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Each year we publish our Annual Report and Accounts which contains our assessment of how we have delivered our mission and public purposes and the extent to which the commitments set out in the Annual Plan, as well as regulatory and other commitments, have been met.

This year’s Annual Report and Accounts provides details on some of our cultural, social, and economic achievements during 2025/26.

The Best of the Â鶹Éç in 2025/26 (in under three and a half minutes)

Our audiences own the Â鶹Éç. Examine our performance over the past year by looking at how we’re used and perceived by the people of the UK and how this has changed.

Engaging with audiences

The Â鶹Éç’s Charter requires that the Â鶹Éç must ‘carefully and appropriately assess the views and interests of the public and audiences, including licence fee payers’, and ‘ensure that the diverse perspectives and interests of the public and audiences, including licence fee payers, are taken into account in its decision-making’.

How we met our audience goals is set out in the Our Audiences section. In the section below, we set out the channels through which we directly engage with audiences.

In 2025 we undertook our biggest ever listening exercise through the Our Â鶹Éç, Our Future questionnaire. This was designed to ensure that the voice of the audience is at the heart of the debate about the Â鶹Éç’s future as we look ahead to the review of our Royal Charter beyond 2027.

In total, 872,701 account holders shared their views, giving us a powerful picture of what people across the UK want and need from the Â鶹Éç as we reinvent what we do for the future.

• Visit the Our Â鶹Éç, Our Future website

In March, the Â鶹Éç published a response to the Government’s Green Paper on the review of our Royal Charter beyond 2027. It set out both the scale of the challenges we face and the exciting opportunities ahead.

Our response made the case for the Â鶹Éç as a vital national asset – one that belongs to everyone in the UK and represents a shared investment in our culture, our communities, our economy and our democracy at a time when this has never been more needed. Yet it was also clear-eyed about the growing jeopardy – both for the Â鶹Éç and the UK as a whole.

• Read the Â鶹Éç's response to the Government's Charter Review Green Paper

A Â鶹Éç for All

The Â鶹Éç has long upheld a distinctive mission: to inform, educate, and entertain everyone. This mission, enshrined in the Royal Charter alongside the Â鶹Éç’s five public purposes, remains the foundation of everything we do at the Â鶹Éç.

As the world changes, the role the Â鶹Éç plays for the UK is changing too. We want to offer outstanding value to all audiences in the years ahead whilst supporting the UK’s  democracy, creative economy and society. That’s why, aligned with our five public purposes, the Â鶹Éç is focused on three roles that are essential in today’s world.

Three Essential Roles

In an uncertain and fast-changing world, with truth and facts under growing assault, the Â鶹Éç’s commitment to impartial, accurate and trusted news and information is needed now more than ever.

It is our promise to the UK and audiences worldwide. Brave, public service journalism – local, national and international – which strengthens our democracy, our national security, and our society, available digitally, on audio and on video for all.

The Â鶹Éç’s commitment to backing homegrown storytelling is unique in its ambition, scale, and impact. As our media landscape continues to fragment, homegrown creativity is increasingly at risk of being squeezed out by global content.

In response, we must offer value to all licence fee payers by reflecting, representing and sharing stories from every part of the country, ensuring our economic impact is felt across the nations and regions, and showcasing the very best of the UK’s cultural identity to the world.

The Â鶹Éç is a unique and unifying force in our society, vital in countering the growing crisis of trust which leaves so many of us feeling isolated and divided.

Whilst social media echo chambers drive us apart, the Â鶹Éç provides a space where the whole of the UK public can come together for the biggest national moments, to engage in open, civil debate, and to share experiences and find common ground.

The Â鶹Éç exists to serve all audiences across the UK, delivering value for every licence fee payer.

Central to this mission is a commitment to ensure that the diversity of the UK’s voices, cultures and experiences are reflected in our journalism, storytelling and creative output – and that the economic and social impact of the Â鶹Éç is felt across the nations and regions.

Find out how the Â鶹Éç is delivering where you are

Annual Report and Accounts Archive