps)
49
3
1
11
 
7
10
17
20
Net interest margin
3.53%
3.34%
3.22%
3.09%
 
3.07%
3.04%
3.22%
3.18%
 
Analysis of Barclays UK
Q424
 
Q324
 
Q224
 
Q124
 
 
Q423
 
Q323
 
Q223
 
Q123
 
Analysis of total income
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
Personal Banking
1,847
1,184
1,174
1,128
 
1,067
1,165
1,244
1,253
Barclaycard Consumer UK
231
249
228
229
 
242
238
237
247
Business Banking
537
513
485
469
 
483
470
480
461
Total income
2,615
1,946
1,887
1,826
 
1,792
1,873
1,961
1,961
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis of credit impairment (charges)/releases
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Personal Banking
(244)
3
(26)
(14)
 
35
(85)
(92)
(28)
Barclaycard Consumer UK
(35)
(15)
(25)
(38)
 
(73)
29
(35)
(83)
Business Banking
(4)
(4)
43
(6)
 
1
(3)
32
(2)
Total credit impairment charges
(283)
(16)
(8)
(58)
 
(37)
(59)
(95)
(113)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis of loans and advances to customers at amortised cost
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
Personal Banking
177.0
168.1
167.3
169.0
 
170.1
172.3
173.3
173.6
Barclaycard Consumer UK
11.0
10.6
10.2
9.8
 
9.7
9.6
9.3
9.0
Business Banking
19.7
20.6
21.2
22.0
 
23.0
23.0
24.2
25.6
Total loans and advances to customers at amortised cost
207.7
199.3
198.7
200.8
 
202.8
204.9
206.8
208.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis of customer deposits at amortised cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Personal Banking
191.4
182.9
183.3
183.4
 
185.4
186.1
191.1
194.3
Barclaycard Consumer UK
 
Business Banking
52.8
53.4
53.5
53.8
 
55.7
57.1
58.7
60.0
Total customer deposits at amortised cost
244.2
236.3
236.8
237.2
 
241.1
243.2
249.8
254.3
 
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q424
 
Q324
 
Q224
 
Q124
 
 
Q423
 
Q323
 
Q223
 
Q123
 
Income statement information
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
Net interest income
324
309
296
277
 
247
304
299
310
Net fee, commission, trading and other income
134
136
147
157
 
148
136
173
153
Total income
458
445
443
434
 
395
440
472
463
Operating costs
(250)
(229)
(235)
(221)
 
(258)
(224)
(213)
(210)
UK regulatory levies
(14)
7
(30)
 
(8)
Litigation and conduct
(1)
 
(1)
2
Total operating expenses
(265)
(222)
(235)
(251)
 
(267)
(222)
(213)
(210)
Other net (expenses)/income
 
(5)
1
1
Profit before impairment
193
223
208
183
 
123
218
260
254
Credit impairment (charges)/releases
(40)
(13)
(8)
(15)
 
(18)
(15)
84
(24)
Profit before tax
153
210
200
168
 
105
203
344
230
Attributable profit
98
144
135
113
 
59
129
239
157
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance sheet information
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost
25.4
24.8
25.7
25.7
 
26.4
26.9
26.9
27.2
Deposits at amortised cost
83.1
82.3
84.9
81.7
 
84.9
82.7
82.6
83.6
Risk weighted assets
23.9
22.1
21.9
21.4
 
20.9
19.5
20.6
20.2
Period end allocated tangible equity
3.3
3.0
3.0
3.0
 
3.0
2.8
2.9
2.9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Performance measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
12.3%
18.8%
18.0%
15.2%
 
8.4%
18.3%
32.9%
21.7%
Average allocated tangible equity (£bn)
3.2
3.1
3.0
3.0
 
2.8
2.8
2.9
2.9
Cost: income ratio
58%
50%
53%
58%
 
68%
50%
45%
45%
Loan loss rate (bps)
62
21
12
23
 
27
21
(123)
36
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis of total income
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
Corporate lending
71
67
57
72
 
64
69
68
61
Transaction banking
387
378
386
362
 
331
371
404
402
Total income
458
445
443
434
 
395
440
472
463
 
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q424
 
Q324
 
Q224
 
Q124
 
 
Q423
 
Q323
 
Q223
 
Q123
 
Income statement information
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
Net interest income
216
189
187
175
 
182
219
186
181
Net fee, commission and other income
135
137
133
137
 
131
118
113
78
Total income
351
326
320
312
 
313
337
299
259
Operating costs
(255)
(222)
(220)
(214)
 
(255)
(214)
(182)
(144)
UK regulatory levies
(7)
1
(3)
 
(4)
Litigation and conduct
(1)
1
 
2
Total operating expenses
(263)
(221)
(219)
(217)
 
(257)
(214)
(182)
(144)
Other net income
 
Profit before impairment
88
105
101
95
 
56
123
117
115
Credit impairment (charges)/releases
(2)
(7)
3
 
4
2
(7)
(3)
Profit before tax
86
98
104
95
 
60
125
110
112
Attributable profit
63
74
77
74
 
47
102
91
90
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance sheet information
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost
14.5
14.0
13.9
13.7
 
13.6
13.4
13.8
14.3
Deposits at amortised cost
69.5
64.8
64.6
61.9
 
60.3
59.7
59.2
60.8
Risk weighted assets
7.9
7.3
7.0
7.2
 
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.5
Period end allocated tangible equity
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.0
 
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
Client assets and liabilities1
208.9
201.5
198.5
189.1
 
182.9
178.7
174.1
141.5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Performance measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
23.9%
29.0%
30.8%
28.7%
 
19.1%
41.2%
35.9%
34.5%
Average allocated tangible equity (£bn)
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.0
 
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
Cost: income ratio
75%
68%
68%
70%
 
82%
63%
61%
56%
Loan loss rate (bps)
5
19
(9)
 
(10)
(7)
20
7
 
1
Client assets and liabilities refers to customer deposits, lending and invested assets.
 
Barclays Investment Bank
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q424
 
Q324
 
Q224
 
Q124
 
 
Q423
 
Q323
 
Q223
 
Q123
 
Income statement information
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
Net interest income
284
282
268
197
 
282
397
555
159
Net trading income
1,262
1,512
1,485
1,982
 
757
1,497
1,351
2,435
Net fee, commission and other income
1,061
1,057
1,266
1,149
 
998
792
837
975
Total income
2,607
2,851
3,019
3,328
 
2,037
2,686
2,743
3,569
Operating costs
(1,903)
(1,906)
(1,900)
(1,957)
 
(1,934)
(1,840)
(1,813)
(2,032)
UK regulatory levies
(161)
7
(33)
 
(123)
Litigation and conduct
(26)
(17)
(3)
(9)
 
(2)
6
(1)
2
Total operating expenses
(2,090)
(1,916)
(1,903)
(1,999)
 
(2,059)
(1,834)
(1,814)
(2,030)
Other net (expenses)/income
 
(1)
2
(1)
Profit/(loss) before impairment
517
935
1,116
1,329
 
(23)
854
929
1,538
Credit impairment (charges)/releases
(46)
(43)
(44)
10
 
(23)
23
(77)
(25)
Profit/(loss) before tax
471
892
1,072
1,339
 
(46)
877
852
1,513
Attributable profit/(loss)
247
652
715
899
 
(149)
580
562
1,048
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance sheet information
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost
69.7
64.5
66.6
64.6
 
62.7
62.3
59.1
63.1
Loans and advances to banks at amortised cost
6.8
6.7
6.6
7.6
 
7.3
9.5
9.0
9.1
Debt securities at amortised cost
47.9
44.8
41.7
40.4
 
38.9
36.3
35.1
30.7
Loans and advances at amortised cost
124.4
116.0
114.9
112.6
 
108.9
108.1
103.2
102.9
Trading portfolio assets
166.1
185.8
197.2
195.3
 
174.5
155.3
165.0
137.6
Derivative financial instrument assets
291.6
256.7
251.4
248.9
 
255.1
280.4
264.8
256.5
Financial assets at fair value through the income statement
190.4
210.8
211.7
225.1
 
202.5
237.2
231.1
243.8
Cash collateral and settlement balances
111.1
134.7
139.8
129.8
 
102.3
134.6
122.1
124.3
Deposits at amortised cost
140.5
139.8
151.3
151.1
 
132.7
154.2
142.9
137.3
Derivative financial instrument liabilities
279.0
249.4
241.8
241.5
 
249.7
268.3
254.5
246.7
Risk weighted assets
198.8
194.2
203.3
200.4
 
197.3
201.1
197.2
198.0
Period end allocated tangible equity
29.3
28.4
29.7
29.6
 
29.0
29.0
28.7
28.9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Performance measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
3.4%
8.8%
9.6%
12.0%
 
(2.1)%
8.0%
7.7%
14.4%
Average allocated tangible equity (£bn)
29.3
29.5
29.9
30.0
 
28.9
28.8
29.0
29.1
Cost: income ratio
80%
67%
63%
60%
 
101%
68%
66%
57%
Loan loss rate (bps)
15
15
15
(4)
 
8
(8)
30
10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Analysis of total income
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
FICC
934
1,180
1,149
1,404
 
724
1,147
1,186
1,788
Equities
604
692
696
883
 
431
675
563
704
Global Markets
1,538
1,872
1,845
2,287
 
1,155
1,822
1,749
2,492
Advisory
189
186
138
148
 
171
80
130
212
Equity capital markets
98
64
121
68
 
38
62
69
50
Debt capital markets
327
344
420
401
 
301
233
273
341
Banking Fees and Underwriting
614
594
679
617
 
510
375
472
603
Corporate lending
45
(21)
87
42
 
(23)
103
100
33
Transaction banking
410
406
408
382
 
395
386
422
441
International Corporate Banking
455
385
495
424
 
372
489
522
474
Investment Banking
1,069
979
1,174
1,041
 
882
864
994
1,077
Total income
2,607
2,851
3,019
3,328
 
2,037
2,686
2,743
3,569
 
Barclays US Consumer Bank
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q424
 
Q324
 
Q224
 
Q124
 
 
Q423
 
Q323
 
Q223
 
Q123
 
Income statement information
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
Net interest income
678
647
646
688
 
686
662
622
634
Net fee, commission, trading and other income
179
144
173
171
 
180
147
145
192
Total income
857
791
819
859
 
866
809
767
826
Operating costs
(433)
(384)
(408)
(387)
 
(418)
(404)
(401)
(427)
UK regulatory levies
 
Litigation and conduct
(9)
(2)
(3)
 
(2)
(4)
Total operating expenses
(433)
(393)
(410)
(390)
 
(420)
(404)
(405)
(427)
Other net income
 
Profit before impairment
424
398
409
469
 
446
405
362
399
Credit impairment charges
(298)
(276)
(309)
(410)
 
(449)
(404)
(264)
(321)
Profit/(loss) before tax
126
122
100
59
 
(3)
1
98
78
Attributable profit/(loss)
94
89
75
44
 
(3)
3
72
59
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance sheet information
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost
20.0
23.2
24.3
23.6
 
24.2
24.3
22.9
22.5
Deposits at amortised cost
23.3
19.4
20.0
20.3
 
19.7
19.3
17.9
18.1
Risk weighted assets
26.8
23.2
24.4
23.9
 
24.8
24.1
22.5
22.5
Period end allocated tangible equity
3.7
3.2
3.3
3.3
 
3.4
3.3
3.1
3.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Performance measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
11.2%
10.9%
9.2%
5.3%
 
(0.3)%
0.4%
9.3%
7.5%
Average allocated tangible equity (£bn)
3.4
3.3
3.3
3.3
 
3.3
3.1
3.1
3.1
Cost: income ratio
51%
50%
50%
46%
 
48%
50%
53%
52%
Loan loss rate (bps)1
395
411
438
610
 
636
582
411
515
Net interest margin
10.66%
10.38%
10.43%
11.12%
 
10.88%
10.88%
10.66%
10.97%
 
1
LLR includes held for sale portfolios to remain consistent with the treatment of impairment.
 
Head Office
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q424
 
Q324
 
Q224
 
Q124
 
 
Q423
 
Q323
 
Q223
 
Q123
 
Income statement information
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
Net interest income
183
215
62
186
 
167
87
(52)
151
Net fee, commission and other income
(107)
(27)
(226)
8
 
28
26
95
8
Total income
76
188
(164)
194
 
195
113
43
159
Operating costs
(233)
(197)
(195)
(211)
 
(717)
(210)
(221)
(204)
UK regulatory levies
(9)
 
(14)
Litigation and conduct
(84)
(7)
1
(44)
 
1
(16)
(32)
(1)
Total operating expenses
(326)
(204)
(194)
(255)
 
(730)
(226)
(253)
(205)
Other net income/(expenses)
21
4
12
 
(10)
7
2
(5)
(Loss)/profit before impairment
(250)
5
(354)
(49)
 
(545)
(106)
(208)
(51)
Credit impairment (charges)/releases
(42)
(19)
(18)
(40)
 
(29)
20
(13)
(38)
Loss before tax
(292)
(14)
(372)
(89)
 
(574)
(86)
(221)
(89)
Attributable loss
(318)
(16)
(349)
(59)
 
(447)
(71)
(170)
(86)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance sheet information
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
Risk weighted assets
16.2
16.1
18.3
20.2
 
19.0
16.8
16.4
15.6
Period end allocated tangible equity
2.4
4.9
2.7
3.0
 
3.6
2.0
(0.5)
1.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Performance measures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average allocated tangible equity (£bn)
3.4
3.5
2.1
2.8
 
2.7
0.7
0.5
1.2
 
Performance Management
 
Margins and balances
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Twelve months ended 31.12.24
 
Twelve months ended 31.12.23
 
 
Net interest income
 
Average customer assets
 
Net interest margin
 
Net interest income
 
Average customer assets
 
Net interest margin
 
 
£m
£m
%
£m
£m
%
Barclays UK
 
6,627
 
201,152
 
3.29
 
6,431
 
205,667
 
3.13
 
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
 
1,206
 
22,776
 
5.30
 
1,160
 
23,207
 
5.00
 
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
 
767
13,983
 
5.49
 
768
13,935
 
5.51
 
Barclays US Consumer Bank1
 
2,659
 
24,978
 
10.65
 
2,604
 
23,999
 
10.85
 
Group excluding IB and Head Office1
 
11,259
 
262,889
 
4.28
 
10,963
 
266,808
 
4.11
 
Barclays Investment Bank
 
1,031
 
 
 
1,393
 
 
 
Head Office
 
646
 
 
 
353
 
 
 
Barclays Group Net interest income
 
12,936
 
 
 
12,709
 
 
 
 
1
Average customer assets includes held for sale balances generating net interest income.
 
The Group excluding IB and Head Office Net interest margin increased by 17bps from 4.11% in 2023 to 4.28% in 2024, due to continued structural hedge momentum and higher cards balances in USCB, partially offset by mortgage margin compression in Barclays UK and adverse product dynamics in deposits.
 
Quarterly analysis
 
 
 
 
Q424
 
Q324
 
Q224
 
Q124
 
Q423
 
Net interest income
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
Barclays UK
 
1,815
1,666
 
1,597
 
1,549
 
1,575
 
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
 
324
309
 
296
 
277
 
247
 
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
 
216
189
 
187
 
175
 
182
 
Barclays US Consumer Bank
 
678
647
 
646
 
688
 
686
 
Group excluding IB and Head Office
 
3,033
2,811
 
2,726
 
2,689
 
2,690
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average customer assets
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
Barclays UK
 
204,793
198,616
 
199,529
 
201,669
 
203,646
 
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
 
23,450
23,049
 
22,474
 
22,257
 
23,354
 
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
 
14,381
14,061
 
13,931
 
13,593
 
13,525
 
Barclays US Consumer Bank1
 
25,314
24,798
 
24,899
 
24,880
 
25,012
 
Group excluding IB and Head Office
 
267,938
260,524
 
260,833
 
262,399
 
265,537
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net interest margin
 
%
%
%
%
%
Barclays UK
 
3.53
 
3.34
 
3.22
 
3.09
 
3.07
 
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
 
5.50
 
5.33
 
5.30
 
5.00
 
4.19
 
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
 
5.98
 
5.35
 
5.40
 
5.17
 
5.33
 
Barclays US Consumer Bank
 
10.66
 
10.38
 
10.43
 
11.12
 
10.88
 
Group excluding IB and Head Office
 
4.50
 
4.29
 
4.20
 
4.12
 
4.02
 
 
1
Average customer assets includes held for sale balances generating net interest income.
 
Structural hedge
 
The Group employs a structural hedge programme designed to stabilise NIM on fixed rate non-maturity balance sheet items that are behaviourally stable. As interest rates move, such balances would otherwise drive material income volatility where there is a re-pricing mismatch with floating rate assets.
 
The structural hedge predominantly covers non-interest-bearing current accounts and the fixed portion of instant access savings accounts as well as equity, which are invested into either floating rate customer assets or balances at central banks, creating an exposure to changes in interest rates. The structural hedge is executed via a portfolio of receive-fixed, pay variable interest rate swaps, with an amortising structure so that a small portion matures and is reinvested each month at prevailing market rates. The pay-floating leg of the interest rate swaps nets down a proportion of the receive-floating income from the customer assets, leaving a receive-fixed income stream from the structural hedge.
 
The purpose of the structural hedge is to smooth the Group NII through time. The floating leg of the swap will re-price immediately, whereas the fixed rate yield on the portfolio reprices gradually, as a portion of the swap portfolio matures and the roll is re-invested onto new market rates.
 
When interest rates are higher than our structural hedge yield, the pay-floating rate will typically be higher than our average receive-fixed rate. In this scenario, when viewed in isolation, the structural hedge will be a net drag to Group NII. When floating rates are lower than our structural hedge yield, the hedge in isolation will be a net benefit.
 
Since the receive-fixed swaps are booked for a specific term, an element of NII is ‘locked in’. The income stabilising feature of the structural hedge provides greater net interest income certainty through the interest rate cycle.
 
The structural hedge is one component of a larger portfolio of interest rate risk management activities that includes non-structural hedging (e.g. pay-fixed and receive-variable flows for asset hedging), and other offsetting flows. The net risk of these positions is executed externally through interest rate swaps and managed for accounting risk (i.e. income volatility arising from the accounting mismatch of swaps at fair value through profit and loss and underlying hedged items at amortised cost) within the cash flow hedge reserve. Overall the Group has external derivatives designated as cash flow hedges that hedge interest rate risk with a notional £106bn (December 2023: £128bn) which reflects the structural hedge notional of £232bn (December 2023: £246bn) netted with non-structural hedging positions of £127bn (December 2023: £118bn). The majority of these interest rate swaps are cleared with Central Clearing Counterparties and margined daily with an average duration of 3 years.
 
Gross structural hedge contributions were £4,708m (December 2023: £3,623m). Gross structural hedge contributions represent the absolute interest income earned on the fixed legs of the swaps in the structural hedge as the floating leg is offset by the base rate funding of the deposits.
 
Remuneration
 
Deferred bonuses are payable only once an employee meets certain conditions, including a specified period of future service. This creates a timing difference between the communication of the bonus pool and the charges that are recognised in the income statement which are reconciled in the table below to show the charge for performance costs. Refer to the Remuneration Report on pages 186 to 239 of the Barclays PLC Annual Report 2024 for further detail on remuneration. The table below includes the other elements of compensation and staff costs.
 
 
Year ended
31.12.24
 
Year ended
31.12.23
 
 
 
£m
£m
% Change
Incentive awards granted:
 
 
 
 
Current year bonus
 
1,278
1,202
 
(6)
 
Deferred bonus
 
636
543
 
(17)
 
Total incentive awards granted
 
1,914
1,745
 
(10)
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of incentive awards granted to income statement charge:
 
 
 
 
Less: deferred bonuses granted but not charged in current year
 
(452)
(384)
 
(18)
 
Add: current year charges for deferred bonuses from previous years
 
405
390
 
(4)
 
Other differences between incentive awards granted and income statement charge
 
(2)
(1)
 
(100)
 
Income statement charge for performance costs
 
1,865
1,750
 
(7)
 
 
 
 
 
Other income statement charges:
 
 
 
 
Salaries
 
4,994
5,120
 
2
 
Social security costs
 
754
755
 
 
Post-retirement benefits1
 
558
539
 
(4)
 
Other compensation costs
 
587
555
 
(6)
 
Total compensation costs2
 
8,758
8,719
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other resourcing costs
 
 
 
 
Outsourcing
 
693
601
 
(15)
 
Redundancy and restructuring
 
235
452
 
48
 
Temporary staff costs
 
61
91
 
33
 
Other
 
129
154
 
16
 
Total other resourcing costs
 
1,118
1,298
 
14
 
 
 
 
 
Total staff costs
 
9,876
10,017
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
Group compensation costs as a % of total income
 
32.7
 
34.4
 
 
Group staff costs as a % of total income
 
36.9
39.5
 
 
 
One of the primary considerations for performance costs are Group and business level returns, alongside other financial and non-financial measures, including strategic delivery, risk and conduct, aligning colleague, shareholder and wider stakeholder interests.
 
1
Post-retirement benefits charge includes £377m (2023: £371m) in respect of defined contribution schemes and £181m (2023: £168m) in respect of defined benefit schemes.
2
£875m (2023: £860m) of Group compensation cost was capitalised as internally generated software and excluded from the Staff cost disclosed above.
 
Deferred bonuses have been awarded and are expected to be charged to the income statement in the years outlined in the table that follows:
 
Year in which income statement charge is expected to be taken for deferred bonuses awarded to date1
 
 
Actual
 
 
Expected1, 2
 
 
Year ended
 
Year ended
 
 
Year ended
 
2026 and
 
 
31.12.23
 
31.12.24
 
 
31.12.25
 
beyond
 
 
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
Deferred bonuses from 2021 and earlier bonus pools
 
203
 
66
 
 
12
 
1
 
Deferred bonuses from 2022 bonus pool
 
187
 
120
 
65
 
12
 
Deferred bonuses from 2023 bonus pool
 
159
 
219
 
125
 
82
 
Deferred bonuses from 2024 bonus pool
 
 
184
 
175
 
206
 
Income statement charge for deferred bonuses
 
549
 
589
 
 
377
 
301
 
 
1
The actual amount charged depends upon whether conditions have been met and may vary compared with the above expectation.
2
Does not include the impact of grants which will be made in 2025 and beyond.
 
Charging of deferred bonus profile1
 
Grant date
 
Expected payment date(s)2 and percentage of the deferred bonus paid
Year
Income statement charge % profile of 2024 onwards3,4
March 2025
 
 
2024
 
33  %
 
 
2025
 
31  %
 
March 2026 (33.3%)
 
2026
 
21  %
 
March 2027 (33.3%)
 
2027
 
13  %
 
March 2028 (33.3%)
 
2028
 
2  %
 
1
Represents a typical vesting schedule for deferred awards. Certain awards may be subject to a 3, 4, 5 or 7 year deferral in line with regulatory requirements.
2
Share awards may be subject to an additional holding period.
3
The income statement charge is based on the period over which conditions are met.
4
Income statement charge profile % disclosed as a percentage of the award excluding lapse.
 
Risk Management
 
Risk management and principal risks
 
The roles and responsibilities of the business groups, Risk and Compliance in the management of risk in the Group are defined in the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF). The purpose of the ERMF is to identify the principal risks of the Group, the process by which the Group sets its appetite for these risks in its business activities, and the consequent limits which it places on related risk taking.
 
The ERMF identifies ten principal risks: credit risk, market risk, treasury and capital risk, climate risk, operational risk, model risk, compliance risk, financial crime risk, reputation risk and legal risk. Further detail on these principal risks and material existing and emerging risks and how such risks are managed is available in the Barclays PLC Annual Report 2024, which can be accessed at home.barclays/annualreport.
 
In 2024, financial crime risk was elevated to a principal risk in the ERMF, effective from 1 January 2025. Previously, financial crime risk was managed as part of compliance risk. Recognising the increased external threat of financial crime, this change will enhance transparency and visibility of financial crime risk within the Group and reinforce independent assessment, management and oversight of financial crime risk.
 
The following sections give an overview of credit risk, market risk, and treasury and capital risk for the period.
 
Credit Risk
 
Loans and advances at amortised cost by geography
Total loans and advances at amortised cost in the credit risk performance section includes loans and advances at amortised cost to banks and loans and advances at amortised cost to customers.
The table below presents a product and geographical breakdown by stages of loans and advances at amortised cost and the impairment allowance, including purchased or originated credit-impaired (POCI) balances. POCI balances represent a fixed pool of assets purchased at a deep discount to face value reflecting credit losses incurred from the point of origination to date of acquisition. Also included are stage allocation of debt securities and off-balance sheet loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts by gross exposure, impairment allowance and coverage ratio.
Impairment allowance under IFRS 9 considers both the drawn and the undrawn counterparty exposure. For retail portfolios, the total impairment allowance is allocated to gross loans and advances to the extent allowance does not exceed the drawn exposure and any excess is reported on the liabilities side of the balance sheet as a provision. For corporate portfolios, impairment allowance on undrawn exposure is reported on the liability side of the balance sheet as a provision.
 
 
Gross exposure
 
 
Impairment allowance
 
 
Stage 1
 
Stage 2
 
Stage 3 excluding POCI
 
Stage 3 POCI
 
Total
 
 
Stage 1
 
Stage 2
 
Stage 3 excluding POCI
 
Stage 3 POCI
 
Total
 
As at 31.12.24
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
Retail mortgages
145,039
19,507
1,793
166,339
 
36
61
61
158
Retail credit cards
13,497
2,064
179
40
15,780
 
219
440
91
750
Retail other
10,606
1,218
257
17
12,098
 
135
110
138
383
Corporate loans1
52,284
7,266
2,171
61,721
 
133
196
420
749
Total UK
221,426
30,055
4,400
57
255,938
 
523
807
710
2,040
Retail mortgages
1,651
89
169
1,909
 
2
1
26
29
Retail credit cards
17,629
2,953
1,724
22,306
 
334
807
1,416
2,557
Retail other
1,844
155
121
2,120
 
3
1
23
27
Corporate loans
64,224
3,901
945
69,070
 
76
135
206
417
Total Rest of the World
85,348
7,098
2,959
95,405
 
415
944
1,671
3,030
Total loans and advances at amortised cost
306,774
37,153
7,359
57
351,343
 
938
1,751
2,381
5,070
Debt securities at amortised cost
64,988
3,245
68,233
 
12
11
23
Total loans and advances at amortised cost including debt securities
371,762
40,398
7,359
57
419,576
 
950
1,762
2,381
5,093
Off-balance sheet loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts2
412,255
18,728
1,168
6
432,157
 
164
250
25
439
Total3,4
784,017
59,126
8,527
63
851,733
 
1,114
2,012
2,406
5,532
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net exposure
 
 
Coverage ratio
 
 
Stage 1
 
Stage 2
 
Stage 3 excluding POCI
 
Stage 3 POCI
 
Total
 
 
Stage 1
 
Stage 2
 
Stage 3 excluding POCI
 
Stage 3 POCI
 
Total
 
As at 31.12.24
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
%
%
%
%
%
Retail mortgages
145,003
19,446
1,732
166,181
 
0.3
3.4
0.1
Retail credit cards
13,278
1,624
88
40
15,030
 
1.6
21.3
50.8
4.8
Retail other
10,471
1,108
119
17
11,715
 
1.3
9.0
53.7
3.2
Corporate loans1
52,151
7,070
1,751
60,972
 
0.3
2.7
19.3
1.2
Total UK
220,903
29,248
3,690
57
253,898
 
0.2
2.7
16.1
0.8
Retail mortgages
1,649
88
143
1,880
 
0.1
1.1
15.4
1.5
Retail credit cards
17,295
2,146
308
19,749
 
1.9
27.3
82.1
11.5
Retail other
1,841
154
98
2,093
 
0.2
0.6
19.0
1.3
Corporate loans
64,148
3,766
739
68,653
 
0.1
3.5
21.8
0.6
Total Rest of the World
84,933
6,154
1,288
92,375
 
0.5
13.3
56.5
3.2
Total loans and advances at amortised cost
305,836
35,402
4,978
57
346,273
 
0.3
4.7
32.4
1.4
Debt securities at amortised cost
64,976
3,234
68,210
 
0.3
Total loans and advances at amortised cost including debt securities
370,812
38,636
4,978
57
414,483
 
0.3
4.4
32.4
1.2
Off-balance sheet loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts2
412,091
18,478
1,143
6
431,718
 
1.3
2.1
0.1
Total3,4
782,903
57,114
6,121
63
846,201
 
0.1
3.4
28.2
0.6
 
1
Includes Business Banking, which has a gross exposure of £13.1bn and an impairment allowance of £356m. This comprises £60m impairment allowance on £8.9bn Stage 1 exposure, £60m on £2.8bn Stage 2 exposure and £236m on £1.5bn Stage 3 exposure. Excluding this, total coverage for corporate loans in UK is 0.8%.
2
Excludes loan commitments and financial guarantees of £16.3bn carried at fair value and includes exposures relating to financial assets classified as assets held for sale.
3
Other financial assets subject to impairment excluded in the table above include cash collateral and settlement balances, reverse repurchase agreements and other similar secured lending, financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income and other assets. These have a total gross exposure of £204.2bn and an impairment allowance of £156m. This comprises £19m impairment allowance on £202.7bn Stage 1 exposure, £7m on £1.3bn Stage 2 exposure and £130m on £139m Stage 3 exposure.
4
The annualised loan loss rate is 46bps after applying the total impairment charge of £1,982m.
 
 
 
Gross exposure
 
 
Impairment allowance
 
 
Stage 1
 
Stage 2
 
Stage 3 excluding POCI
 
Stage 3 POCI
 
Total
 
 
Stage 1
 
Stage 2
 
Stage 3 excluding POCI
 
Stage 3 POCI
 
Total
 
As at 31.12.23
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
Retail mortgages
146,001
19,123
1,812
166,936
 
43
77
112
232
Retail credit cards
8,094
2,128
198
10,420
 
111
492
107
710
Retail other
6,832
1,252
264
8,348
 
56
117
144
317
Corporate loans1
54,257
8,673
1,692
64,622
 
191
214
346
751
Total UK
215,184
31,176
3,966
250,326
 
401
900
709
2,010
Retail mortgages
4,201
346
612
5,159
 
7
28
316
351
Retail credit cards
22,315
3,450
1,522
27,287
 
412
1,138
1,226
2,776
Retail other
1,637
91
229
1,957
 
3
1
32
36
Corporate loans
58,248
4,629
862
63,739
 
96
200
252
548
Total Rest of the World
86,401
8,516
3,225
98,142
 
518
1,367
1,826
3,711
Total loans and advances at amortised cost
301,585
39,692
7,191
348,468
 
919
2,267
2,535
5,721
Debt securities at amortised cost
52,869
3,907
56,776
 
11
16
27
Total loans and advances at amortised cost including debt securities
354,454
43,599
7,191
405,244
 
930
2,283
2,535
5,748
Off-balance sheet loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts2
374,063
24,208
1,037
399,308
 
173
287
44
504
Total3,4
728,517
67,807
8,228
804,552
 
1,103
2,570
2,579
6,252
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net exposure
 
 
Coverage ratio
 
 
Stage 1
 
Stage 2
 
Stage 3 excluding POCI
 
Stage 3 POCI
 
Total
 
 
Stage 1
 
Stage 2
 
Stage 3 excluding POCI
 
Stage 3 POCI
 
Total
 
As at 31.12.23
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
%
%
%
%
%
Retail mortgages
145,958
19,046
1,700
166,704
 
0.4
6.2
0.1
Retail credit cards
7,983
1,636
91
9,710
 
1.4
23.1
54.0
6.8
Retail other
6,776
1,135
120
8,031
 
0.8
9.3
54.5
3.8
Corporate loans1
54,066
8,459
1,346
63,871
 
0.4
2.5
20.4
1.2
Total UK
214,783
30,276
3,257
248,316
 
0.2
2.9
17.9
0.8
Retail mortgages
4,194
318
296
4,808
 
0.2
8.1
51.6
6.8
Retail credit cards
21,903
2,312
296
24,511
 
1.8
33.0
80.6
10.2
Retail other
1,634
90
197
1,921
 
0.2
1.1
14.0
1.8
Corporate loans
58,152
4,429
610
63,191
 
0.2
4.3
29.2
0.9
Total Rest of the World
85,883
7,149
1,399
94,431
 
0.6
16.1
56.6
3.8
Total loans and advances at amortised cost
300,666
37,425
4,656
342,747
 
0.3
5.7
35.3
1.6
Debt securities at amortised cost
52,858
3,891
56,749
 
0.4
Total loans and advances at amortised cost including debt securities
353,524
41,316
4,656
399,496
 
0.3
5.2
35.3
1.4
Off-balance sheet loan commitments and financial guarantee contracts2
373,890
23,921
993
398,804
 
1.2
4.2
0.1
Total3,4
727,414
65,237
5,649
798,300
 
0.2
3.8
31.3
0.8
 
1
Includes Business Banking, which has a gross exposure of £15.2bn and an impairment allowance of £431m. This comprises £99m impairment allowance on £9.8bn Stage 1 exposure, £81m on £4.1bn Stage 2 exposure and £251m on £1.3bn Stage 3 exposure. Excluding this, total coverage for corporate loans in UK is 0.6%.
2
Excludes loan commitments and financial guarantees of £16.5bn carried at fair value and includes exposures relating to financial assets classified as assets held for sale.
3
Other financial assets subject to impairment excluded in the table above include cash collateral and settlement balances, reverse repurchase agreements and other similar secured lending, financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income and other assets. These have a total gross exposure of £186.2bn and an impairment allowance of £151m. This comprises £16m impairment allowance on £185.4bn Stage 1 exposure, £2m on £0.6bn Stage 2 exposure and £133m on £140m Stage 3 exposure.
4
The annualised loan loss rate is 46bps after applying the total impairment charge of £1,881m.
 
Loans and advances at amortised cost by product
 
The table below presents a product breakdown by stages of loans and advances at amortised cost. Also included is a breakdown of Stage 2 past due balances.
 
 
 
Stage 2
 
 
 
 
As at 31.12.24
 
Stage 1
 
Not past due
 
<=30 days past due
 
>30 days past due
 
Total
 
Stage 3 excluding POCI
 
Stage 3 POCI
 
Total
 
Gross exposure
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
Retail mortgages
 
146,690
16,790
2,034
772
19,596
1,962
168,248
Retail credit cards
 
31,126
4,435
303
279
5,017
1,903
40
38,086
Retail other
 
12,450
1,056
211
106
1,373
378
17
14,218
Corporate loans
 
116,508
10,849
144
174
11,167
3,116
130,791
Total
306,774
33,130
2,692
1,331
37,153
7,359
57
351,343
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Impairment allowance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
38
42
13
7
62
87
187
Retail credit cards
 
553
959
122
166
1,247
1,507
3,307
Retail other
 
138
76
17
18
111
161
410
Corporate loans
 
209
316
7
8
331
626
1,166
Total
938
1,393
159
199
1,751
2,381
5,070
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net exposure
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
146,652
16,748
2,021
765
19,534
1,875
168,061
Retail credit cards
 
30,573
3,476
181
113
3,770
396
40
34,779
Retail other
 
12,312
980
194
88
1,262
217
17
13,808
Corporate loans
 
116,299
10,533
137
166
10,836
2,490
129,625
Total
305,836
31,737
2,533
1,132
35,402
4,978
57
346,273
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Coverage ratio
 
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
Retail mortgages
 
0.3
0.6
0.9
0.3
4.4
0.1
Retail credit cards
 
1.8
21.6
40.3
59.5
24.9
79.2
8.7
Retail other
 
1.1
7.2
8.1
17.0
8.1
42.6
2.9
Corporate loans
 
0.2
2.9
4.9
4.6
3.0
20.1
0.9
Total
0.3
4.2
5.9
15.0
4.7
32.4
1.4
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gross exposure
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
Retail mortgages
 
150,202
16,834
1,971
664
19,469
2,424
172,095
Retail credit cards
 
30,409
4,858
392
328
5,578
1,720
37,707
Retail other
 
8,469
1,094
126
123
1,343
493
10,305
Corporate loans
 
112,505
12,960
179
163
13,302
2,554
128,361
Total
301,585
35,746
2,668
1,278
39,692
7,191
348,468
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Impairment allowance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
50
73
20
12
105
428
583
Retail credit cards
 
523
1,257
166
207
1,630
1,333
3,486
Retail other
 
59
82
18
18
118
176
353
Corporate loans
 
287
399
8
7
414
598
1,299
Total
919
1,811
212
244
2,267
2,535
5,721
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net exposure
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
150,152
16,761
1,951
652
19,364
1,996
171,512
Retail credit cards
 
29,886
3,601
226
121
3,948
387
34,221
Retail other
 
8,410
1,012
108
105
1,225
317
9,952
Corporate loans
 
112,218
12,561
171
156
12,888
1,956
127,062
Total
300,666
33,935
2,456
1,034
37,425
4,656
342,747
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Coverage ratio
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
Retail mortgages
 
0.4
1.0
1.8
0.5
17.7
0.3
Retail credit cards
 
1.7
25.9
42.3
63.1
29.2
77.5
9.2
Retail other
 
0.7
7.5
14.3
14.6
8.8
35.7
3.4
Corporate loans
 
0.3
3.1
4.5
4.3
3.1
23.4
1.0
Total
0.3
5.1
7.9
19.1
5.7
35.3
1.6
 
Movement in gross exposures and impairment allowance including provisions for loan commitments and financial guarantees
 
The following tables present a reconciliation of the opening to the closing balance of the exposure and impairment allowance.
 
Transfers between stages in the tables have been reflected as if they had taken place at the beginning of the period. 'Net drawdowns, repayments, net re-measurement and movements due to exposure and risk parameter changes' includes additional drawdowns and partial repayments from existing facilities. Additionally, the below tables do not include other financial assets subject to impairment such as debt securities at amortised cost, reverse repurchase agreements and other similar secured lending, cash collateral and settlement balances, financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income and other assets.
 
The movements are measured over a 12-month period.
 
Loans and advances at amortised cost
 
 
Stage 1
 
Stage 2
 
Stage 3 excluding POCI
 
Stage 3 POCI
 
Total
 
 
Gross exposure
 
ECL
 
Gross exposure
 
ECL
 
Gross exposure
 
ECL
 
Gross exposure
 
ECL
 
Gross exposure
 
ECL
 
Retail mortgages
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
As at 1 January 2024
150,202
50
19,469
105
2,424
428
172,095
583
Transfers from Stage 1 to Stage 2
(10,013)
(5)
10,013
5
Transfers from Stage 2 to Stage 1
6,591
29
(6,591)
(29)
Transfers to Stage 3
(388)
(530)
(10)
918
10
Transfers from Stage 3
82
3
142
2
(224)
(5)
Business activity in the period
22,881
8
792
4
7
23,680
12
Refinements to models used for calculation
Net drawdowns, repayments, net re-measurement and movement due to exposure and risk parameter changes
(7,297)
(37)
(918)
36
(53)
23
(8,268)
22
Final repayments
(12,680)
(5)
(2,099)
(11)
(394)
(24)
(15,173)
(40)
Disposals1
(2,688)
(5)
(682)
(40)
(699)
(328)
(4,069)
(373)
Write-offs
(17)
(17)
(17)
(17)
As at 31 December 2024
146,690
38
19,596
62
1,962
87
168,248
187
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail credit cards
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 1 January 2024
30,409
523
5,578
1,630
1,720
1,333
37,707
3,486
Transfers from Stage 1 to Stage 2
(2,093)
(66)
2,093
66
Transfers from Stage 2 to Stage 1
1,933
461
(1,933)
(461)
Transfers to Stage 3
(702)
(26)
(1,079)
(469)
1,781
495
Transfers from Stage 3
26
13
25
10
(51)
(23)
Business activity in the period2
7,217
184
400
118
32
29
40
7,689
331
Refinements to models used for calculation3
5
(29)
4
(20)
Net drawdowns, repayments, net re-measurement and movement due to exposure and risk parameter changes
658
(450)
838
628
(7)
1,143
1,489
1,321
Final repayments
(136)
(7)
(41)
(16)
(5)
(3)
(182)
(26)
Transfers to assets held for sale4
(5,495)
(64)
(689)
(161)
(57)
(46)
(6,241)
(271)
Disposals1
(691)
(20)
(175)
(69)
(407)
(322)
(1,273)
(411)
Write-offs
(1,103)
(1,103)
(1,103)
(1,103)
As at 31 December 2024
31,126
553
5,017
1,247
1,903
1,507
40
38,086
3,307
 
1
The £4.1bn of gross disposals reported within Retail mortgages include £3.2bn sale of the Italian mortgage portfolio and £0.8bn of transfer of facilities to a non-consolidated SPV for the purpose of securitisation. The £1.3bn of gross disposals reported within Retail credit cards include £0.9bn sale of the outstanding US Cards receivables to Blackstone and £0.4bn of other debt sales undertaken during the period.
2
Business activity in the year reported within Retail credit cards includes an acquisition of Tesco Bank's credit card receivables of £4.2bn.
3
Refinements to models used for calculation reported within Retail credit cards include a £(31)m movement in the UK Cards and a £11m movement in the US Cards portfolio. These reflect model enhancements made during the period. Barclays continually reviews the output of models to determine accuracy of the ECL calculation including review of model monitoring, external benchmarking and experience of model operation over an extended period of time. This helps to ensure that the models used continue to reflect the risks inherent across the businesses.
4
Transfers to assets held for sale reported within Retail credit cards relate to a co-branded card portfolio within USCB.
 
Loans and advances at amortised cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stage 1
 
Stage 2
 
Stage 3 excluding POCI
 
Stage 3 POCI
 
Total
 
 
Gross exposure
 
ECL
 
Gross exposure
 
ECL
 
Gross exposure
 
ECL
 
Gross exposure
 
ECL
 
Gross exposure
 
ECL
 
Retail other
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
As at 1 January 2024
8,469
59
1,343
118
493
176
10,305
353
Transfers from Stage 1 to Stage 2
(619)
(8)
619
8
Transfers from Stage 2 to Stage 1
423
27
(423)
(27)
Transfers to Stage 3
(209)
(2)
(151)
(30)
360
32
Transfers from Stage 3
82
1
52
4
(134)
(5)
Business activity in the period1
7,590
105
252
30
24
22
17
7,883
157
Refinements to models used for calculation
Net drawdowns, repayments, net re-measurement and movement due to exposure and risk parameter changes
(265)
(33)
(125)
13
59
116
(331)
96
Final repayments
(3,021)
(11)
(194)
(5)
(273)
(41)
(3,488)
(57)
Disposals2
(46)
(34)
(46)
(34)
Write-offs
(105)
(105)
(105)
(105)
As at 31 December 2024
12,450
138
1,373
111
378
161
17
14,218
410
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate loans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 1 January 2024
112,505
287
13,302
414
2,554
598
128,361
1,299
Transfers from Stage 1 to Stage 2
(3,810)
(28)
3,810
28
Transfers from Stage 2 to Stage 1
3,316
75
(3,316)
(75)
Transfers to Stage 3
(1,073)
(6)
(892)
(37)
1,965
43
Transfers from Stage 3
269
14
230
22
(499)
(36)
Business activity in the period
27,032
45
897
36
415
26
28,344
107
Refinements to models used for calculation3
(6)
42
36
Net drawdowns, repayments, net re-measurement and movement due to exposure and risk parameter changes4
4,191
(124)
(531)
4
(631)
341
3,029
221
Final repayments
(25,861)
(46)
(2,322)
(98)
(363)
(21)
(28,546)
(165)
Transfers to assets held for sale5
(49)
(1)
(9)
(3)
(1)
(1)
 
 
(59)
(5)
Disposals2
(12)
(1)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(16)
(5)
Write-offs
(322)
(322)
(322)
(322)
As at 31 December 2024
116,508
209
11,167
331
3,116
626
130,791
1,166
 
1
Business activity in the year reported within Retail other includes an acquisition of Tesco Bank's unsecured personal loans of £4.1bn.
2
The £46m of gross disposals reported within Retail other relate to debt sales undertaken during the period. The £16m of gross disposals reported within Corporate loans relate to debt sales undertaken during the period.
3
Refinements to models used for calculation reported within Corporate loans include a £69m movement in the IB and a £(33)m movement in the ESHLA portfolio. These reflect model enhancements made during the period. Barclays continually reviews the output of models to determine accuracy of the ECL calculation including review of model monitoring, external benchmarking and experience of model operation over an extended period of time. This helps to ensure that the models used continue to reflect the risks inherent across the businesses.
4
'Net drawdowns, repayments, net re-measurement and movements due to exposure and risk parameter changes' reported within Corporate loans includes assets of £2.7bn de-recognised due to payment received on defaulted loans from government guarantees issued under the Government’s Bounce Back Loan Scheme.
5
Transfers to assets held for sale reported within Corporate loans relate to a co-branded card portfolio within USCB.
 
Reconciliation of ECL movement to impairment charge/(release) for the period
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stage 1
 
Stage 2
 
Stage 3 excluding POCI
 
Stage 3 POCI
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
Retail mortgages
(7)
 
(3)
 
4
 
 
(6)
Retail credit cards
114
(153)
1,645
 
 
1,606
Retail other
79
(7)
124
 
 
196
Corporate loans
(76)
(78)
353
 
 
199
ECL movements excluding assets held for sale, disposals and write-offs1
110
(241)
2,126
1,995
ECL movement on loan commitments and other financial guarantees
(9)
(37)
(19)
(65)
ECL movement on other financial assets
3
5
(3)
 
5
ECL movement on debt securities at amortised cost
1
(5)
(4)
Recoveries and reimbursements2
(21)
20
(90)
(91)
ECL charge on assets held for sale3
 
 
 
 
74
Total exchange and other adjustments
 
 
 
 
68
Total income statement charge for the period
 
 
 
 
1,982
 
1
In 2024, gross write-offs amounted to £1,547m (2023: £1168m) and post write-off recoveries amounted to £76m (2023: £44m). Net write-offs represent gross write-offs less post write-off recoveries and amounted to £1,471m (2023: £1124m).
2
Recoveries and reimbursements include £15m for reimbursements expected to be received under the arrangement where Group has entered into financial guarantee contracts which provide credit protection over certain assets with third parties and cash recoveries of previously written off amounts of £76m.
3
ECL charge on assets held for sale relate to the German consumer finance business.
 
Loan commitments and financial guarantees1
 
Stage 1
 
Stage 2
 
Stage 3 excluding POCI
 
Stage 3 POCI
 
Total
 
 
Gross
exposure
 
ECL
 
Gross
exposure
 
ECL
 
Gross
exposure
 
ECL
 
Gross
exposure
 
ECL
 
Gross
exposure
 
ECL
 
Retail mortgages
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
As at 1 January 2024
7,776
448
4
8,228
Net transfers between stages
(47)
41
6
Business activity in the period
8,048
8,048
Net drawdowns, repayments, net re-measurement and movement due to exposure and risk parameter changes
(4,336)
(106)
(7)
(4,449)
Limit management and final repayments
(348)
(43)
(1)
(392)
As at 31 December 2024
11,093
340
2
11,435
Retail credit cards
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 1 January 2024
144,791
59
2,807
54
142
147,740
113
Net transfers between stages
(1,940)
30
1,853
(30)
87
Business activity in the period
31,376
13
226
5
2
6
31,610
18
Net drawdowns, repayments, net re-measurement and movement due to exposure and risk parameter changes
2,148
(36)
(1,969)
4
(88)
91
(32)
Limit management and final repayments
(13,904)
(13)
(402)
(20)
(21)
(14,327)
(33)
As at 31 December 2024
162,471
53
2,515
13
122
6
165,114
66
Retail other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 1 January 2024
8,607
6
535
2
44
9,186
8
Net transfers between stages
(9)
(8)
17
Business activity in the period
781
2
1
782
2
Net drawdowns, repayments, net re-measurement and movement due to exposure and risk parameter changes
110
(2)
(77)
(2)
(13)
20
(4)
Limit management and final repayments
(1,073)
(11)
(23)
(1,107)
As at 31 December 2024
8,416
6
440
25
8,881
6
Corporate loans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 1 January 2024
212,889
108
20,418
231
847
44
234,154
383
Net transfers between stages
1,241
29
(1,555)
(32)
314
3
Business activity in the period
50,411
33
1,666
31
193
52,270
64
Net drawdowns, repayments, net re-measurement and movement due to exposure and risk parameter changes
10,109
(39)
(1,383)
70
(46)
(14)
8,680
17
Limit management and final repayments
(44,375)
(26)
(3,713)
(63)
(289)
(8)
(48,377)
(97)
As at 31 December 2024
230,275
105
15,433
237
1,019
25
246,727
367
 
1
Loan commitments reported also include financial assets classified as held for sale.
 
Management adjustments to models for impairment
 
Management adjustments to impairment models are applied in order to factor in certain conditions or changes in policy that are not fully incorporated into the impairment models, or to reflect additional facts and circumstances at the period end. Management adjustments are reviewed and incorporated into future model development where applicable.
Management adjustments are captured through “Economic uncertainty” and “Other” adjustments, and are presented by product and geography below:
 
Management adjustments to models for impairment allowance presented by product and geography1
 
 
Impairment allowance pre management adjustments2
 
Economic uncertainty adjustments
 
Other adjustments3
 
Management adjustments
 
Total impairment allowance4
 
Proportion of Management adjustments to total impairment allowance
 
 
 
(a)
 
(b)
 
(a+b)
 
 
 
As at 31.12.24
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
%
Retail mortgages
 
51
 
36
 
71
 
107
 
158
 
67.7
 
Retail credit cards
 
787
(22)
(22)
765
(2.9)
Retail other
 
298
90
90
388
23.2
 
Corporate loans
 
759
42
39
81
840
9.6
 
Total UK
 
1,895
78
178
256
2,151
11.9
Retail mortgages
 
29
 
 
 
 
29
 
 
Retail credit cards
 
2,631
(23)
(23)
2,608
(0.9)
Retail other
 
24
4
4
28
14.3
 
Corporate loans
 
695
(2)
(2)
693
(0.3)
 
Total Rest of the World
 
3,379
(21)
(21)
3,358
(0.6)
Total
 
5,274
78
157
235
5,509
4.3
Debt securities at amortised cost
 
30
(7)
(7)
23
(30.4)
 
Total including debt securities at amortised cost
 
5,304
78
150
228
5,532
4.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 31.12.23
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
%
Retail mortgages
 
54
57
121
178
232
76.7
Retail credit cards
 
700
45
(9)
36
736
4.9
Retail other
 
251
9
62
71
322
22.0
Corporate loans
 
761
71
10
81
842
9.6
Total UK
 
1,766
182
184
366
2,132
17.2
Retail mortgages
 
354
(3)
(3)
351
(0.9)
Retail credit cards
 
2,855
8
8
2,863
0.3
Retail other
 
45
(6)
(6)
39
(15.4)
Corporate loans
 
828
16
(4)
12
840
1.4
Total Rest of the World
 
4,082
16
(5)
11
4,093
0.3
Total
 
5,848
198
179
377
6,225
6.1
Debt securities at amortised cost
 
27
27
Total including debt securities at amortised cost
 
5,875
198
179
377
6,252
6.0
 
Economic uncertainty adjustments presented by stage
 
Stage 1
 
Stage 2
 
Stage 3
 
Total
 
As at 31.12.24
£m
£m
£m
£m
Retail mortgages
 
7
 
18
 
11
 
36
 
Retail credit cards
 
Retail other
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate loans
 
26
 
10
 
6
 
42
 
Total UK
 
33
28
17
78
Retail mortgages
 
Retail credit cards
 
Retail other
 
Corporate loans
 
Total Rest of the World
 
Total
 
33
28
17
78
 
As at 31.12.23
£m
£m
£m
£m
Retail mortgages
 
12
32
13
57
Retail credit cards
 
8
37
45
Retail other
 
3
6
9
Corporate loans
 
48
12
11
71
Total UK
 
71
87
24
182
Retail mortgages
 
Retail credit cards
 
Retail other
 
Corporate loans
 
4
12
16
Total Rest of the World
 
4
12
16
Total
 
75
99
24
198
 
1
Positive values reflect an increase in impairment allowance and negative values reflect a reduction in the impairment allowance.
2
Includes £4.7bn (December 2023: £5.2bn) of modelled ECL, £0.5bn (December 2023: £0.4bn) of individually assessed impairments, £0.4bn (December 2023: £0.3bn) of ECL from non-modelled exposures and debt securities and excludes £(0.3)bn (December 2023: £nil) of ECL from assets held for sale (co-branded card portfolio).
3
Management adjustments related to other financial assets subject to impairment not included in the table above include financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income £(2)m, reverse repurchase agreements £(2)m and cash collateral and settlement balances £(1)m within the IB portfolio.
4
Total impairment allowance consists of ECL stock on drawn and undrawn exposure.
 
Economic uncertainty adjustments
 
Economic uncertainty adjustments continue to be captured in two ways. Firstly, customer uncertainty: the identification of customers and clients who may be more vulnerable to economic instability; and secondly, model uncertainty: to capture the impact from model limitations and sensitivities to specific macroeconomic parameters which are applied at a portfolio level.
 
The previously held uncertainty adjustments reflecting affordability concerns were reduced during the year, informed by lower inflationary risk and a resilient credit performance in UK retail lending.
 
The balance as at 31 December 2024 is £78m (December 2023: £198m) and includes:
 
Customer and client uncertainty provisions of £53m (December 2023: £166m):
 
Retail mortgages (UK) £11m (December 2023: £25m): This adjustment reflects the risk of borrowers refinancing onto higher rates in the medium term and was partially utilised during the year.
 
Retail credit cards (UK) £nil (December 2023: £45m) and Retail other (UK) £nil (December 2023: £9m): The previously held affordability linked adjustments in the UK unsecured lending portfolio have been retired, supported by a resilient credit performance from UK customers, evidenced by continued low and stable delinquencies.
 
Corporate loans:
UK £42m (December 2023: £71m): This adjustment reflects the possible cross default risk on Barclays’ lending in respect of clients who have taken bounce back loans and is partially reduced on account of the latest credit performance.
ROW £nil (December 2023: £16m): The previously held adjustment to provide for expected downside uncertainties on European Corporates has been retired following a resilient credit performance and updated macroeconomic outlook.
 
Model uncertainty provisions of £25m (December 2023: £32m):
 
Retail mortgages (UK) £25m (December 2023: £32m): This adjustment remediates the higher recovery expectations impacted by model oversensitivity to certain macroeconomic variables and has reduced following the updated macroeconomic outlook. 
 
Other adjustments
 
Other adjustments are operational in nature and are expected to remain in place until they can be reflected in the underlying models. These adjustments result from data limitations and model performance related issues identified through model monitoring and other established governance processes.
 
Other adjustments of £150m (December 2023: £179m) includes:
 
Adjustments for definition of default (DOD) under the Capital Requirements Regulation and model monitoring across products.
 
Retail mortgages (UK) £71m (December 2023: £121m): The reduction is driven by the adoption of a new LGD2 (Loss Given Default) model for the default book and re-sizing of model monitoring adjustments.
 
Retail credit cards (UK) £(22)m (December 2023: £(9)m): The movement is driven by a model monitoring adjustment to correct for 12m PD over prediction.
 
Retail credit cards (ROW) £(23)m (December 2023: £8m): The movement is driven by an adjustment introduced in the US to enhance the qualitative measures used to identify high-risk account management (HRAM) accounts.
 
Retail other (UK) £90m (December 2023: £62m): The increase reflects re-sizing of operational adjustments including model monitoring in the Barclays Partner Finance and Consumer Loan portfolios.
 
Corporate loans (UK) £39m (December 2023: £10m): The increase reflects re-sizing of an adjustment to remediate conservative modelled recovery expectations in the ESHLA portfolio partially offset by a reduction in the adjustment for DOD following model remediation.
 
Debt securities £(7)m: This reflects an adjustment applied to Exposure at Default (EAD) within the IB portfolio to remediate an overly conservative modelled amortisation expectation.
 
Measurement uncertainty
 
Scenarios used to calculate the Group’s ECL charge were refreshed in Q424 with the Baseline scenario reflecting the latest consensus macroeconomic forecasts available at the time of the scenario refresh. In the Baseline scenario, following an encouraging first half of 2024, UK economic growth slowed in H224. However, it is further stimulated as restrictive monetary policy continues to loosen. UK and US GDP growth in 2025 is expected to be 1.4% and 2.0% respectively. Labour markets in major economies remain broadly resilient with unemployment rates relatively close to historic lows and are only expected to increase moderately. The UK unemployment rate peaks at 4.5% in 2026 before returning to 4.4% for the reminder of the 5-year projection period. US unemployment peaks at 4.3%, falling to 4.2% from 2026. The Bank of England cuts rates three times by 25bp in 2025. Similarly, the Fed finishes 2025 with rates at 4.0%. As lower rates feed into new mortgages, UK house prices stabilise and resume the upward trend from 2025. US house prices continue to grow at a decent pace.
 
The Downside 2 scenario has been broadly aligned to the Group’s 2024 Internal Stress Test which includes Climate drivers. Under this scenario, long-standing structural issues, restrictive monetary policy and persistent household affordability loss leads to a sharp demand-driven economic contraction that precipitates into a severe global recession and disinflation process. The economic slowdown leads to rising unemployment rates as lay-offs intensify. UK and US unemployment peak at 8.4% and 7.5% respectively, during 2026. The combination of high interest rates and subdued growth leads to inflation declines which in turn causes central banks to reduce rates. In the Upside 2 scenario, a rise in labour force participation and higher productivity contribute to accelerated economic growth, without creating new inflationary pressures. Central banks lower interest rates stimulating private consumption and investment growth. Demand for labour increases. and unemployment rates stabilise and start falling again. As geopolitical tensions ease, low inflation supports consumer purchasing power and contributes further to a healthy GDP growth. The strong economic outlook and lower interest rates provide a boost to house prices growth and support bullish financial markets.
 
The methodology for estimating scenario probability weights involves simulating a range of future paths for UK and US GDP using historical data with the five scenarios mapped against the distribution of these future paths. The median is centred around the Baseline with scenarios further from the Baseline attracting a lower weighting before the five weights are normalised to total 100%. The increases in the Upside scenario weightings were driven by the improvement in GDP in the Baseline scenario, bringing the Baseline scenario closer to the Upside scenarios. For further details see page 46.
 
Economic uncertainty adjustments of £78m (2023: £198m) have been applied as overlays to the modelled ECL output. Previously held uncertainty adjustments reflecting affordability concerns have significantly reduced during the year, informed by moderated risk from macroeconomic outlook and resilient credit performance in UK retail lending.
 
The following tables show the key macroeconomic variables used in the five scenarios (5-year annual paths) and the probability weights applied to each scenario.
 
Macroeconomic variables used in the calculation of ECL
 
As at 31.12.24
 
2024
 
2025
 
2026
 
2027
 
2028
 
Baseline
%
%
%
%
%
UK GDP1
 
1.0
 
1.4
 
1.5
 
1.6
 
1.5
 
UK unemployment2
 
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.4
4.4
UK HPI3
 
2.8
3.3
1.6
4.5
3.0
UK bank rate6
 
5.1
4.3
4.0
4.0
3.8
US GDP1
 
2.7
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
US unemployment4
 
4.1
4.3
4.2
4.2
4.2
US HPI5
 
6.5
2.6
2.7
3.0
3.0
US federal funds rate6
 
5.1
4.1
4.0
3.8
3.8
 
 
 
 
 
 
Downside 2
 
 
 
 
 
UK GDP1
 
1.0
 
(2.3)
 
(1.3)
 
2.6
 
2.3
 
UK unemployment2
 
4.3
6.2
8.1
6.6
5.5
UK HPI3
 
2.8
(24.8)
(5.2)
10.0
14.6
UK bank rate6
 
5.1
3.5
1.7
0.6
1.1
US GDP1
 
2.7
(1.3)
(1.3)
3.3
2.9
US unemployment4
 
4.1
5.8
7.2
6.2
5.5
US HPI5
 
6.5
(8.0)
(0.7)
5.2
4.0
US federal funds rate6
 
5.1
2.5
0.6
0.8
1.5
 
 
 
 
 
 
Downside 1
 
 
 
 
 
UK GDP1
 
1.0
 
(0.5)
 
0.1
 
2.1
 
1.9
 
UK unemployment2
 
4.3
5.3
6.3
5.5
5.0
UK HPI3
 
2.8
(11.6)
(1.8)
7.2
8.7
UK bank rate6
 
5.1
3.9
2.9
2.3
2.4
US GDP1
 
2.7
0.3
0.4
2.7
2.4
US unemployment4
 
4.1
5.1
5.7
5.2
4.9
US HPI5
 
6.5
(2.7)
1.0
4.1
3.5
US federal funds rate6
 
5.1
3.4
2.3
2.3
2.7
 
 
 
 
 
 
Upside 2
 
 
 
 
 
UK GDP1
 
1.0
 
3.0
 
3.7
 
2.9
 
2.4
 
UK unemployment2
 
4.3
3.8
3.4
3.5
3.5
UK HPI3
 
2.8
11.9
8.4
5.1
4.1
UK bank rate6
 
5.1
3.9
2.9
2.8
2.8
US GDP1
 
2.7
2.8
3.1
2.8
2.8
US unemployment4
 
4.1
3.8
3.5
3.5
3.5
US HPI5
 
6.5
6.2
4.7
4.8
4.9
US federal funds rate6
 
5.1
3.7
3.3
3.1
2.8
 
 
 
 
 
 
Upside 1
 
 
 
 
 
UK GDP1
 
1.0
 
2.2
 
2.6
 
2.2
 
2.0
 
UK unemployment2
 
4.3
4.1
4.0
4.0
4.0
UK HPI3
 
2.8
7.6
4.9
4.8
3.5
UK bank rate6
 
5.1
4.1
3.5
3.4
3.3
US GDP1
 
2.7
2.4
2.6
2.4
2.4
US unemployment4
 
4.1
4.0
3.9
3.9
3.9
US HPI5
 
6.5
4.4
3.7
3.9
3.9
US federal funds rate6
 
5.1
4.0
3.8
3.6
3.3
 
1
Average Real GDP seasonally adjusted change in year.
2
Average UK unemployment rate 16-year+.
3
Change in year end UK HPI = Halifax All Houses, All Buyers index, relative to prior year end.
4
Average US civilian unemployment rate 16-year+.
5
Change in year end US HPI = FHFA House Price Index, relative to prior year end.
6
Average rate.
 
 
As at 31.12.23
 
2023
 
2024
 
2025
 
2026
 
2027
 
Baseline
%
%
%
%
%
UK GDP1
 
0.5
 
0.3
 
1.2
 
1.6
 
1.6
 
UK unemployment2
 
4.2
4.7
4.7
4.8
5.0
UK HPI3
 
(3.3)
(5.1)
0.7
3.1
5.3
UK bank rate6
 
4.7
4.9
4.1
3.8
3.5
US GDP1
 
2.4
1.3
1.7
1.9
1.9
US unemployment4
 
3.7
4.3
4.3
4.3
4.3
US HPI5
 
5.4
3.4
3.0
3.3
3.3
US federal funds rate6
 
5.1
5.0
3.9
3.8
3.8
 
 
 
 
 
 
Downside 2
 
 
 
 
 
UK GDP1
 
0.5
 
(1.5)
 
(2.6)
 
2.4
 
1.6
 
UK unemployment2
 
4.2
 
5.2
 
7.9
 
6.3
 
5.5
 
UK HPI3
 
(3.3)
 
(19.3)
 
(16.8)
 
14.5
 
12.4
 
UK bank rate6
 
4.7
 
6.6
 
1.3
 
1.0
 
1.0
 
US GDP1
 
2.4
 
(0.6)
 
(2.0)
 
3.1
 
2.0
 
US unemployment4
 
3.7
 
5.2
 
7.2
 
5.9
 
5.2
 
US HPI5
 
5.4
 
(6.5)
 
(5.7)
 
7.2
 
6.4
 
US federal funds rate6
 
5.1
 
6.3
 
1.8
 
1.5
 
1.5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Downside 1
 
 
 
 
 
UK GDP1
 
0.5
 
(0.6)
 
(0.7)
 
2.0
 
1.6
 
UK unemployment2
 
4.2
 
4.9
 
6.3
 
5.6
 
5.2
 
UK HPI3
 
(3.3)
 
(12.4)
 
(8.3)
 
8.7
 
8.8
 
UK bank rate6
 
4.7
 
5.8
 
2.7
 
2.5
 
2.3
 
US GDP1
 
2.4
 
0.3
 
(0.2)
 
2.5
 
1.9
 
US unemployment4
 
3.7
 
4.7
 
5.8
 
5.1
 
4.8
 
US HPI5
 
5.4
 
(1.7)
 
(1.4)
 
5.2
 
4.8
 
US federal funds rate6
 
5.1
 
5.7
 
2.9
 
2.8
 
2.8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Upside 2
 
 
 
 
 
UK GDP1
 
0.5
 
2.4
 
3.7
 
2.9
 
2.4
 
UK unemployment2
 
4.2
 
3.9
 
3.5
 
3.6
 
3.6
 
UK HPI3
 
(3.3)
 
7.8
 
7.6
 
4.5
 
5.6
 
UK bank rate6
 
4.7
 
4.3
 
2.7
 
2.5
 
2.5
 
US GDP1
 
2.4
 
2.8
 
3.1
 
2.8
 
2.8
 
US unemployment4
 
3.7
 
3.5
 
3.6
 
3.6
 
3.6
 
US HPI5
 
5.4
 
6.1
 
4.3
 
4.5
 
4.6
 
US federal funds rate6
 
5.1
 
4.3
 
2.9
 
2.8
 
2.8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Upside 1
 
 
 
 
 
UK GDP1
 
0.5
 
1.4
 
2.5
 
2.3
 
2.0
 
UK unemployment2
 
4.2
 
4.3
 
4.1
 
4.2
 
4.3
 
UK HPI3
 
(3.3)
 
1.2
 
4.1
 
3.8
 
5.4
 
UK bank rate6
 
4.7
 
4.6
 
3.4
 
3.3
 
3.0
 
US GDP1
 
2.4
 
2.0
 
2.4
 
2.4
 
2.4
 
US unemployment4
 
3.7
 
3.9
 
3.9
 
4.0
 
4.0
 
US HPI5
 
5.4
 
4.7
 
3.7
 
3.9
 
3.9
 
US federal funds rate6
 
5.1
 
4.7
 
3.5
 
3.3
 
3.3
 
 
1
Average Real GDP seasonally adjusted change in year.
2
Average UK unemployment rate 16-year+.
3
Change in year end UK HPI = Halifax All Houses, All Buyers index, relative to prior year end.
4
Average US civilian unemployment rate 16-year+.
5
Change in year end US HPI = FHFA House Price Index, relative to prior year end.
6
Average rate.
 
Scenario probability weighting
 
Upside 2
 
Upside 1
 
Baseline
 
Downside 1
 
Downside 2
 
 
%
%
%
%
%
As at 31.12.24





Scenario probability weighting
17.4
26.8
32.5
14.7
8.6
As at 31.12.23
 
 
 
 
 
Scenario probability weighting
 
13.8
 
24.7
 
32.4
 
18.3
 
10.8
 
 
Specific bases show the most extreme position of each variable in the context of the downside/upside scenarios, for example, the highest unemployment for downside scenarios, average unemployment for baseline scenarios and lowest unemployment for upside scenarios. GDP and HPI downside and upside scenario data represents the lowest and highest cumulative position relative to the start point in the 20 quarter period.
 
Macroeconomic variables (specific bases)1
 
Upside 2
 
Upside 1
 
Baseline
 
Downside 1
 
Downside 2
 
As at 31.12.24
%
%
%
%
%
UK GDP2
 
15.0
 
11.6
 
1.4
 
0.2
 
(2.9)
 
UK unemployment3
 
3.4
3.9
4.4
6.5
8.4
UK HPI4
 
36.3
25.9
3.0
(11.3)
(26.8)
UK bank rate3
 
2.8
3.3
4.2
5.3
5.3
US GDP2
 
14.9
12.8
2.2
0.4
(2.1)
US unemployment3
 
3.5
3.8
4.2
5.9
7.5
US HPI4
 
30.1
24.4
3.5
1.1
(4.0)
US federal funds rate3
 
2.8
3.3
4.2
5.3
5.3
 
As at 31.12.23
%
%
%
%
%
UK GDP2
 
13.4
 
9.6
 
1.1
 
(1.3)
 
(4.1)
 
UK unemployment3
 
3.5
 
3.9
 
4.7
 
6.5
 
8.3
 
UK HPI4
 
23.8
 
11.5
 
0.1
 
(22.5)
 
(35.0)
 
UK bank rate3
 
2.5
 
3.0
 
4.2
 
6.8
 
8.5
 
US GDP2
 
15.1
 
12.3
 
1.8
 
0.6
 
(1.7)
 
US unemployment3
 
3.4
 
3.5
 
4.2
 
5.9
 
7.5
 
US HPI4
 
27.4
 
23.5
 
3.7
 
0.4
 
(7.6)
 
US federal funds rate3
 
2.8
 
3.3
 
4.3
 
6.8
 
8.5
 
 
1
UK GDP = Real GDP growth seasonally adjusted; UK unemployment = UK unemployment rate 16-year+; UK HI = Halifax All Houses, All Buyers Index; US GDP = Real GDP growth seasonally adjusted; US unemployment = US civilian unemployment rate 16-year+; US HPI = FHFA House Price Index. 20 quarter period starts from Q124 (2023: Q123).
2
Maximum growth relative to Q423 (2023: Q422), based on 20 quarter period in Upside scenarios; 5-year yearly average CAGR in Baseline; minimum growth relative to Q423 (2023: Q422), based on 20 quarter period in Downside scenarios.
3
Lowest quarter in 20 quarter period in Upside scenarios; 5-year average in Baseline; highest quarter 20 quarter period in Downside scenarios.
4
Maximum growth relative to Q423 (2023: Q422), based on 20 quarter period in Upside scenarios; 5-year quarter end CAGR in Baseline; minimum growth relative to Q423 (2023: Q422), based on 20 quarter period in Downside scenarios.
 
Average basis represents the average quarterly value of variables in the 20 quarter period with GDP and HPI based on yearly average and quarterly CAGRs respectively.
 
Macroeconomic variables (5-year averages)1
 
 
Upside 2
 
Upside 1
 
Baseline
 
Downside 1
 
Downside 2
 
As at 31.12.24
%
%
%
%
%
UK GDP2
 
2.6
 
2.0
 
1.4
 
0.9
 
0.5
 
UK unemployment3
 
3.7
4.0
4.4
5.3
6.1
UK HPI4
 
6.4
4.7
3.0
0.8
(1.6)
UK bank rate3
 
3.5
3.9
4.2
3.3
2.4
US GDP2
 
2.9
2.5
2.2
1.7
1.2
US unemployment3
 
3.7
3.9
4.2
5.0
5.8
US HPI4
 
5.4
4.5
3.5
2.4
1.2
US federal funds rate3
 
3.6
4.0
4.2
3.2
2.1
 
As at 31.12.23
%
%
%
%
%
UK GDP2
 
2.4
 
1.7
 
1.1
 
0.6
 
0.1
 
UK unemployment3
 
3.7
 
4.2
 
4.7
 
5.2
 
5.8
 
UK HPI4
 
4.4
 
2.2
 
0.1
 
(1.7)
 
(3.5)
 
UK bank rate3
 
3.3
 
3.8
 
4.2
 
3.6
 
2.9
 
US GDP2
 
2.8
 
2.3
 
1.8
 
1.4
 
0.9
 
US unemployment3
 
3.6
 
3.9
 
4.2
 
4.8
 
5.4
 
US HPI4
 
5.0
 
4.3
 
3.7
 
2.4
 
1.2
 
US federal funds rate3
 
3.6
 
4.0
 
4.3
 
3.9
 
3.2
 
 
1
UK GDP = Real GDP growth seasonally adjusted; UK unemployment = UK unemployment rate 16-year+; UK HPI = Halifax All Houses, All Buyers Index; US GDP = Real GDP growth seasonally adjusted; US unemployment = US civilian unemployment rate 16-year+; US HPI = FHFA House Price Index.
2
5-year yearly average CAGR, starting 2023 (2023: 2022).
3
5-year average. Period based on 20 quarters from Q124 (2023: Q123).
4
5-year quarter end CAGR, starting Q423 (2023: Q422).
 
ECL sensitivity analysis
 
The table below shows the modelled ECL assuming each of the five modelled scenarios are 100% weighted with the dispersion of results around the Baseline, highlighting the impact on exposure and ECL across the scenarios.
 
Model exposure uses exposure at default (EAD) values and is not directly comparable to gross exposure used in prior disclosures.
 
 
Scenarios1
 
As at 31.12.24
Weighted2
Upside 2
Upside 1
Baseline
Downside 1
Downside 2
Stage 1 Model Exposure (£m)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
139,086
 
140,828
 
140,079
 
139,188
 
136,671
 
134,861
 
Retail credit cards
 
63,937
 
63,821
 
63,859
 
63,894
 
63,980
 
63,975
 
Retail other
 
7,952
 
8,074
 
8,025
 
7,968
 
7,804
 
7,614
 
Corporate loans
 
213,905
 
216,064
 
215,215
 
214,293
 
212,007
 
207,062
 
Stage 1 Model ECL (£m)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
1
 
 
1
 
1
 
3
 
6
 
Retail credit cards
 
535
 
512
 
523
 
534
 
560
 
586
 
Retail other
 
34
 
32
 
32
 
33
 
36
 
40
 
Corporate loans
 
270
 
235
 
247
 
258
 
311
 
363
 
Stage 1 Coverage (%)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail credit cards
 
0.8
 
0.8
 
0.8
 
0.8
 
0.9
 
0.9
 
Retail other
 
0.4
 
0.4
 
0.4
 
0.4
 
0.5
 
0.5
 
Corporate loans
 
0.1
 
0.1
 
0.1
 
0.1
 
0.1
 
0.2
 
Stage 2 Model Exposure (£m)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
20,401
 
18,178
 
19,072
 
20,134
 
23,359
 
26,339
 
Retail credit cards
 
6,904
 
6,747
 
6,817
 
6,889
 
7,052
 
7,310
 
Retail other
 
1,232
 
1,110
 
1,159
 
1,215
 
1,380
 
1,570
 
Corporate loans
 
21,197
 
18,889
 
19,793
 
20,827
 
23,238
 
28,340
 
Stage 2 Model ECL (£m)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
4
 
1
 
2
 
3
 
8
 
16
 
Retail credit cards
 
1,473
 
1,387
 
1,422
 
1,459
 
1,567
 
1,714
 
Retail other
 
81
 
68
 
72
 
77
 
101
 
134
 
Corporate loans
 
532
 
424
 
461
 
505
 
655
 
932
 
Stage 2 Coverage (%)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.1
 
Retail credit cards
 
21.3
 
20.6
 
20.9
 
21.2
 
22.2
 
23.4
 
Retail other
 
6.6
 
6.1
 
6.2
 
6.3
 
7.3
 
8.5
 
Corporate loans
 
2.5
 
2.2
 
2.3
 
2.4
 
2.8
 
3.3
 
Stage 3 Model Exposure (£m)3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
1,062
 
1,062
 
1,062
 
1,062
 
1,062
 
1,062
 
Retail credit cards
 
2,197
 
2,197
 
2,197
 
2,197
 
2,197
 
2,197
 
Retail other
 
158
 
158
 
158
 
158
 
158
 
158
 
Corporate loans
 
4,051
 
4,051
 
4,051
 
4,051
 
4,051
 
4,051
 
Stage 3 Model ECL (£m)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
19
 
12
 
14
 
17
 
29
 
41
 
Retail credit cards
 
1,625
 
1,585
 
1,606
 
1,627
 
1,663
 
1,695
 
Retail other
 
92
 
90
 
91
 
92
 
95
 
97
 
Corporate loans4
 
71
 
66
 
67
 
69
 
79
 
89
 
Stage 3 Coverage (%)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
1.8
 
1.1
 
1.3
 
1.6
 
2.7
 
3.9
 
Retail credit cards
 
74.0
 
72.1
 
73.1
 
74.1
 
75.7
 
77.2
 
Retail other
 
58.2
 
57.0
 
57.6
 
58.2
 
60.1
 
61.4
 
Corporate loans4
 
1.8
 
1.6
 
1.7
 
1.7
 
2.0
 
2.2
 
Total Model ECL (£m)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
24
 
13
 
17
 
21
 
40
 
63
 
Retail credit cards
 
3,633
 
3,484
 
3,551
 
3,620
 
3,790
 
3,995
 
Retail other
 
207
 
190
 
195
 
202
 
232
 
271
 
Corporate loans4
 
873
 
725
 
775
 
832
 
1,045
 
1,384
 
Total Model ECL
 
4,737
 
4,412
 
4,538
 
4,675
 
5,107
 
5,713
 
 
Reconciliation to total ECL
£m
 
Total weighted model ECL
 
4,737
 
ECL from individually assessed exposures4
 
461
 
ECL from non-modelled exposures and others5
 
358
 
ECL from debt securities at amortised cost
 
23
 
ECL from held for sale assets (co-branded card portfolio)
 
(282)
 
ECL from post model management adjustments
 
235
 
Of which: ECL from economic uncertainty adjustments
 
78
 
Total ECL
5,532
 
 
1
Model exposure and ECL reported within Retail credit cards and Retail Other excludes the German consumer finance business, sale of which completed after the balance sheet date. Model exposure and ECL reported within Retail credit cards and Corporate loans continues to include a co-branded card portfolio, as its sale is expected to close in 2026.
2
Model exposures are allocated to a stage based on an individual scenario rather than a probability-weighted approach as required for Barclays reported impairment allowances. As a result, it is not possible to back solve the final reported weighted ECL from individual scenarios given balances may be assigned to a different stage dependent on the scenario.
3
Model exposures allocated to Stage 3 does not change in any of the scenarios as the transition criteria relies only on an observable evidence of default as at 31 December 2024 and not on macroeconomic scenario.
4
Material corporate loan defaults are individually assessed across different recovery strategies. As a result, ECL of £461m is reported as an individually assessed impairment in the reconciliation table.
5
ECL from non-modelled exposures and others includes ECL on Tesco's retail banking business of £209m calculated using a benchmarked approach based on UK cards and UK retail loans. The sensitivity of the non-modelled exposures would materially reflect the sensitivity of the benchmarked model.
 
The use of five scenarios with associated weightings results in a total weighted ECL uplift from the Baseline ECL of 1.3%.
 
Retail mortgages: Total weighted ECL of £24m represents a 14.3% increase over the Baseline ECL (£21m) with coverage ratios remaining steady across the Upside scenarios, Baseline and Downside 1 scenario. Under the Downside 2 scenario, total ECL increases to £63m driven by a fall in UK HPI.
 
Retail credit cards: Total weighted ECL of £3,633m is broadly aligned to the Baseline ECL (£3,620m). Total ECL increases to £3,995m under the Downside 2 scenario, driven by an increase in UK and US unemployment rate.
 
Retail other: Total weighted ECL of £207m represents a 2.5% increase over the Baseline ECL (£202m). Total ECL increases to £271m under the Downside 2 scenario, largely driven by an increase in UK unemployment rate.
 
Corporate loans: Total weighted ECL of £873m represents a 4.9% increase over the Baseline ECL (£832m). Total ECL increases to £1,384m under the Downside 2 scenario, driven by a decrease in UK and US GDP.
 
 
Scenarios1
 
As at 31.12.23
Weighted2
Upside 2
Upside 1
Baseline
Downside 1
Downside 2
Stage 1 Model Exposure (£m)
 

 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
145,226
 
147,415
 
146,653
 
145,405
 
142,543
 
138,925
 
Retail credit cards
 
66,512
 
66,459
 
66,482
 
66,497
 
66,580
 
66,580
 
Retail other
 
8,749
 
8,915
 
8,841
 
8,758
 
8,631
 
8,479
 
Corporate loans
 
175,282
 
179,567
 
177,923
 
175,903
 
172,328
 
167,541
 
Stage 1 Model ECL (£m)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
9
 
4
 
5
 
7
 
11
 
22
 
Retail credit cards
 
562
 
529
 
545
 
561
 
584
 
605
 
Retail other
 
32
 
31
 
32
 
32
 
32
 
31
 
Corporate loans
 
275
 
243
 
257
 
270
 
298
 
318
 
Stage 1 Coverage (%)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail credit cards
 
0.8
 
0.8
 
0.8
 
0.8
 
0.9
 
0.9
 
Retail other
 
0.4
 
0.3
 
0.4
 
0.4
 
0.4
 
0.4
 
Corporate loans
 
0.2
 
0.1
 
0.1
 
0.2
 
0.2
 
0.2
 
Stage 2 Model Exposure (£m)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
20,615
 
17,769
 
18,702
 
20,149
 
23,836
 
28,822
 
Retail credit cards
 
7,076
 
6,897
 
6,976
 
7,064
 
7,183
 
7,387
 
Retail other
 
1,382
 
1,216
 
1,290
 
1,373
 
1,500
 
1,653
 
Corporate loans
 
24,374
 
19,919
 
21,621
 
23,763
 
27,445
 
32,375
 
Stage 2 Model ECL (£m)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
41
 
23
 
27
 
34
 
59
 
123
 
Retail credit cards
 
1,684
 
1,554
 
1,609
 
1,668
 
1,775
 
1,922
 
Retail other
 
85
 
72
 
78
 
84
 
95
 
105
 
Corporate loans
 
663
 
509
 
565
 
633
 
782
 
1,031
 
Stage 2 Coverage (%)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
0.2
 
0.1
 
0.1
 
0.2
 
0.2
 
0.4
 
Retail credit cards
 
23.8
 
22.5
 
23.1
 
23.6
 
24.7
 
26.0
 
Retail other
 
6.2
 
5.9
 
6.0
 
6.1
 
6.3
 
6.4
 
Corporate loans
 
2.7
 
2.6
 
2.6
 
2.7
 
2.8
 
3.2
 
Stage 3 Model Exposure (£m)3
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
1,672
 
1,672
 
1,672
 
1,672
 
1,672
 
1,672
 
Retail credit cards
 
1,827
 
1,827
 
1,827
 
1,827
 
1,827
 
1,827
 
Retail other
 
164
 
164
 
164
 
164
 
164
 
164
 
Corporate loans
 
3,436
 
3,436
 
3,436
 
3,436
 
3,436
 
3,436
 
Stage 3 Model ECL (£m)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
333
 
308
 
316
 
325
 
351
 
393
 
Retail credit cards
 
1,315
 
1,279
 
1,296
 
1,313
 
1,341
 
1,366
 
Retail other
 
95
 
94
 
94
 
95
 
96
 
97
 
Corporate loans4
 
77
 
71
 
73
 
75
 
82
 
89
 
Stage 3 Coverage (%)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
19.9
 
18.4
 
18.9
 
19.4
 
21.0
 
23.5
 
Retail credit cards
 
72.0
 
70.0
 
70.9
 
71.9
 
73.4
 
74.8
 
Retail other
 
57.9
 
57.3
 
57.3
 
57.9
 
58.5
 
59.1
 
Corporate loans4
 
2.2
 
2.1
 
2.1
 
2.2
 
2.4
 
2.6
 
Total Model ECL (£m)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail mortgages
 
383
 
335
 
348
 
366
 
421
 
538
 
Retail credit cards
 
3,561
 
3,362
 
3,450
 
3,542
 
3,700
 
3,893
 
Retail other
 
212
 
197
 
204
 
211
 
223
 
233
 
Corporate loans4
 
1,015
 
823
 
895
 
978
 
1,162
 
1,438
 
Total Model ECL
 
5,171
 
4,717
 
4,897
 
5,097
 
5,506
 
6,102
 
 
Reconciliation to total ECL
£m
Total weighted model ECL
 
5,171
 
ECL from individually assessed exposures4
 
401
 
ECL from non-modelled exposures and others
 
276
 
ECL from debt securities at amortised cost
 
27
 
ECL from post model management adjustments
 
377
 
Of which: ECL from economic uncertainty adjustments
 
198
 
Total ECL
6,252
 
 
1
Model exposure and ECL reported within Retail credit cards and Retail other excludes the German consumer finance business portfolio which has now been classified as assets held for sale.
2
Model exposures are allocated to a stage based on an individual scenario rather than a probability-weighted approach, as required for Barclays reported impairment allowances. As a result, it is not possible to back solve the final reported weighted ECL from individual scenarios given balances may be assigned to a different stage dependent on the scenario.
3
Model exposures allocated to Stage 3 does not change in any of the scenarios as the transition criteria relies only on an observable evidence of default as at 31 December 2023 and not on macroeconomic scenario.
4
Material corporate loan defaults are individually assessed across different recovery strategies. As a result, ECL of £401m is reported as an individually assessed impairment in the reconciliation table.
 
Analysis of specific portfolios and asset types
 
Secured home loans
 
The UK home loan portfolio primarily comprises first lien mortgages and accounts for 97% (December 2023: 95%) of the Group’s total home loans balance.
 
 
Barclays UK
Home loans principal portfolios
As at
31.12.24
As at
31.12.23
Gross loans and advances (£m)
 
163,197
 
163,639
 
90 day arrears rate, excluding recovery book (%)
 
0.2
 
0.2
 
Annualised gross charge-off rates - 180 days past due (%)
 
0.5
 
0.5
 
Recovery book proportion of outstanding balances (%)
 
0.6
 
0.6
 
Recovery book impairment coverage ratio (%)1
 
3.7
 
7.2
 
 
 
 
Average marked to market LTV
 
 
 
Balance weighted %
 
53.0
 
53.6
 
Valuation weighted %
 
39.7
 
40.0
 
 
 
 
New lending
Year ended
31.12.24
Year ended
31.12.23
New home loan bookings (£m)
 
23,895
 
22,669
 
New home loan proportion > 90% LTV (%)
 
0.9
 
0.6
 
Average LTV on new home loans: balance weighted (%)
 
65.5
 
62.6
 
Average LTV on new home loans: valuation weighted (%)
 
56.3
 
53.8
 
 
1
Recovery Book Impairment Coverage Ratio excludes Kensington Mortgage Company.
 
Home loans principal portfolios – distribution of balances by LTV1
 
 
Distribution of balances
Distribution of impairment allowance
Coverage ratio
 
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Total
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Total
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Total
 
Barclays UK
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
 
As at 31.12.24
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
<=75%
 
74.5
 
10.7
 
0.9
 
86.1
 
8.3
 
15.8
 
18.7
 
42.8
 
 
0.1
 
1.8
 
 
 
>75% and <=90%
 
11.8
 
1.2
 
0.1
 
13.1
 
10.2
 
24.2
 
9.7
 
44.1
 
0.1
 
1.7
 
13.0
 
0.3
 
 
>90% and <=100%
 
0.8
 
 
 
0.8
 
1.3
 
2.3
 
4.0
 
7.6
 
0.1
 
4.9
 
35.8
 
0.8
 
 
>100%
 
 
 
 
 
0.2
 
1.4
 
3.9
 
5.5
 
1.6
 
45.9
 
68.7
 
24.8
 
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
<=75%
 
73.5
 
10.4
 
0.9
 
84.8
 
8.5
 
16.2
 
26.7
 
51.4
 
 
0.2
 
3.8
 
0.1
 
 
>75% and <=90%
 
12.3
 
1.2
 
0.1
 
13.6
 
7.4
 
16.7
 
12.8
 
36.9
 
0.1
 
1.9
 
27.9
 
0.4
 
 
>90% and <=100%
 
1.5
 
0.1
 
 
1.6
 
1.2
 
2.5
 
3.6
 
7.3
 
0.1
 
2.6
 
63.3
 
0.6
 
 
>100%
 
 
 
 
 
0.3
 
0.7
 
3.4
 
4.4
 
1.0
 
12.1
 
100.0
 
12.4
 
 
1
Portfolio marked to market based on the most updated valuation including recovery book balances. Updated valuations reflect the application of the latest HPI available as at 31 December 2024.
 
New home loans bookings increased 5% to £23.9bn (2023: £22.7bn), mainly driven by interest rate reductions leading to lower mortgage pricing and a corresponding increase in mortgage affordability and demand, along with a strategy to increase mortgage market share.
 
Head Office: Italian home loans balances reduced to £0.4bn (2023: £3.6bn) due to the disposal of the performing portfolio in Q224 and the disposal of the majority of loans in the non-performing portfolio in Q424. The residual portfolio is secured on residential property with an average balance weighted marked to market LTV of 86.3% (2023: 55.6%). 90-day arrears increased to 3.1% (2023: 2.4%) due to a decrease in the portfolio credit quality given the majority of the disposed assets were performing. The gross charge-off rate was 0.9% (2023: 0.7%). The residual portfolio includes a Swiss-Franc linked portfolio of £0.2bn (2023: £0.3bn).
 
Retail credit cards and Retail other
The principal portfolios listed below accounted for 91% (December 2023: 91%) of the Group’s total retail credit cards and retail other.
 
Principal portfolios
Gross exposure
30 day arrears rate, excluding recovery book
90 day arrears rate, excluding recovery book
Annualised gross write-off rate
Annualised net write-off rate
As at 31.12.24
£m
%
%
%
%
Barclays UK
 
 
 
 
 
 
UK cards1
 
15,781
0.7
0.2
1.1
0.9
  UK cards – excluding Tesco cards
 
11,611
0.7
0.2
1.4
1.1
  Tesco cards1
 
4,170
0.8
0.3
0.1
0.1
UK personal loans1
 
8,051
1.0
0.4
0.7
0.5
  UK personal loans – excluding Tesco personal loans
 
3,993
1.4
0.6
1.3
1.0
  Tesco personal loans1
 
4,058
0.5
0.2
0.1
0.0
 
Barclays Partner Finance
 
1,609
0.6
0.3
1.0
1.0
Barclays US Consumer Bank
 
 
 
 
 
 
US cards2
 
28,548
3.0
1.6
3.8
3.7
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
 
 
 
Barclays UK
 
 
 
 
 
 
UK cards
 
10,420
0.9
0.2
1.4
1.3
UK personal loans
 
3,641
1.5
0.6
1.3
1.0
Barclays Partner Finance
 
2,344
0.6
0.3
0.7
0.7
Barclays US Consumer Bank
 
 
 
 
 
 
US cards
 
27,286
2.9
1.5
2.3
2.3
 
1
Tesco arrears rates calculated using POCI balances adjusted to fair value. This has the impact of reducing the Tesco arrears rates
2
Includes a co-branded card portfolio in USCB, classified as held for sale (see table below)
 
Retail Credit Cards and Retail Other held for sale
Gross exposure
30 day arrears rate, excluding recovery book
90 day arrears rate, excluding recovery book
Annualised gross write-off rate
Annualised net write-off rate
As at 31.12.24
£m
%
%
%
%
Barclays US Consumer Bank
 
6,241
1.3
0.5
2.0
2.0
Head Office - German consumer finance business
 
3,733
1.8
0.9
1.3
1.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
 
 
 
Head Office - German consumer finance business
 
4,094
 
1.7
 
0.8
 
1.0
 
1.0
 
 
UK cards: Gross exposure increased from £10.4bn to £15.8bn due to the purchase of Tesco (£4.2bn) and growth in spend and promotional balances. The inclusion of Tesco had limited impact on arrears rates. Excluding Tesco, 30 day arrears rates reduced to 0.7% (2023: 0.9%) following lower inflow whilst 90 day arrears rates remained stable at 0.2% (2023: 0.2%). Gross and net write off rates reduced to 1.1% (2023: 1.4%) and 0.9% (2023: 1.3%) reflecting limited write offs in the Tesco cards portfolio post the acquisition. Excluding Tesco, gross and net write off rates remained relatively stable at 1.4% (2023: 1.4%) and 1.1% (2023: 1.3%) respectively.
 
UK personal loans: Gross exposure increased from £3.6bn to £8.1bn due to the purchase of Tesco (£4.1bn) and growth in new lending 30 and 90 day arrears rates reduced to 1.0% (2023: 1.5%) and 0.4% (2023: 0.6%) respectively, reflecting the inclusion of Tesco. Excluding Tesco, 30 and 90 day arrears rates remained broadly stable at 1.4% (2023: 1.5%) and 0.6% (2023: 0.6%) respectively. Gross and net write off rates reduced to 0.7% (2023: 1.3%) and 0.5% (2023: 1.0%) reflecting limited write offs in the Tesco loans portfolio post the acquisition. Excluding Tesco, gross and net write off rates remained stable at 1.3% (2023: 1.3%) and 1.0% (2023: 1.0%) respectively.
 
Barclays Partner Finance: 30 and 90 day arrears rates remained stable at 0.6% (2023: 0.6%) and 0.3% (2023: 0.3%) respectively. Total exposure fell to £1.6bn (2023: £2.3bn) due to a strategic decision to reduce the number of active partner businesses. Both annualised gross and net write off rates increased to 1.0% (2023: 0.7%) following the reduction in gross exposure.
 
US cards: 30 and 90 day arrears rates increased to 3.0% (2023: 2.9%) and 1.6% (2023: 1.5%) respectively due to higher flow into and through delinquency. The increase in both gross and net write-off rates reflected the overall delinquency trends through to charge-off lagged by the charge off to write-off period of 12 months as well as a sale in the year.
 
German consumer finance business: Gross exposure decreased 8.8% as loan originations were limited to existing customers following the discontinuation of Open Market loan originations in 2023. Cards origination strategy moved to a more profitable revolver customer segment in 2024 resulting in expected increases in 30 and 90 day arrears and write-offs rates.
 
Assets held for sale
 
This section presents portfolios classified as assets held for sale. These include a co-branded card portfolio in USCB and the German consumer finance business.
For further details on assets held for sale, see Note 40 to the financial statements in Barclays PLC Annual Report 2024.
 
Loans and advances by product
 
Loans and advances to customers classified as assets held for sale
 
 
Stage 1
 
 
Stage 2
 
 
Stage 3
 
 
Total
 
 
Gross
 
ECL
 
Coverage
 
 
Gross
 
ECL
 
Coverage
 
 
Gross
 
ECL
 
Coverage
 
 
Gross
 
ECL
 
Coverage
 
As at 31.12.24
£m
£m
%
 
£m
£m
%
 
£m
£m
%
 
£m
£m
%
Retail credit cards - US
5,495
 
64
 
1.2
 
 
689
 
161
 
23.4
 
 
57
 
46
 
80.7
 
 
6,241
 
271
 
4.3
 
Retail credit cards - Germany
1,908
 
18
 
0.9
 
 
307
 
29
 
9.4
 
 
93
 
69
 
74.2
 
 
2,308
 
116
 
5.0
 
Retail other - Germany
1,134
 
16
 
1.4
 
 
220
 
33
 
15.0
 
 
71
 
48
 
67.6
 
 
1,425
 
97
 
6.8
 
Corporate loans - US
49
 
1
 
2.0
 
 
9
 
3
 
33.3
 
 
1
 
1
 
100.0
 
 
59
 
5
 
8.5
 
Total Rest of the World
8,586
 
99
 
1.2
 
 
1,225
 
226
 
18.4
 
 
222
 
164
 
73.9
 
 
10,033
 
489
 
4.9
 
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail credit cards - US
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail credit cards - Germany
1,621
 
15
 
0.9
 
 
445
 
41
 
9.2
 
 
92
 
68
 
73.9
 
 
2,158
 
124
 
5.7
 
Retail other - Germany
1,561
 
20
 
1.3
 
 
288
 
32
 
11.1
 
 
84
 
60
 
71.4
 
 
1,933
 
112
 
5.8
 
Corporate loans - US
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Rest of the World
3,182
 
35
 
1.1
 
 
733
 
73
 
10.0
 
 
176
 
128
 
72.7
 
 
4,091
 
236
 
5.8
 
 
Management adjustments to models for impairment
 
Management adjustments to models for impairment allowance presented by product
 
 
Impairment allowance pre management adjustments
Economic uncertainty adjustments
Other adjustments
Management adjustments
Total impairment allowance
Proportion of Management adjustments to total impairment allowance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 31.12.24
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
%
Retail credit cards - US
 
277
 
 
 
 
277
 
 
Retail credit cards - Germany1
 
101
 
 
16
 
16
 
117
 
13.7
 
Retail other - Germany1
 
80
 
 
17
 
17
 
97
 
17.5
 
Corporate loans - US
 
5
 
 
 
 
5
 
 
Total Rest of the World
 
463
 
 
33
 
33
 
496
 
6.7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 31.12.23
 
£m
 
£m
 
£m
 
£m
 
£m
 
%
 
Retail credit cards - US
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail credit cards - Germany1
 
111
 
 
14
 
14
 
125
 
11.2
 
Retail other - Germany1
 
96
 
 
17
 
17
 
113
 
15.0
 
Corporate loans - US
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Rest of the World
 
207
 
 
31
 
31
 
238
 
13.0
 
 
1
Management adjustments of £33m (December 2023: £31m) include an adjustment for definition of default under the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and an adjustment for recalibration of LGD to reflect revised recovery expectations partially offset by adjustments for model monitoring.
 
Market Risk
 
Analysis of management value at risk (VaR)
 
The table below shows the total management VaR on a diversified basis by asset class. Total management VaR includes all trading positions in Barclays Bank Group and it is calculated with a one-day holding period. VaR limits are applied to total management VaR and by asset class. Additionally, the market risk management function applies VaR sub-limits to material businesses and trading desks.
 
Management VaR (95%) by asset class
 
 
Year ended 31.12.24
 
Year ended 31.12.23
 
Average
High
Low
 
Average
High
Low
 
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
Credit risk
21
 
27
 
17
 
 
40
 
57
 
22
 
Interest rate risk
 
15
 
25
 
7
 
 
15
 
25
 
9
 
Equity risk
 
6
 
12
 
2
 
 
6
 
10
 
3
 
Basis risk
 
5
 
8
 
4
 
 
13
 
25
 
8
 
Spread risk
 
5
 
7
 
3
 
 
9
 
14
 
5
 
Foreign exchange risk
 
4
 
9
 
2
 
 
4
 
9
 
1
 
Commodity risk
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
1
 
 
Inflation risk
 
4
 
5
 
2
 
 
6
 
11
 
2
 
Diversification effect1
(34)
 
 n/a
 
 n/a
 
 
(51)
 
n/a
 
n/a
 
Total management VaR
 
26
 
36
 
15
 
 
42
 
60
 
24
 
 
1
Diversification effects recognise that forecast losses from different assets or businesses are unlikely to occur concurrently, hence the expected aggregate loss is lower than the sum of the expected losses from each area. Historical correlations between losses are taken into account in making these assessments. The high and low VaR figures reported for each category did not necessarily occur on the same day as the high and low total management VaR. Consequently, a diversification effect balance for the high and low VaR figures would not be meaningful and is therefore omitted from the above table.
 
Average Management VaR decreased 38% to £26m (2023: £42m). The decrease was mainly driven by lower market volatility and credit spread levels in 2024, as geopolitical tensions eased (relative to 2023), inflation continued to decline and central banks started to cut rates.
 
Treasury and Capital Risk
 
The Group has established a comprehensive set of policies, standards and controls for managing its liquidity risk; together these set out the requirements for Barclays’ liquidity risk framework. The liquidity risk framework meets the PRA standards and enables Barclays to maintain liquidity resources that are sufficient in amount and quality, and a funding profile that is appropriate to meet the Group’s Liquidity Risk Appetite. The liquidity risk framework is delivered via a combination of policy formation, review and challenge, governance, analysis, stress testing, limit setting and monitoring.
 
Liquidity risk stress testing
 
The Internal Liquidity Stress Tests (ILST) measure the potential contractual and contingent stress outflows under a range of scenarios, which are then used to determine the size of the liquidity pool that is immediately available to meet anticipated outflows if a stress occurs. The short-term scenarios include a 30 day Barclays-specific stress event, a 90 day market-wide stress event and a 30 day combined scenario consisting of both a Barclays specific and market-wide stress event. The Group also runs a liquidity stress test which measures the anticipated outflows over a 12 month market-wide scenario.
The LCR requirement takes into account the relative stability of different sources of funding and potential incremental funding requirements in a stress. The LCR is designed to promote short-term resilience of a bank’s liquidity risk profile by holding sufficient high quality liquid assets to survive an acute stress scenario lasting for 30 days.
As at 31 December 2024 the average LCR was 172.4% (December 2023: 161.4%). The Group held eligible liquid assets in excess of 100% of net stress outflows as measured according to both its internal ILST and external regulatory requirements.
 
Liquidity coverage ratio1
 
As at 31.12.24
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
£bn
£bn
LCR Eligible High Quality Liquid Assets (HQLA)
304.4
310.3
Net stress outflows
(176.9)
(192.6)
Surplus
127.5
117.7
 
 
 
Liquidity coverage ratio
172.4%
161.4%
 
1
Represents the average of the last 12 spot month end ratios.
 
Net Stable Funding Ratio
 
The external NSFR metric requires banks to maintain a stable funding profile taking into account both on and certain off-balance sheet exposures over a medium to long term period. The ratio is defined as the Available Stable Funding (capital and certain liabilities which are treated as stable sources of funding) relative to the Required Stable Funding (a measure of assets on the balance sheet and certain off-balance sheet exposures which may require longer term funding). The NSFR (average of last four quarter ends) as at 31 Dec 2024 was 134.9%, which was a surplus above requirements of £162.9bn.
 
Net Stable Funding Ratio1
 
As at 31.12.24
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
£bn
£bn
Total Available Stable Funding
629.6
606.8
Total Required Stable Funding
466.7
439.7
Surplus
162.9
167.1
 
 
 
Net Stable Funding Ratio
134.9%
138.0%
 
1
Represents average of the last four spot quarter end ratios.
 
As part of the liquidity risk appetite, Barclays establishes minimum LCR, NSFR and internal liquidity stress test limits. The Group plans to maintain its surplus to the internal and regulatory requirements at an efficient level. Risks to market funding conditions, the Group’s liquidity position and funding profile are assessed continuously, and actions are taken to manage the size of the liquidity pool and the funding profile as appropriate.
 
Composition of the Group liquidity pool
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LCR eligible1 High Quality Liquid Assets (HQLA)
 
 
Liquidity pool
 
 
Cash
 
Level 1
 
Level 2A
 
Level 2B
 
Total
 
 
2024
 
2023
 
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
 
£bn
£bn
Cash and deposits with central banks2
196
196
 
216
232
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Government bonds3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AAA to AA-
 
58
1
 
59
 
55
48
A+ to A-
 
2
 
 
2
 
2
1
BBB+ to BBB-
 
1
 
 
1
 
1
1
Total government bonds
 
61
1
 
62
 
58
50
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Government Guaranteed Issuers, PSEs and GSEs
 
4
3
 
7
 
9
5
International Organisations and MDBs
 
7
 
 
7
 
7
3
Covered bonds
 
2
5
 
7
 
7
7
Other
 
 
 
2
2
 
 
1
Total other
 
13
8
2
23
 
23
16
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total as at 31 December 2024
196
74
9
2
281
 
297
 
Total as at 31 December 2023
211
52
9
2
274
 
 
298
 
1
The LCR eligible HQLA is adjusted under the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (CRR) part of the PRA rulebook for operational restrictions upon consolidation, such as trapped liquidity within Barclays subsidiaries. It also reflects differences in eligibility of assets between the LCR and Barclays’ Liquidity Pool.
2
Includes cash held at central banks and surplus cash at central banks related to payment schemes. Over 98% (December 2023: over 99%) was placed with the Bank of England, US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Bank of Japan and Swiss National Bank.
3
Of which over 85% (December 2023: over 80%) comprised UK, US, French, German, Japanese, Swiss and Dutch securities.
 
The Group liquidity pool was £296.9 bn as at December 2024 broadly unchanged vs December 2023 (December 2023: £298.1bn).
 
In December 2024, the month-end liquidity pool ranged from £297bn to £341bn (2023: £298bn to £342bn), and the month-end average balance was £322bn (2023: £328bn). The liquidity pool is held unencumbered and represents readily accessible funds to meet potential cash outflows during stress periods.
 
As at 31 December 2024, 60% (December 2023: 59%) of the liquidity pool was located in Barclays Bank PLC, 23% (December 2023: 22%) in Barclays Bank UK PLC and 9% (December 2023: 11%) in Barclays Bank Ireland PLC. The residual portion of the liquidity pool is held outside of these entities, predominantly in US subsidiaries, to meet entity-specific stress outflows and local regulatory requirements. To the extent the use of this residual portion of the liquidity pool is restricted due to local regulatory requirements, it is assumed to be unavailable to the rest of the Group in calculating the LCR.
 
The composition of the pool is subject to limits set by the Board and the independent liquidity risk, credit risk and market risk functions. In addition, the investment of the liquidity pool is monitored for concentration by issuer, currency and asset type. Given returns generated by these highly liquid assets, the risk and reward profile is continuously managed.
 
Deposit funding
 
As at 31.12.24
 
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
Loans and advances, debt securities at amortised cost
 
Deposits at amortised cost
 
Loan: deposit ratio1
 
 
Loan: deposit ratio1
 
Funding of loans and advances
£bn
£bn
%
 
%
Barclays UK
 
225
244
92
 
92
 
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
 
26
83
31
 
31
 
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
 
15
70
21
 
23
 
Barclays Investment Bank
 
124
141
88
 
82
 
Barclays US consumer Bank
 
21
23
91
 
125
 
Head Office
 
3
 
 
 
Barclays Group
 
414
561
74
 
74
 
 
1
The loan: deposit ratio is calculated as loans and advances at amortised cost and debt securities at amortised cost divided by deposits at amortised cost.
 
Funding structure and funding relationships
 
The basis for sound liquidity risk management is a funding structure that reduces the probability of a liquidity stress leading to an inability to meet funding obligations as they fall due. The Group’s overall funding strategy is to develop a diversified funding base (geographically, by type and by counterparty) and maintain access to a variety of alternative funding sources, to provide protection against unexpected fluctuations, while minimising the cost of funding.
 
Within this, the Group aims to align the sources and uses of funding. As such, retail and corporate loans and advances are largely funded by deposits in the relevant entities, with the surplus primarily funding the liquidity pool. The majority of reverse repurchase agreements are matched by repurchase agreements. Derivative liabilities and assets are largely matched. A substantial proportion of balance sheet derivative positions qualify for counterparty netting and the remaining portions are largely offset when netted against cash collateral received and paid. Wholesale debt and equity is used to fund residual assets.
 
These funding relationships as at 31 December 2024 are summarised below:
 
 
 
As at
31.12.24
 
As at
31.12.23
 
 
 
As at
31.12.24
 
As at
31.12.23
 
Assets
£bn
£bn
 
Liabilities and equity
£bn
£bn
Loans and advances at amortised cost1
 
392
 
386
 
 
Deposits at amortised cost
 
561
 
539
 
Group liquidity pool
 
297
 
298
 
 
<1 Year wholesale funding
 
55
 
59
 
 
 
 
 
>1 Year wholesale funding
 
131
 
118
 
Reverse repurchase agreements, trading portfolio assets, cash collateral and settlement balances
 
433
 
435
 
 
Repurchase agreements, trading portfolio liabilities, cash collateral and settlement balances
 
358
 
380
 
Derivative financial instruments
 
294
 
257
 
 
Derivative financial instruments
 
279
 
250
 
Other assets2
 
102
 
101
 
 
Other liabilities
 
62
 
59
 
 
 
 
 
Equity
 
72
 
72
 
 
Total assets
1,518
 
1,477
 
 
Total liabilities and equity
 
1,518
 
1,477
 
 
1
Adjusted for liquidity pool debt securities reported at amortised cost of £22bn (December 2023: £18bn).
2
Other assets include fair value assets that are not part of reverse repurchase agreements or trading portfolio assets, and other asset categories.
 
Composition of wholesale funding
 
 
Wholesale funding outstanding (excluding repurchase agreements) was £186.0bn (December 2023: £176.8bn). In FY24, the Group issued £15.1bn of MREL eligible instruments from Barclays PLC (the Parent company) in a range of tenors and currencies.
 
Our operating companies also access wholesale funding markets to maintain their stable and diversified funding bases. Barclays Bank PLC continued to issue in the shorter-term and medium-term notes markets. In addition, Barclays Bank UK PLC continued to issue in the shorter-term markets and maintains active secured funding programmes.
 
Wholesale funding of £55.0bn (December 2023: £58.6bn) matures in less than one year, representing 30% (December 2023: 33%) of total wholesale funding outstanding. This includes £22.0bn (December 2023: £18.7bn) related to term funding1.
 
Maturity profile of wholesale funding1,2
 
<1
 
1-3
 
3-6
 
6-12
 
<1
 
1-2
 
2-3
 
3-4
 
4-5
 
>5
 
 
 
month
 
months
 
months
 
months
 
year
 
years
 
years
 
years
 
years
 
years
 
Total
 
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
Barclays PLC (the Parent company)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Senior unsecured (public benchmark)
 
 
1.6
 
 
 
1.6
 
9.8
 
5.9
 
7.8
 
4.6
 
23.8
 
53.5
 
Senior unsecured (privately placed)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.1
 
0.9
 
1.0
 
Subordinated liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
1.7
 
 
1.6
 
 
7.3
 
10.6
 
Barclays Bank PLC (including subsidiaries)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Certificates of deposit and commercial paper
 
0.7
 
7.3
 
5.2
 
4.4
 
17.6
 
0.7
 
 
 
 
 
18.3
 
Asset backed commercial paper
 
2.4
 
8.8
 
1.3
 
 
12.5
 
 
 
 
 
 
12.5
 
Senior unsecured (privately placed)3
 
1.9
 
3.4
 
4.5
 
8.6
 
18.4
 
9.3
 
11.0
 
8.3
 
9.8
 
20.9
 
77.7
 
Asset backed securities
 
 
 
0.8
 
0.8
 
1.6
 
0.5
 
 
0.7
 
0.1
 
2.6
 
5.5
 
Subordinated liabilities
 
 
0.2
 
0.1
 
0.1
 
0.4
 
0.4
 
0.1
 
 
 
0.4
 
1.3
 
Barclays Bank UK PLC (including subsidiaries)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Certificates of deposit and commercial paper
 
2.9
 
 
 
 
2.9
 
 
 
 
 
 
2.9
 
Senior unsecured (privately placed)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.2
 
0.2
 
Covered bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.5
 
0.2
 
0.5
 
0.7
 
1.9
 
Asset backed securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.6
 
 
 
 
 
0.6
 
Total as at 31 December 2024
 
7.9
 
21.3
 
11.9
 
13.9
 
55.0
 
23.0
 
17.5
 
18.6
 
15.1
 
56.8
 
186.0
 
Of which secured
 
2.4
 
8.8
 
2.1
 
0.8
 
14.1
 
1.1
 
0.5
 
0.9
 
0.6
 
3.3
 
20.5
 
Of which unsecured
 
5.5
 
12.5
 
9.8
 
13.1
 
40.9
 
21.9
 
17.0
 
17.7
 
14.5
 
53.5
 
165.5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total as at 31 December 2023
 
7.5
 
19.6
 
13.9
 
17.6
 
58.6
 
20.3
 
20.4
 
11.7
 
13.5
 
52.3
 
176.8
 
Of which secured
 
2.4
 
8.2
 
1.1
 
1.0
 
12.7
 
1.2
 
0.5
 
0.5
 
0.3
 
3.8
 
19.0
 
Of which unsecured
 
5.1
 
11.4
 
12.8
 
16.6
 
45.9
 
19.1
 
19.9
 
11.2
 
13.2
 
48.5
 
157.8
 
 
1
The composition of wholesale funds comprises the balance sheet reported financial liabilities at fair value, debt securities in issue and subordinated liabilities. It does not include participation in the central bank facilities reported within repurchase agreements and other similar secured borrowing.
2
Term funding comprises public benchmark and privately placed senior unsecured notes, covered bonds, asset-backed securities and subordinated debt where the original maturity of the instrument is more than 1 year.
3
Includes structured notes of £63.5bn, of which £15.5bn matures within one year.
 
Regulatory minimum requirements
 
Capital
As at the 31 December 2024, the Group’s Overall Capital Requirement for CET1 remained at 12.0% comprising a 4.5% Pillar 1 minimum, a 2.5% Capital Conservation Buffer (CCB), a 1.5% Global Systemically Important Institution (G-SII) buffer, a 2.6% Pillar 2A requirement and a 1.0% Countercyclical Capital Buffer (CCyB).
 
The Group’s CCyB is based on the buffer rate applicable for each jurisdiction in which the Group has exposures. The buffer rates set by other national authorities for non-UK exposures are not currently material.
 
The Group’s Pillar 2A requirement as per the PRA's Individual Capital Requirement was 4.6% with at least 56.25% to be met with CET1 capital, equating to 2.6% of RWAs. The Pillar 2A requirement, based on a point in time assessment, has been set as a proportion of RWAs and is subject to at least annual review.
 
The Group’s CET1 target ratio of 13-14% takes into account minimum capital requirements and applicable buffers. The Group remains above its minimum capital regulatory requirements and applicable buffers.
 
Leverage
As at the 31 December 2024, the Group was subject to a UK leverage ratio requirement of 4.1%. This comprises the 3.25% minimum requirement, a G-SII additional leverage ratio buffer (G-SII ALRB) of 0.53% and a countercyclical leverage ratio buffer (CCLB) of 0.3%. The Group is also required to disclose an average UK leverage ratio which is based on capital on the last day of each month in the quarter and an exposure measure for each day in the quarter.
 
MREL
As at 31 December 2024, the Group was required to meet the higher of: (i) two times the sum of 8% Pillar 1 and 4.6% Pillar 2A equating to 25.2% of RWAs; and (ii) 6.75% of leverage exposures. In addition, the higher of regulatory capital and leverage buffers apply. CET1 capital cannot be counted towards both MREL and the buffers, meaning that the buffers, including the above mentioned confidential institution-specific PRA buffer, will effectively be applied above MREL requirements.
 
Significant regulatory updates in the period
 
Following its 12 December 2023 publication of ‘Implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards near-final part 1’ (PS17/23), covering Credit Valuation Adjustments, Counterparty Credit Risk, Market Risk and Operational Risk, on 12 September 2024 the PRA published its near-final policy statement ‘Implementation of the Basel 3.1 standards near-final part 2’ (PS9/24) covering the remaining aspects of the Basel 3.1 standards. This covered Credit Risk, Credit Risk Mitigation, the Output Floor, and Reporting and Disclosure requirements. On 17 January 2025 the PRA announced a delay in the implementation of Basel 3.1 in the UK until 1 January 2027.
 
Capital ratios1,2
As at 31.12.24
As at 30.09.24
As at 31.12.23
CET1
 
13.6%
 
13.8 %
 
13.8%
 
T1
 
16.9%
 
17.3 %
 
17.7%
 
Total regulatory capital
 
19.6%
 
19.9 %
 
20.1%
 
MREL ratio as a percentage of total RWAs
 
34.4%
 
34.9 %
 
33.6%
 
 
 
 
 
Own funds and eligible liabilities
£m
£m
£m
Total equity excluding non-controlling interests per the balance sheet
 
71,821
 
70,972
 
71,204
 
Less: other equity instruments (recognised as AT1 capital)
 
(12,075)
 
(11,739)
 
(13,259)
 
Adjustment to retained earnings for foreseeable ordinary share dividends
 
(786)
 
(493)
 
(795)
 
Adjustment to retained earnings for foreseeable repurchase of shares
 
 
(385)
 
 
Adjustment to retained earnings for foreseeable other equity coupons
 
(35)
 
(40)
 
(43)
 
 
 
 
 
Other regulatory adjustments and deductions
 
 
 
 
Additional value adjustments (PVA)
 
(2,051)
 
(1,850)
 
(1,901)
 
Goodwill and intangible assets
 
(8,272)
 
(8,111)
 
(7,790)
 
Deferred tax assets that rely on future profitability excluding temporary differences
 
(1,451)
 
(1,482)
 
(1,630)
 
Fair value reserves related to gains or losses on cash flow hedges
 
2,930
 
2,298
 
3,707
 
Excess of expected losses over impairment
 
(403)
 
(440)
 
(296)
 
Gains or losses on liabilities at fair value resulting from own credit
 
981
 
656
 
136
 
Defined benefit pension fund assets
 
(2,367)
 
(2,534)
 
(2,654)
 
Direct and indirect holdings by an institution of own CET1 instruments
 
(1)
 
(5)
 
(20)
 
Adjustment under IFRS 9 transitional arrangements
 
138
 
83
 
288
 
Other regulatory adjustments
 
129
 
100
 
357
 
CET1 capital
 
48,558
 
47,030
 
47,304
 
 
 
 
 
AT1 capital
 
 
 
 
Capital instruments and related share premium accounts
 
12,108
 
11,755
 
13,263
 
Other regulatory adjustments and deductions
 
(32)
 
(16)
 
(60)
 
AT1 capital
 
12,076
 
11,739
 
13,203
 
 
 
 
 
T1 capital
 
60,634
 
58,769
 
60,507
 
 
 
 
 
T2 capital
 
 
 
 
Capital instruments and related share premium accounts
 
9,150
 
8,587
 
7,966
 
Qualifying T2 capital (including minority interests) issued by subsidiaries
 
367
 
379
 
569
 
Other regulatory adjustments and deductions
 
(33)
 
(19)
 
(160)
 
Total regulatory capital
 
70,118
 
67,716
 
68,882
 
 
 
 
 
Less : Ineligible T2 capital (including minority interests) issued by subsidiaries
 
(367)
 
(379)
 
(569)
 
Eligible liabilities
 
53,547
 
51,330
 
46,995
 
 
 
 
 
Total own funds and eligible liabilities3
 
123,298
 
118,667
 
115,308
 
 
 
 
 
Total RWAs
 
358,127
 
340,401
 
342,717
 
 
1
CET1, T1 and T2 capital, and RWAs are calculated applying the transitional arrangements in accordance with UK CRR. This includes IFRS 9 transitional arrangements and the grandfathering of certain capital instruments until 28 June 2025. Effective from 1 January 2025, the IFRS 9 transitional arrangements no longer applied.
2
The fully loaded CET1 ratio, as is relevant for assessing against the conversion trigger in Barclays PLC AT1 securities, was 13.5%, with £48.4bn of CET1 capital and £358.1bn of RWAs calculated without applying the transitional arrangements in accordance with UK CRR.
3
As at 31 December 2024, the Group's MREL requirement, excluding the PRA buffer, was to hold £108.0bn of own funds and eligible liabilities equating to 30.2% of RWAs. The Group remains above its MREL regulatory requirement including the PRA buffer.
 
Movement in CET1 capital
Three months ended
31.12.24
Twelve months ended
31.12.24
 
£m
£m
Opening CET1 capital
47,030
47,304
 
 
 
Profit for the period attributable to equity holders
1,193
6,307
Own credit relating to derivative liabilities
(7)
20
Ordinary share dividends paid and foreseen
(294)
(1,212)
Purchased and foreseeable share repurchase
(1,750)
Other equity coupons paid and foreseen
(223)
(983)
Increase in retained regulatory capital generated from earnings
669
2,382
 
 
 
Net impact of share schemes
141
235
Fair value through other comprehensive income reserve
(357)
(507)
Currency translation reserve
1,282
(46)
Other reserves
3
(108)
Increase/(Decrease) in other qualifying reserves
1,069
(426)
 
 
 
Pension remeasurements within reserves
(176)
(303)
Defined benefit pension fund asset deduction
167
287
Net impact of pensions
(9)
(16)
 
 
 
Additional value adjustments (PVA)
(201)
(150)
Goodwill and intangible assets
(161)
(482)
Deferred tax assets that rely on future profitability excluding those arising from temporary differences
31
179
Excess of expected loss over impairment
37
(107)
Direct and indirect holdings by an institution of own CET1 instruments
4
19
Adjustment under IFRS 9 transitional arrangements
55
(150)
Other regulatory adjustments
34
5
Decrease in regulatory capital due to adjustments and deductions
(201)
(686)
 
 
 
Closing CET1 capital
48,558
48,558
 
CET1 capital increased by £1.3bn to £48.6bn (December 2023: £47.3bn). Significant movements in the period were:
 
£6.3bn of capital generated from profit partially offset by distributions of £3.9bn comprising:
 
£1.8bn of completed share buybacks announced with FY23 and H124 results
£1.2bn of ordinary share dividend paid and foreseen reflecting £0.4bn interim dividend paid and a £0.8bn accrual towards the FY24 dividend
£1.0bn of equity coupons paid and foreseen
 
 
£0.4bn decrease in other qualifying reserves including a £0.5bn reduction in the fair value through other comprehensive income reserve primarily due to a decrease in EUR asset swap spreads
 
£0.5bn increase in the goodwill and intangible assets deduction related to business acquisitions during the period, including Tesco Bank's retail business
 
RWAs by risk type and business
 
 
Credit risk
 
Counterparty credit risk
 
Market Risk
 
Operational risk
Total RWAs
 
STD
 
IRB
 
 
STD
 
IRB
 
Settlement Risk
 
CVA
 
 
STD
 
IMA
 
 
 
 
As at 31.12.24
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
Barclays UK
 
15,516
 
55,301
 
 
146
 
11
 
 
74
 
 
228
 
 
 
13,181
 
84,457
 
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
 
3,932
 
15,680
 
 
106
 
336
 
 
12
 
 
16
 
548
 
 
3,282
 
23,912
 
Barclays Private Bank & Wealth Management
 
5,058
 
434
 
 
118
 
31
 
 
16
 
 
44
 
330
 
 
1,859
 
7,890
 
Barclays Investment Bank
 
40,957
 
49,231
 
 
21,889
 
24,094
 
70
 
2,913
 
 
12,442
 
23,023
 
 
24,164
 
198,783
 
Barclays US Consumer Bank
 
21,019
 
966
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4,864
 
26,849
 
Head Office
 
6,580
 
8,162
 
 
1
 
20
 
 
4
 
 
 
212
 
 
1,257
 
16,236
 
Barclays Group
 
93,062
 
129,774
 
 
22,260
 
24,492
 
70
 
3,019
 
 
12,730
 
24,113
 
 
48,607
 
358,127
 
As at 30.09.24
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barclays UK
 
9,606
 
55,792
 
 
100
 
13
 
 
52
 
 
199
 
 
 
11,715
 
77,477
 
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
 
3,790
 
14,275
 
 
93
 
389
 
 
10
 
 
5
 
507
 
 
3,024
 
22,093
 
Barclays Private Bank & Wealth Management
 
4,846
 
482
 
 
80
 
24
 
 
11
 
 
41
 
305
 
 
1,546
 
7,335
 
Barclays Investment Bank
 
38,757
 
47,864
 
 
20,458
 
23,709
 
118
 
2,466
 
 
13,087
 
23,559
 
 
24,179
 
194,197
 
Barclays US Consumer Bank
 
18,316
 
839
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4,051
 
23,206
 
Head Office
 
6,488
 
8,346
 
 
1
 
15
 
 
3
 
 
1
 
196
 
 
1,043
 
16,093
 
Barclays Group
 
81,803
 
127,598
 
 
20,732
 
24,150
 
118
 
2,542
 
 
13,333
 
24,567
 
 
45,558
 
340,401
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barclays UK
 
10,472
 
50,761
 
 
178
 
 
 
94
 
 
274
 
 
 
11,715
 
73,494
 
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
 
3,458
 
13,415
 
 
262
 
167
 
 
14
 
 
2
 
541
 
 
3,024
 
20,883
 
Barclays Private Bank & Wealth Management
 
4,611
 
455
 
 
182
 
27
 
 
30
 
 
1
 
322
 
 
1,546
 
7,174
 
Barclays Investment Bank
 
37,749
 
52,190
 
 
18,512
 
21,873
 
159
 
3,248
 
 
14,623
 
24,749
 
 
24,179
 
197,282
 
Barclays US Consumer Bank
 
19,824
 
966
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4,051
 
24,841
 
Head Office
 
6,772
 
10,951
 
 
1
 
21
 
 
6
 
 
1
 
248
 
 
1,043
 
19,043
 
Barclays Group
 
82,886
 
128,738
 
 
19,135
 
22,088
 
159
 
3,392
 
 
14,901
 
25,860
 
 
45,558
 
342,717
 
 
Movement analysis of RWAs
 
Credit risk
 
Counterparty credit risk
 
Market risk
 
Operational risk
 
Total RWAs
 
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
Opening RWAs (as at 31.12.23)
 
211,624
 
44,774
 
40,761
 
45,558
 
342,717
 
Book size
 
2,786
 
4,623
 
(3,814)
 
2,328
 
5,923
 
Acquisitions and disposals
 
5,353
 
 
 
721
 
6,074
 
Book quality
 
(797)
 
(304)
 
 
 
(1,101)
 
Model updates
 
196
 
680
 
 
 
876
 
Methodology and policy
 
3,607
 
550
 
 
 
4,157
 
Foreign exchange movements1
 
67
 
(482)
 
(104)
 
 
(519)
 
Total RWA movements
 
11,212
 
5,067
 
(3,918)
 
3,049
 
15,410
 
Closing RWAs (as at 31.12.24)
 
222,836
 
49,841
 
36,843
 
48,607
 
358,127
 
 
1
Foreign exchange movements does not include the impact of foreign exchange for modelled market risk or operational risk.
 
Overall RWAs increased £15.4bn to £358.1bn (December 2023: £342.7bn).
 
Credit risk RWAs increased £11.2bn:
A £2.8bn increase in book size primarily driven by strategic growth in lending within UKCB and Barclays UK
A £5.4bn increase in acquisitions and disposals primarily driven by the acquisition of Tesco Bank's retail banking business, partially offset by the sale of the Italian mortgage portfolio
A £3.6bn increase in methodology and policy within Barclays UK and IB
 
Counterparty Credit risk RWAs increased £5.1bn:
A £4.6bn increase in book size primarily driven by increased client derivative activity within Global Markets
 
Market risk RWAs decreased £3.9bn:
A £3.8bn decrease in book size RWAs due to trading activity within Global Markets
 
Operational risk RWAs increased £3.0bn:
A £2.3bn increase in book size primarily driven by the inclusion of higher 2024 income compared to 2021
 
Leverage ratios1,2
 
As at
31.12.24
 
As at
30.09.24
 
As at
31.12.23
 
£m
£m
£m
UK leverage ratio3
 
5.0%
 
4.9%
 
5.2%
 
T1 capital
 
60,634
 
58,769
 
60,507
 
UK leverage exposure
 
1,206,502
 
1,197,445
 
1,168,275
 
Average UK leverage ratio
 
4.6%
 
4.6%
 
4.8%
 
Average T1 capital
 
60,291
 
59,328
 
60,343
 
Average UK leverage exposure
 
1,308,335
 
1,277,714
 
1,266,880
 
 
1
Capital and leverage measures are calculated applying the transitional arrangements in accordance with UK CRR. This includes IFRS 9 transitional arrangements and the grandfathering of certain capital instruments until 28 June 2025. Effective from 1 January 2025, the IFRS 9 transitional arrangements no longer applied.
2
Fully loaded UK leverage ratio was 5.0%, with £60.5bn of T1 capital and £1,206.4bn of leverage exposure. Fully loaded average UK leverage ratio was 4.6% with £60.2bn of T1 capital and £1,308.2bn of leverage exposure. Fully loaded UK leverage ratios are calculated without applying the transitional arrangements in accordance with UK CRR.
3
Although the leverage ratio is expressed in terms of T1 capital, the leverage ratio buffers and 75% of the minimum requirement must be covered solely with CET1 capital. The CET1 capital held against the 0.53% G-SII ALRB was £6.3bn and against the 0.3% CCLB was £3.6bn.
 
The UK leverage ratio decreased to 5.0% (December 2023: 5.2%) due to an increase in exposure of £38.2bn to £1,206.5bn (December 2023: £1,168.3bn). The increase in exposure was largely driven by an increase in derivatives in Global Markets, increased investment in debt securities and the acquisition of Tesco Bank.
 
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Condensed consolidated income statement
 
Year ended 31.12.24
Year ended 31.12.23
 
£m
£m
Interest and similar income
38,326
35,075
Interest and similar expense
(25,390)
(22,366)
Net interest income
12,936
12,709
Fee and commission income
10,847
10,121
Fee and commission expense
(3,600)
(3,592)
Net fee and commission income
7,247
6,529
Net trading income
5,768
5,945
Net investment income
216
61
Gain on acquisition1
556
Other income
 
65
134
Total income
26,788
25,378
 
 
 
Staff costs
(9,876)
(10,017)
Infrastructure, administration and general expenses
(6,319)
(6,697)
UK regulatory levies2
 
(320)
(180)
Litigation and conduct
(220)
(37)
Operating expenses
(16,735)
(16,931)
 
 
 
Share of post-tax results of associates and joint ventures
37
(9)
Profit before impairment
10,090
8,438
Credit impairment charges
(1,982)
(1,881)
Profit before tax
8,108
6,557
Tax charge
(1,752)
(1,234)
Profit after tax
6,356
5,323
 
 
 
Attributable to:
 
 
Shareholders of the parent
5,316
4,274
Other equity holders
991
985
Equity holders of the parent
6,307
5,259
Non-controlling interests
49
64
Profit after tax
6,356
5,323
 
 
 
Earnings per share
 
 
Basic earnings per ordinary share
 
36.0p
 
27.7p
 
Diluted earnings per ordinary share
 
34.8p
 
26.9p
 
 
 
 
 
1
Related to Tesco Bank acquisition, please refer to Group Finance Director's Review - Other matters section for details.
2
Comprises the impact of the BoE levy scheme and the UK bank levy.
 
Condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income
 
 
Year ended
31.12.24
Year ended
31.12.23
 
Notes1
£m
£m
Profit after tax
 
6,356
5,323
 
 
 
 
Other comprehensive (loss)/ income that may be recycled to profit or loss:2
 
 
 
Currency translation reserve
8
(46)
(1,101)
Fair value through other comprehensive income reserve
8
(507)
197
Cash flow hedging reserve
8
777
3,528
Other comprehensive income that may be recycled to profit
 
 
224
2,624
 
 
 
 
Other comprehensive loss not recycled to profit or loss:2
 
 
 
Retirement benefit remeasurements
7
(303)
(855)
Fair value through other comprehensive income reserve
8
(3)
Own credit
8
(822)
(710)
Other comprehensive loss not recycled to profit
 
 
(1,125)
(1,568)
 
 
 
 
Other comprehensive (loss)/ income for the period
 
(901)
1,056
 
 
 
 
Total comprehensive income for the period
 
5,455
6,379
 
 
 
 
Attributable to:
 
 
 
Equity holders of the parent
 
5,406
6,315
Non-controlling interests
 
49
64
Total comprehensive income for the period
 
5,455
6,379
 
 
 
 
 
1
For Notes to the Financial Statements see pages 70 to 73.
2
Reported net of tax.
 
Condensed consolidated balance sheet
 
As at 31.12.24
As at 31.12.23
Assets
£m
£m
Cash and balances at central banks
210,184
224,634
Cash collateral and settlement balances
119,843
108,889
Debt securities at amortised cost
68,210
56,749
Loans and advances at amortised cost to banks
8,327
9,459
Loans and advances at amortised cost to customers
337,946
333,288
Reverse repurchase agreements and other similar secured lending at amortised cost
4,734
2,594
Trading portfolio assets
166,453
174,605
Financial assets at fair value through the income statement
193,734
206,651
Derivative financial instruments
293,530
256,836
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income
78,059
71,836
Investments in associates and joint ventures
891
879
Goodwill and intangible assets
8,275
7,794
Property, plant and equipment
3,604
3,417
Current tax assets
155
121
Deferred tax assets
6,321
5,960
Retirement benefit assets
3,263
3,667
Assets included in a disposal group classified as held for sale
9,854
3,916
Other assets
4,819
6,192
Total assets
1,518,202
1,477,487
 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
Deposits at amortised cost from banks
13,203
14,472
Deposits at amortised cost from customers
547,460
524,317
Cash collateral and settlement balances
106,229
94,084
Repurchase agreements and other similar secured borrowings at amortised cost
39,415
41,601
Debt securities in issue
92,402
96,825
Subordinated liabilities
11,921
10,494
Trading portfolio liabilities
56,908
58,669
Financial liabilities designated at fair value
282,224
297,539
Derivative financial instruments
279,415
250,044
Current tax liabilities
566
529
Deferred tax liabilities
18
22
Retirement benefit liabilities
240
266
Provisions
1,383
1,584
Liabilities included in a disposal group classified as held for sale
3,726
3,164
Other liabilities
10,611
12,013
Total liabilities
1,445,721
1,405,623
 
 
 
Equity
 
 
Called up share capital and share premium
4,186
4,288
Other reserves
(468)
(77)
Retained earnings
56,028
53,734
Shareholders' equity attributable to ordinary shareholders of the parent
59,746
57,945
Other equity instruments
12,075
13,259
Total equity excluding non-controlling interests
71,821
71,204
Non-controlling interests
660
660
Total equity
72,481
71,864
 
 
 
Total liabilities and equity
1,518,202
1,477,487
 
Condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity
 
Called up share capital and share premium1,2
 
Other equity instruments3
 
Other reserves4
 
 
 
Retained earnings
 
 
 
Total
 
Non-controlling interests
 
 
Total equity
 
Year ended 31.12.2024
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
Balance as at 1 January 2024
4,288
13,259
(77)
53,734
71,204
660
71,864
Profit after tax
991
5,316
6,307
49
6,356
Currency translation movements
(46)
(46)
(46)
Fair value through other comprehensive income reserve
(507)
(507)
(507)
Cash flow hedges
777
777
777
Retirement benefit remeasurements
(303)
(303)
(303)
Own credit
(822)
(822)
(822)
Total comprehensive income for the period
991
(598)
5,013
5,406
49
5,455
Employee share schemes and hedging thereof
103
874
977
977
Issue and redemption of other equity instruments
(1,155)
(96)
(1,251)
(1,251)
Other equity instruments coupon paid
(991)
(991)
(991)
Vesting of employee share schemes net of purchases
(1)
(508)
(509)
(509)
Dividends paid
(1,221)
(1,221)
(49)
(1,270)
Repurchase of shares
(205)
205
(1,760)
(1,760)
(1,760)
Other movements
(29)
3
(8)
(34)
(34)
Balance as at 31 December 2024
4,186
12,075
(468)
56,028
71,821
660
72,481
 
Year ended 31.12.2023
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
Balance as at 1 January 2023
4,373
13,284
(2,192)
52,827
68,292
968
69,260
Profit after tax
985
4,274
5,259
64
5,323
Currency translation movements
(1,101)
(1,101)
(1,101)
Fair value through other comprehensive income reserve
194
194
194
Cash flow hedges
3,528
3,528
3,528
Retirement benefit remeasurements
(855)
(855)
(855)
Own credit
(710)
(710)
(710)
Total comprehensive income for the period
985
1,911
3,419
6,315
64
6,379
Employee share schemes and hedging thereof
124
497
621
621
Issue and redemption of other equity instruments
(30)
(38)
(68)
(312)
(380)
Other equity instruments coupon paid
(985)
(985)
(985)
Vesting of employee share schemes net of purchases
(8)
(506)
(514)
(514)
Dividends paid
(1,210)
(1,210)
(64)
(1,274)
Repurchase of shares
(209)
209
(1,257)
(1,257)
(1,257)
Other movements
5
3
2
10
4
14
Balance as at 31 December 2023
4,288
13,259
(77)
53,734
71,204
660
71,864
 
1
As at 31 December 2024, Called up share capital comprises 14,420m (December 2023: 15,155m) ordinary shares of 25p each.
2
For the period ended 31 December 2024, Barclays PLC executed two share buybacks totalling £1,750m. Accordingly, it repurchased and cancelled 818m shares. The nominal value of £205m has been transferred from Share capital to Capital redemption reserve within Other reserves. For the year ended 31 December 2023, two share buybacks were executed, totalling £1,250m. Accordingly, Barclays PLC repurchased and cancelled 837m shares. The nominal value of £209m was transferred from Share capital to Capital redemption reserve within Other reserves.
3
Other equity instruments of £12,075m (December 2023: £13,259m) comprise AT1 securities issued by Barclays PLC. There were two issuances in the form of Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities for £1,598m (net of £6m issuance costs) and two redemption of £2,753m (net of £12m issuance costs, transferred to retained earnings on redemption) for the period ended 31 December 2024. During the period ended 31 December 2023, there were three issuances in the form of Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities, for £3,140m, which includes issuance costs of £10m and two redemptions totalling £3,170m.
4
See Note 8 Other reserves.
 
Condensed consolidated cash flow statement
 
Year ended
31.12.24
Year ended
31.12.23
 
£m
£m
Profit before tax
 
8,108
 
6,557
 
Adjustment for non-cash items
 
6,620
 
15,250
 
Net decrease in loans and advances at amortised cost
 
284
 
10,947
 
Net increase/(decrease) in deposits at amortised cost
 
14,952
 
(6,958)
 
Net decrease in debt securities in issue
 
(9,978)
 
(19,640)
 
Changes in other operating assets and liabilities
 
(11,590)
 
(6,247)
 
Corporate income tax paid
 
(1,283)
 
(836)
 
Net cash from operating activities
 
7,113
 
(927)
 
Net cash from investing activities
 
(17,886)
 
(23,414)
 
Net cash from financing activities1
 
784
 
(1,389)
 
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
 
(2,407)
 
(5,053)
 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
 
(12,396)
 
(30,783)
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period
 
248,007
 
278,790
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period
 
235,611
 
248,007
 
 
1
Issuance and redemption of debt securities included in financing activities relate to instruments that qualify as eligible liabilities and satisfy regulatory requirements for MREL instruments which came into effect during 2019.
 
Financial Statement Notes
 
1.
Tax
 
The tax charge for 2024 was £1,752m (2023: £1,234m), representing an effective tax rate (ETR) of 21.6% (2023: 18.8%). Included in the 2024 tax charge is a credit in respect of payments made on AT1 instruments that are classified as equity for accounting purposes.
 
As at 31.12.24
 
As at 31.12.23
 
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
£m
£m
UK
 
4,451
 
4,081
 
USA
 
1,432
 
1,359
 
Other territories
 
438
 
520
 
Deferred tax assets
 
6,321
 
5,960
 
Deferred tax liabilities
 
(18)
 
(22)
 
 
 
 
Analysis of deferred tax assets
 
 
 
Temporary differences
 
4,787
 
4,212
 
Tax losses
 
1,534
 
1,748
 
Deferred tax assets
 
6,321
 
5,960
 
 
2.
Earnings per share
 
 
Year ended
31.12.24
Year ended
31.12.23
 
£m
£m
Profit attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent
 
5,316
 
4,274
 
 
 
 
 
m
 
m
 
Basic weighted average number of shares in issue
 
14,755
 
15,445
 
Number of potential ordinary shares
 
516
 
450
 
Diluted weighted average number of shares
 
15,271
 
15,895
 
 
 
 
 
p
 
p
 
Basic earnings per ordinary share
 
36.0
 
27.7
 
Diluted earnings per ordinary share
 
34.8
 
26.9
 
 
3.
Dividends on ordinary shares
 
 
Year ended 31.12.24
Year ended 31.12.23
 
Per share
Total
Per share
Total
Dividends paid during the period
p
£m
p
£m
Full year dividend paid during period
 
5.30
 
796
 
5.00
 
793
 
Interim dividend paid during the period
 
2.90
 
425
 
2.70
 
417
 
Total dividend
 
8.20
 
1,221
 
7.70
 
1,210
 
It is Barclays' policy to declare and pay dividends on a semi-annual basis. The 2024 full year dividend of 5.5p per ordinary share will be paid on 4 April 2025 to the shareholders on the Share Register on 28 February 2025. The financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 do not reflect this dividend, which will be accounted for in Shareholders' Equity as an appropriation of retained profits in the year ending 31 December 2025. A half year dividend for 2024 of 2.9p (H123: 2.7p) per ordinary share was paid on 20 September 2024.
The Directors have confirmed their intention to initiate a share buyback of up to £1.0bn after the balance sheet date. The share buyback is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2025. The financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 do not reflect the impact of the proposed share buyback, which will be accounted for as and when shares are repurchased by the Company. Dividends and share buybacks are funded out of distributable reserves.
 
4.
Fair value of financial instruments
 
This section should be read in conjunction with Note 17, Fair value of financial instruments of the Barclays PLC Annual Report 2024 which provides more detail about accounting policies adopted, valuation methodologies used in calculating fair value and the valuation control framework which governs oversight of valuations. There have been no changes in the accounting policies adopted or the valuation methodologies used.
 
Valuation
 
The following table shows the Group’s assets and liabilities that are held at fair value disaggregated by valuation technique (fair value hierarchy) and balance sheet classification:
 
 
Valuation technique using
 
 
 
Quoted market prices
 
Observable inputs
 
Significant unobservable inputs
 
 
 
(Level 1)
 
(Level 2)
 
(Level 3)
 
Total
 
As at 31.12.24
£m
£m
£m
£m
Trading portfolio assets
 
77,761
 
78,577
 
10,115
 
166,453
 
Financial assets at fair value through the income statement
 
3,526
 
181,784
 
8,424
 
193,734
 
Derivative financial instruments
 
101
 
291,352
 
2,077
 
293,530
 
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income
 
25,913
 
48,407
 
3,739
 
78,059
 
Investment property
 
 
 
9
 
9
 
Total assets
 
107,301
 
600,120
 
24,364
 
731,785
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trading portfolio liabilities
 
(27,694)
 
(28,819)
 
(395)
 
(56,908)
 
Financial liabilities designated at fair value
 
(181)
 
(278,785)
 
(3,258)
 
(282,224)
 
Derivative financial instruments
 
(86)
 
(276,148)
 
(3,181)
 
(279,415)
 
Total liabilities
 
(27,961)
 
(583,752)
 
(6,834)
 
(618,547)
 
 
 
 
 
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
 
 
Trading portfolio assets
 
94,658
 
73,438
 
6,509
 
174,605
 
Financial assets at fair value through the income statement
 
5,831
 
192,571
 
8,249
 
206,651
 
Derivative financial instruments
 
107
 
253,189
 
3,540
 
256,836
 
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income
 
30,247
 
40,511
 
1,078
 
71,836
 
Investment property
 
 
 
2
 
2
 
Total assets
 
130,843
 
559,709
 
19,378
 
709,930
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trading portfolio liabilities
 
(29,274)
 
(29,027)
 
(368)
 
(58,669)
 
Financial liabilities designated at fair value
 
(117)
 
(296,200)
 
(1,222)
 
(297,539)
 
Derivative financial instruments
 
(81)
 
(245,310)
 
(4,653)
 
(250,044)
 
Total liabilities
 
(29,472)
 
(570,537)
 
(6,243)
 
(606,252)
 
 
5.
Subordinated liabilities
 
 
Year ended 31.12.24
 
Year ended 31.12.23
 
 
£m
£m
Opening balance as at 1 January
10,494
11,423
Issuances
1,870
1,523
Redemptions
(476)
(2,239)
Other
33
(213)
Closing balance
11,921
10,494
 
Issuances of £1,870m comprise £1,276m EUR 4.973% Fixed Rate Resetting Tier 2 Subordinated Callable Notes, £258m AUD 6.158% Fixed to Floating Tier 2 Subordinated Callable Notes, £257m AUD Floating Rate Tier 2 Subordinated Callable notes issued externally by Barclays PLC and £79m USD Floating Rate Notes issued externally by a Barclays subsidiary.
 
Redemptions of £476m comprise £372m USD 4.375% Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes issued externally by Barclays PLC,£78m USD Floating Rate Notes and £26m JPY Floating Rate Notes issued externally by a Barclays subsidiary.
 
Other movements predominantly comprise foreign exchange movements and fair value hedge adjustments.
 
6.
Provisions
 
 
As at 31.12.24
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
£m
£m
Customer redress
 
299
295
Legal, competition and regulatory matters
 
59
99
Redundancy and restructuring
 
213
397
Undrawn contractually committed facilities and guarantees
 
439
504
Onerous leases
 
14
Sundry provisions
 
359
289
Total
 
1,383
1,584
 
7.
Retirement benefits
 
As at 31 December 2024, the Group’s IAS 19 net retirement benefit assets were £3.0bn (December 2023: £3.4bn). The UK Retirement Fund (UKRF), which is the Group’s main scheme, had an IAS 19 net surplus of £3.2bn (December 2023: £3.6bn). The decrease in UKRF surplus during 2024 was driven by changes in market conditions, primarily due to the high rates environment.
The UKRF annual funding update as at 30 September 2024 showed a surplus of £1.75bn compared to £2.02bn at 30 September 2023.
 
8.
Other reserves
 
 
As at 31.12.24
As at 31.12.23
 
£m
£m
Currency translation reserve
 
3,625
3,671
Fair value through other comprehensive income reserve
 
(1,873)
(1,366)
Cash flow hedging reserve
 
(2,930)
(3,707)
Own credit reserve
 
(1,059)
(240)
Other reserves and treasury shares
1,769
1,565
Total
 
(468)
(77)
 
Currency translation reserve
The currency translation reserve represents the cumulative gains and losses on the retranslation of the Group’s net investment in foreign operations, net of the effects of hedging.
As at 31 December 2024, there was a cumulative gain of £3,625m (December 2023: £3,671m gain) in the currency translation reserve, a loss during the period of £46m (2023: loss of £1,101m) net off tax credit of £13m (2023: £9m). This principally reflects the appreciation of GBP against major currencies EUR & JPY offset by GBP depreciating against USD during 2024.
 
Fair value through other comprehensive income reserve
The fair value through other comprehensive income reserve represents the total of unrealised gains and losses on fair value through other comprehensive income investments since initial recognition.
As at 31 December 2024, there was a cumulative loss of £1,873m (December 2023: £1,366m loss) in the reserve. The loss during the period of £505m (2023: £194m gain) was driven by a £536m unrealised loss (2023: £299m gain) from the movement in fair value of bonds net of hedges and a net gain of £164m transferred to the income statement (2023: £26m gain) offset by a tax credit of £194m (2023: tax charge of £78m). The unrealised loss of £536m was primarily due to a decrease in EUR asset swap spreads.
 
Cash flow hedging reserve
The cash flow hedging reserve represents the cumulative gains and losses on effective cash flow hedging instruments that will be recycled to the income statement when the hedged transactions affect profit or loss.
As at 31 December 2024, there was a cumulative loss of £2,930m (December 2023: £3,707m loss) in the cash flow hedging reserve. The £777m gain in the period (2023: £3,528m gain) is driven by £1,831m of accumulated losses transferred to the income statement (2023: £1,750m losses), partially offset by £773m loss (2023: £3,120m gain) from fair value movements on interest rate swaps as major interest rate forward curves increased (2023: decreased) and a tax charge of £281m (2023: tax charge of £1,342m).
 
Own credit reserve
The own credit reserve reflects the cumulative own credit gains and losses on financial liabilities at fair value. Amounts in the own credit reserve are not recycled to profit or loss in future periods.
As at 31 December 2024 there was a cumulative loss of £1,059m (December 2023: £240m loss) in the own credit reserve, the loss of £819m during the period (2023: loss of £707m) principally reflects a £1,131m loss (2023: loss of £983m) from the tightening of credit spreads partially offset by tax credit of £309m (2023: tax credit of £273m).
 
Other reserves and treasury shares
Other reserves relate to redeemed ordinary and preference shares issued by the Group. Treasury shares relate to Barclays PLC shares held principally in relation to the Group’s various share schemes.
As at 31 December 2024, there was a cumulative gain of £1,769m (December 2023: £1,565m gain). This principally reflects an increase of £205m (December 2023: increase of £209m) due to the repurchase of 818m shares (December 2023: 837m) as part of the share buybacks conducted in 2024 offset by £1m loss (December 2023: £8m loss) on account of increase in treasury shares balance held in relation to employee share schemes.
 
Appendix: Non-IFRS Performance Measures
The Group’s management believes that the non-IFRS performance measures included in this document provide valuable information to the readers of the financial statements, as they enable the reader to identify a more consistent basis for comparing the businesses’ performance between financial periods, and provide more detail concerning the elements of performance which the managers of these businesses are most directly able to influence or are relevant for an assessment of the Group. They also reflect an important aspect of the way in which operating targets are defined and performance is monitored by management.
However, any non-IFRS performance measures in this document are not a substitute for IFRS measures and readers should consider the IFRS measures as well.
 
Non-IFRS performance measures glossary
 
Measure
 
Definition
 
Loan: deposit ratio
 
Total loans and advances at amortised cost divided by total deposits at amortised cost.
 
Attributable profit
 
Profit after tax attributable to ordinary shareholders of the parent.
 
Period end tangible equity refers to:
 
Period end tangible shareholders' equity (for Barclays Group)
 
Shareholders' equity attributable to ordinary shareholders of the parent, adjusted for the deduction of goodwill and intangible assets.
 
Period end allocated tangible equity (for businesses)
 
Allocated tangible equity is calculated as 13.5% (2023: 13.5%) of RWAs for each business, adjusted for capital deductions, excluding goodwill and intangible assets, reflecting the assumptions the Barclays Group uses for capital planning purposes. Head Office allocated tangible equity represents the difference between the Barclays Group’s tangible shareholders’ equity and the amounts allocated to businesses.
 
Average tangible equity refers to:
 
Average tangible shareholders’ equity (for Barclays Group)
 
Calculated as the average of the previous month’s period end tangible shareholders' equity and the current month’s period end tangible shareholders' equity. The average tangible shareholders’ equity for the period is the average of the monthly averages within that period.
 
Average allocated tangible equity (for businesses)
 
Calculated as the average of the previous month’s period end allocated tangible equity and the current month’s period end allocated tangible equity. The average allocated tangible equity for the period is the average of the monthly averages within that period.
 
Return on tangible equity (RoTE) refers to:
 
Return on average tangible shareholders’ equity (for Barclays Group)
 
Group attributable profit, as a proportion of average tangible shareholders’ equity. The components of the calculation have been included on pages 76 to 77.
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity (for businesses)
 
Business attributable profit, as a proportion of that business's average allocated tangible equity. The components of the calculation have been included on pages 76 to78.
 
Operating expenses excluding litigation and conduct
 
A measure of total operating expenses excluding litigation and conduct charges.
 
Operating costs
 
A measure of total operating expenses excluding litigation and conduct charges and UK regulatory levies.
 
Cost: income ratio
 
Total operating expenses divided by total income.
 
Loan loss rate
 
Quoted in basis points and represents total impairment charges divided by total gross loans and advances held at amortised cost (including portfolios reclassified to assets held for sale) at the balance sheet date.
 
Net interest margin
 
Net interest income divided by the sum of average customer assets. The components of the calculation have been included on page 29.
 
Tangible net asset value per share
 
Calculated by dividing shareholders’ equity, excluding non-controlling interests and other equity instruments, less goodwill and intangible assets, by the number of issued ordinary shares. The components of the calculation have been included on page 84.
 
Profit before impairment
 
Calculated by excluding credit impairment charges or releases from profit before tax.
 
Structural cost actions
 
Cost actions taken to improve future financial performance.
 
Group net interest income excluding Barclays Investment Bank and Head Office
 
A measure of Barclays Group net interest income, excluding the net interest income reported in Barclays Investment Bank and Head Office.
 
Inorganic activity
 
Inorganic activity refers to certain inorganic transactions announced as part of the FY23 Investor Update designed to improve Group RoTE beyond 2024. In FY24 this included the £220m loss on sale of the performing Italian retail mortgage portfolio, the £9m loss on disposal from the German consumer finance business and the £26m loss on sale of the non-performing Italian retail mortgage portfolio. This was offset by the day 1 net profit before tax of £347m from the acquisition of Tesco Bank.
 
Performance measures excluding the impact of inorganic activity
 
Calculated by excluding the impact of inorganic activity from performance measures. The components of the calculations for Barclays Group and businesses have been included on page 6 and on page 79.
 
Performance measures excluding the day 1 impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
 
Calculated by excluding the day 1 impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition, comprising an income gain of £556m as a result of consideration payable for the net assets being lower than fair value, partially offset by the post-acquisition £209m impairment charge from IFRS 9 recognition. See pages 82 and 83 for the reconciliation of performance measures excluding the day 1 impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition.
 
 
Returns
 
 
Year ended 31.12.24
 
 
Barclays UK
 
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
 
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
 
Barclays Investment Bank
 
Barclays US Consumer Bank
 
Head Office
 
Barclays Group
 
Return on average tangible equity
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
Attributable profit/(loss)
2,465
490
288
2,513
302
(742)
5,316
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
Average equity
14.6
3.1
1.1
29.7
3.7
6.5
58.7
Average goodwill and intangibles
(3.9)
(0.1)
(0.4)
(3.6)
(8.0)
Average tangible equity
10.7
 
3.1
 
1.0
 
29.7
 
3.3
 
2.9
 
50.7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average tangible equity
23.1%
16.0%
28.1%
8.5%
9.1%
n/m
10.5%
 
 
Year ended 31.12.23
 
 
Barclays UK
 
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
 
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
 
Barclays Investment Bank
 
Barclays US Consumer Bank
 
Head Office
 
Barclays Group
 
Return on average tangible equity
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
Attributable profit/(loss)
1,962
584
330
2,041
131
(774)
4,274
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
Average equity
14.0
2.9
1.1
29.0
3.8
5.0
55.8
Average goodwill and intangibles
(3.8)
(0.1)
(0.6)
(3.9)
(8.4)
Average tangible equity
10.2
 
2.9
 
1.0
 
29.0
 
3.2
 
1.1
 
47.4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average tangible equity
19.2%
20.5%
32.7%
7.0%
4.1%
n/m
9.0%
 
Barclays Group
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average tangible shareholders' equity
Q424
 
Q324
 
Q224
 
Q124
 
 
Q423
 
Q323
 
Q223
 
Q123
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
Attributable profit/(loss)
965
1,564
1,237
1,550
 
(111)
1,274
1,328
1,783
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
£bn
 
Average shareholders' equity
59.7
59.1
57.7
58.3
 
57.1
55.1
55.4
55.9
Average goodwill and intangibles
(8.2)
(8.1)
(7.9)
(7.8)
 
(8.2)
(8.6)
(8.7)
(8.3)
Average tangible shareholders' equity
51.5
51.0
49.8
50.5
 
48.9
46.5
46.7
47.6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average tangible shareholders' equity
7.5%
12.3%
9.9%
12.3%
 
(0.9)%
11.0%
11.4%
15.0%
 
Barclays UK
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
Q424
 
Q324
 
Q224
 
Q124
 
 
Q423
 
Q323
 
Q223
 
Q123
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
Attributable profit
781
621
584
479
 
382
531
534
515
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
£bn
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
 
£bn
 
Average allocated equity
15.1
14.5
14.4
14.3
 
14.1
14.0
14.2
13.9
Average goodwill and intangibles
(3.9)
(3.9)
(3.9)
(3.9)
 
(3.9)
(3.9)
(4.0)
(3.6)
Average allocated tangible equity
11.2
10.6
10.5
10.4
 
10.2
10.1
10.2
10.3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
28.0%
23.4%
22.3%
18.5%
 
14.9%
21.0%
20.9%
20.0%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
 
Q424
 
Q324
 
Q224
 
Q124
 
 
Q423
 
Q323
 
Q223
 
Q123
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
Attributable profit
98
144
135
113
 
59
129
239
157
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
Average allocated equity
3.2
3.1
3.0
3.0
 
2.8
2.8
2.9
2.9
Average goodwill and intangibles
 
Average allocated tangible equity
3.2
3.1
3.0
3.0
 
2.8
2.8
2.9
2.9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
12.3%
18.8%
18.0%
15.2%
 
8.4%
18.3%
32.9%
21.7%
 
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
 
Q424
 
Q324
 
Q224
 
Q124
 
 
Q423
 
Q323
 
Q223
 
Q123
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
Attributable profit
63
74
77
74
 
47
102
91
90
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
Average allocated equity
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.1
 
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
Average goodwill and intangibles
(0.1)
(0.1)
(0.1)
(0.1)
 
(0.1)
(0.1)
(0.1)
(0.1)
Average allocated tangible equity
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.0
 
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
23.9%
29.0%
30.8%
28.7%
 
19.1%
41.2%
35.9%
34.5%
 
Barclays Investment Bank
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
 
Q424
 
Q324
 
Q224
 
Q124
 
 
Q423
 
Q323
 
Q223
 
Q123
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
Attributable profit/(loss)
247
652
715
899
 
(149)
580
562
1,048
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
£bn
Average allocated equity
29.3
29.5
29.9
30.0
 
28.9
28.8
29.0
29.1
Average goodwill and intangibles
 
Average allocated tangible equity
29.3
29.5
29.9
30.0
 
28.9
28.8
29.0
29.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
3.4%
8.8%
9.6%
12.0%
 
(2.1)%
8.0%
7.7%
14.4%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barclays US Consumer Bank
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
 
Q424
 
Q324
 
Q224
 
Q124
 
 
Q423
 
Q323
 
Q223
 
Q123
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
Attributable profit/(loss)
94
89
75
44
 
(3)
3
72
59
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
£bn
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
 
£bn
£bn
£bn
 
£bn
 
Average allocated equity
4.0
3.8
3.6
3.6
 
3.6
3.8
3.9
3.9
Average goodwill and intangibles
(0.6)
(0.5)
(0.3)
(0.3)
 
(0.3)
(0.7)
(0.8)
(0.8)
Average allocated tangible equity
3.4
3.3
3.3
3.3
 
3.3
3.1
3.1
3.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average allocated tangible equity
11.2%
10.9%
9.2%
5.3%
 
(0.3)%
0.4%
9.3%
7.5%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Performance measures excluding the impact of inorganic activity1
Barclays Group
 
Year ended 31.12.24
 
 
Three months ended 31.12.24
 
 
£m
 
£m
Total income
26,788
 
6,964
Inorganic activity
327
 
567
Total income excluding inorganic activity
26,461
 
6,397
 
 
 
 
Credit impairment charges
(1,982)
 
(711)
Inorganic activity
(235)
 
(235)
Credit impairment charges excluding inorganic activity
(1,747)
 
(476)
 
 
 
 
Total operating expenses
(16,735)
 
(4,592)
 
 
 
 
Cost: income ratio excluding inorganic activity
63%
 
72%
 
 
 
 
Attributable profit
5,316
 
965
Post-tax impact of inorganic activity
(3)
 
230
Attributable profit excluding inorganic activity
5,319
 
735
 
 
 
 
Average tangible equity (£bn)
50.7
 
51.5
 
 
 
 
Return on average tangible equity excluding inorganic activity
10.5%
 
5.7%
 
1
Inorganic activity refers to certain inorganic transactions announced as part of the FY23 Investor Update designed to improve Group RoTE beyond 2024. In FY24 this included the £220m loss on sale of the performing Italian retail mortgage portfolio, the £9m loss on disposal from the German consumer finance business and the £26m loss on sale of the non-performing Italian retail mortgage portfolio. This was offset by the day 1 net profit before tax of £347m from the acquisition of Tesco Bank which completed 1 November 2024.
 
Performance measures excluding the impact of Q423 structural cost actions
 
Year ended 31.12.23
 
 
Barclays UK
 
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
 
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
 
Barclays Investment Bank
 
Barclays US Consumer Bank
 
Head Office
 
Barclays Group
 
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
Total operating expenses
(4,415)
(912)
(797)
(7,737)
(1,656)
(1,414)
(16,931)
Q423 structural cost actions
(168)
(27)
(29)
(169)
(19)
(515)
(927)
Total operating expenses excluding Q423 structural cost actions
(4,247)
(885)
(768)
(7,568)
(1,637)
(899)
(16,004)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total income
7,587
1,770
1,208
11,035
3,268
510
25,378
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost: income ratio excluding Q423 structural cost actions
56%
50%
64%
69%
50%
n/m
63%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Attributable profit/(loss)
1,962
584
330
2,041
131
(774)
4,274
Post-tax impact of Q423 structural cost actions
(122)
(20)
(24)
(126)
(14)
(433)
(739)
Attributable profit/(loss) excluding the impact of Q423 structural cost actions
2,084
604
354
2,167
145
(341)
5,013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average tangible equity (£bn)
10.2
2.9
1.0
29.0
3.2
1.1
47.4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average tangible equity excluding Q423 structural cost actions
20.4%
21.2%
35.1%
7.5%
4.6%
n/m
10.6%
 
Performance measures excluding the impact of Q423 structural cost actions
 
Three month ended 31.12.23
 
 
Barclays UK
 
Barclays UK Corporate Bank
 
Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management
 
Barclays Investment Bank
 
Barclays US Consumer Bank
 
Head Office
 
Barclays Group
 
 
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
£m
Total operating expenses
(1,187)
(267)
(257)
(2,059)
(420)
(730)
(4,920)
Q423 structural cost actions
(168)
(27)
(29)
(169)
(19)
(515)
(927)
Total operating expenses excluding Q423 structural cost actions
(1,019)
(240)
(228)
(1,890)
(401)
(215)
(3,993)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total income
1,792
395
313
2,037
866
195
5,598
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost: income ratio excluding Q423 structural cost actions
57%
61%
73%
93%
46%
n/m
71%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Attributable profit/(loss)
382
59
47
(149)
(3)
(447)
(111)
Post-tax impact of Q423 structural cost actions
(122)
(20)
(24)
(126)
(14)
(433)
(739)
Attributable profit/(loss) excluding the impact of Q423 structural cost actions
504
79
71
(23)
11
(14)
628
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average tangible equity (£bn)
10.2
2.8
1.0
28.9
3.3
2.7
48.9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average tangible equity excluding Q423 structural cost actions
19.7%
11.3%
28.9%
(0.3)%
1.4%
n/m
5.1%
 
Reconciliation of Barclays UK financial results excluding the day 1 impact of Tesco Bank acquisition
 
 
Barclays UK
 
Year ended
 
Three months ended
 
31.12.24
31.12.23
% Change
 
31.12.24
31.12.23
% Change
 
£m
£m
 
 
£m
£m
 
Total income
 
8,274
7,587
9
 
2,615
1,792
46
Day 1 income impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
 
556
 
 
556
 
Total income excluding day 1 impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
 
7,718
7,587
2
 
2,059
1,792
15
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net fee, commission and other income
 
1,647
1,156
42
 
 
 
 
Day 1 income impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
 
556
 
 
 
 
 
Net fee, commission and other income excluding day 1 impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
 
1,091
1,156
(6)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Profit before tax
 
3,580
2,868
25
 
 
 
 
Day 1 income impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
 
556
 
 
 
 
 
Day 1 impairment impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
 
(209)
 
 
 
 
 
Profit before tax excluding day 1 impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
 
3,233
2,868
13
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Attributable profit
 
2,465
1,962
26
 
 
 
 
Post-tax impact of day 1 impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
 
250
 
 
 
 
 
Attributable profit excluding the day 1 impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
 
2,215
1,962
13
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average tangible equity (£bn)
 
10.7
10.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on average tangible equity excluding the day 1 impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
 
20.8%
19.2%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Personal Banking
 
£m
£m
 
 
£m
£m
 
Total income
 
5,333
4,729
13
 
1,847
1,067
73
Day 1 income impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
 
556
 
 
556
 
Total income excluding the day 1 impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
 
4,777
4,729
1
 
1,291
1,067
21
 
The reconciliations above show certain Barclays UK performance measures excluding the day 1 impact from the Tesco Bank acquisition, comprising an income gain of £556m as a result of consideration payable for the net assets being lower than fair value, partially offset by the post-acquisition £209m impairment charge from IFRS 9 recognition.
See Other Matters on page 8 for further details of the Tesco Bank acquisition.
 
Reconciliation of loan loss rate excluding the day 1 impact of Tesco Bank acquisition
 
Barclays Group
 
Year ended 31.12.24
 
 
Three months ended 31.12.24
 
 
£m
 
£m
Credit impairment charges
(1,982)
 
(711)
Day 1 impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
(209)
 
(209)
Credit impairment charges excluding day 1 impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
(1,773)
 
(502)
 
 
 
 
 
£bn
 
£bn
Gross loans and advances held at amortised cost (including portfolios reclassified as held for sale)
429.6
 
429.6
Tesco Bank gross loans and advances held at amortised cost
8.3
 
8.3
Gross loans and advances held at amortised cost (including portfolios reclassified as held for sale) excluding Tesco Bank
421.3
 
421.3
 
 
 
 
Loan loss rate (bps)
46
 
66
Tesco Bank day 1 loan loss rate impact (bps)
4
 
19
Loan loss rate excluding the day 1 impact of Tesco Bank acquisition (bps)
42
 
47
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barclays UK
 
Year ended 31.12.24
 
 
Three months ended 31.12.24
 
 
£m
 
£m
Credit impairment charges
(365)
 
(283)
Day 1 impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
(209)
 
(209)
Credit impairment charges excluding day 1 impact of the Tesco Bank acquisition
(156)
 
(74)
 
 
 
 
 
£bn
 
 
£bn
 
Gross loans and advances held at amortised cost (including portfolios reclassified as held for sale)
227.5
 
227.5
Tesco Bank gross loans and advances held at amortised cost
8.3
 
8.3
Gross loans and advances held at amortised cost (including portfolios reclassified as held for sale) excluding Tesco Bank
219.2
 
219.2
 
 
 
 
Loan loss rate (bps)
16
 
49
Tesco Bank day 1 loan loss rate impact (bps)
9
 
36
Loan loss rate excluding the day 1 impact of Tesco Bank acquisition (bps)
7
 
13
 
 
 
 
 
Tangible net asset value per share
 
As at 31.12.24
 
As at 31.12.23
 
 
£m
£m
Total equity excluding non-controlling interests
71,821
71,204
Other equity instruments
(12,075)
(13,259)
Goodwill and intangibles
(8,275)
(7,794)
Tangible shareholders' equity attributable to ordinary shareholders of the parent
51,471
50,151
 
 
 
 
m
m
Shares in issue
14,420
15,155
 
 
 
 
 
p
p
Tangible net asset value per share
357
331
 
Shareholder Information
 
Results timetable1
 
 
 
 
Date
 
 
Ex-dividend date
 
 
 
 
27 February 2025
 
 
Dividend record date
 
 
 
 
28 February 2025
 
 
Cut off time of 5:00pm (UK time) for the receipt of Dividend Re-investment Programme (DRIP) Application Form Mandate
 
14 March 2025
 
 
Dividend payment date
 
 
 
 
4 April 2025
 
 
Q1 2025 Results Announcement
 
 
 
 
30 April 2025
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For qualifying US and Canadian resident ADR holders, the 2024 FY dividend of 5.5p per ordinary share becomes 22.0p per ADS (representing four shares). The ex-dividend date for ADR holders is 28 February 2025. The dividend record and dividend payment dates for ADR holders are as shown above.
A DRIP is provided by Equiniti Financial Services Limited. The DRIP enables the Company’s shareholders to elect to have their cash dividend payments used to purchase the Company’s shares. More information can be found at shareview.co.uk/info/drip
DRIP participants will usually receive their additional ordinary shares (in lieu of a cash dividend) three to four days after the dividend payment date. Qualifying US and Canadian resident ADR holders should contact Shareowner Services for further details regarding the DRIP.
Barclays PLC ordinary shares ISIN code: GB0031348658
Barclays PLC ordinary shares TIDM Code: BARC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Exchange rates2
31.12.24
31.12.23
%
Change3
 
 
 
 
 
 
Period end - USD/GBP
1.25
1.28
(2)%
 
 
 
 
 
 
YTD average - USD/GBP
1.28
1.24
3%
 
 
 
 
 
 
3 month average - USD/GBP
1.28
1.24
3%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Period end - EUR/GBP
1.21
1.15
5%
 
 
 
 
 
 
YTD average - EUR/GBP
1.18
1.15
3%
 
 
 
 
 
 
3 month average - EUR/GBP
1.20
1.15
4%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Share price data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barclays PLC (p)
268.15
153.78
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barclays PLC number of shares (m)
14,420
15,155
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For further information please contact
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investor relations
Media relations
 
Marina Shchukina +44 (0) 20 7116 2526
Tom Hoskin +44 (0) 20 7116 4755
 
 
 
 
More information on Barclays can be found on our website:home.barclays
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Registered office
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0) 20 7116 1000. Company number: 48839.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Registrar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equiniti, Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA, United Kingdom.
 
 
Tel: +44 (0)371 384 2055 (UK and International telephone number)4.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shareowner Services
 
P.O. Box 64504
 
St. Paul, MN 55164-0504
 
United States of America
 
shareowneronline.com
 
 
 
 
 
Toll Free Number (US and Canada): +1 800-990-1135
 
 
 
 
 
 
Outside the US and Canada: +1 651-453-2128
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Delivery of ADR certificates and overnight mail
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shareowner Services, 1110 Centre Pointe Curve, Suite 101, Mendota Heights, MN 55120-4100, USA.
 
 
1
Note that these dates are provisional and subject to change.
2
The average rates shown above are derived from daily spot rates during the year.
3
The change is the impact to GBP reported information.
4
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