BBC Trust

Each year the BBC reports to licence fee payers and audiences in the Annual Report and Accounts. The Annual Report and Accounts are formally laid in Parliament in accordance with the requirements of the Charter. Usually this happens in July. They are also published on the BBC’s website.

The Annual Report includes two separate reports. Part 1 is the BBC Trust’s review and assessment of BBC performance during the year. Part 1 also includes information about the work of the Trust and the costs of running the Trust. Part 2 is the BBC Executive’s report on its own performance during the year.

The BBC’s financial statements are prepared by the BBC Executive and audited by independent auditors before being presented to the Trust and laid in Parliament.

Annual Report and Accounts 2014/15

The 2014/15 Annual Report and Accounts and the full financial statements are published on the BBC's Annual Report website:

BBC Worldwide annual review

Audience Councils annual reviews

Each of the Trust's four Audience Councils publishes an annual review.

Trust service reviews - progress report

The Trust is required to review every BBC service once every five years. At the end of each service review, the Trust publishes a report and this contains action points which are either for the Trust to fulfil or areas where the Trust has asked the BBC Executive to take action.

This progress report shows that the majority of action points from the Trust’s service reviews have been fulfilled.

Purpose remit survey reports

These are the latest annual tracking reports on the BBC’s Public Purposes.  The Trust monitors the BBC’s performance to ensure the BBC provides value for money while staying true to its Public Purposes as set out in the Royal Charter.

BBC workforce equality

Each year the BBC publishes information about equality and diversity, including its arrangements for promoting equal opportunities in the workplace.

The Trust's observations are published below.

BBC staff training

As required by the BBC's Agreement, the Executive Board reports to the Trust annually on the current operation and effectiveness of the arrangements for the training and retraining of BBC staff. This commentary sets out the Trust's observations on the Executive's arrangements over the BBC's financial year ending at 31 March 2015.

Equality analysis

The Trust's equality analysis in relation to the production and publication of Part 1 of the Annual Report and Accounts for 2014/15 is available below.