About BT Group


Charting our progress

Number of lines

 

Total at year
end 31st March

(000's)

Growth on
previous year

1980

17,592

7.5%

1981

18,418

4.7%

1982

18,963

3.0%

1983

19,429

2.5%

1984

20,065

3.3%

1985

20,528

3.6%

1986

21,261

3.6%

1987

21,828

3.0%

1989

22,770

4.3%

1989

23,848

4.7%

1990

24,913

4.5%

1991

25,488

2.3%

1992

25,595

0.9%

1993

26,084

1.9%

1994

26,640

2.1%

1995

27,072

1.8%

1996

27,300

0.8%

1997

27,553

0.9%

1998

27,600

0.4%

1999

28,100

1.4%

2000

28,500

1.6%

2001

28,996

1.5%

2002

29,165

 

2003

29,566

 

2004

29,661

 

2005

29,630

 

2006

28,293

 
2007 28,127  

Profits

 

Year end 31 March

Pre-tax profit
(£m)

Post-tax profit
(£m)

2002

1,126

1,031

2003

1,840

2,714

2004

2,013

1,406

2005

2,080

1,539

2006

2,177

1,644

2007 2,495 1,884

Note: Pre 2005 (UK GAAP values) Profit before tax, goodwill and exceptional items. Post 2004 (IFRS values) Profit before tax and specific items

Turnover

 

Year end 31 March


£m

2002

18,447

2003

18,727

2004

18,519

2005

18,429

2006

19,514

2007 20,223

 

Employees

 

Year End 31 March

Number of employees

1984

241,124

1985

235,178

1986

235,988

1987

234,397

1988

237,205

1989

244,418

1990

245,665

1991

226,900

1992

210,500

1993

170,700

1994

156,000

1995

137,500

1996

130,700

1997

127,500

1998

124,500

1999

124,700

2000

136,800

2001

137,000

2002

108,600

2003

104,700

2004

99,900

2005

102,100

2006

104,400

2007 106,200

Dividend payments since privatisation

 

Financial year

£m

Pence per share

1984-85

275

3.9p

1985-86

513

7.5p

1986-87

543

8.45p

1987-88

583

9.5p

1988-89

636

10.5p

1989-90

720

11.8p

1990-91

818

13.3p

1991-92

888

14.4p

1992-93

967

15.6p

1993-94

1,039

16.7p

1994-95

1,108

17.7p

1995-96

1,184

18.7p

1996-97

1,266*

19.85p*

1997-98

1,216

19.00p

1998-99

1,322

20.4p

1999-00

1,426

21.9p

2000-01

571

8.7p

2001-02

nil

2.0p

2002-03

367

6.5p

2003-04

645

8.5p

2004-05

784

10.4p

2005-06

907

11.9p

2006-07 1,053 15.1p


* Plus 2,244m to cover a Special Dividend of 35p relating to the proposed BT/MCI merger