Telecommunications
BT, EE and Openreach are businesses within BT Group plc. The shareholder-owned telecommunications group has its headquarters in London. [1][3][4]
01 / Behind the name
Publicly listed · shareholder-owned group [4]
The chain shows the principal BT operating company. EE Limited and Openreach Limited are also listed as wholly owned group undertakings; their intermediate holding companies are omitted. This is not a breakdown of individual shareholder stakes. [1][4]
02 / On the map
Headquarters, incorporation and tax residence describe different things. A headquarters address does not tell you where all of a company’s tax is paid.
03 / The figures, with context
The 2026 Tax Strategy reports 2024/25 payments: no new UK corporation-tax payment and a £102m refund relating to earlier years. The negative figure below records that net refund. The 2025/26 annual cash-flow total is worldwide.
BT Group · UK
Period ending 31 Mar 2025
Net refund of £102m, received for earlier years. Printed pages 1–3 of the 2026 Tax Strategy relate to FY25, ending 31 March 2025; this is not a 2025/26 payment or a deferred-tax credit. [2]
BT Group · UK
Period ending 31 Mar 2026
The newer annual financial statements have been reviewed, but an equivalent UK-only cash figure has not been verified. The dated 2024/25 refund remains the headline. [1]
BT Group · worldwide
Period ending 31 Mar 2026
Consolidated cash-flow outflow on printed page 138. It is not a UK-only payment. [1]
BT Group · UK
Period ending 31 Mar 2025
£765m taxes borne, including the refund, plus £2,681m collected for government. Includes business rates, National Insurance, VAT and payroll deductions. Printed page 2. [2]
These figures have different scopes. They should not be added together or used as a like-for-like tax ranking.
Understand the measures04 / Check our working
Primary sources used in this profile. Company disclosures are attributed to the company; inclusion is not an independent audit.
BT Group plc · Printed pp. 138 (cash flow), 194 and 218 (BT plc), 222 (EE and Openreach); financial-statements extract
Accessed 26 Sept 2026BT Group plc · Printed pp. 1–3 (FY25 period, UK refund, total contribution); PDF pages 2–4
Accessed 26 Sept 2026BT Group plc · 1 Braham Street, London; England and Wales registration 4190816
Accessed 27 Sept 2026