Tuesday, July 23, 2024

BBC Accounts Nibbles 1

BBC licence fee income dropped by 2% over the year. There were 23.9 million licences in force at the year end (2022/23: 24.4 million). 

BBC Studios' earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation fell to £199m, from £252m.  

Severance payments over the year totalled £55m for 811 staff, compared with £28m for 416 the previous year.  

Some missed targets: % of UK adults 16+ who use two or more BBC modes on average per week: 61% Target circa 65%

% of UK 16-34s who use BBC TV/iPlayer, Radio or Online on average per week: 71% Target circa 75%

BBC Sounds 16-34 accounts 585k Target 0.6m+

BBC News Online weekly reach UK 16-34s: 31% Target 32%

BBC News presenter Huw Edwards earned upwards of £475k for the financial year, despite only being available for work for three months. His baseline was up from £35k the previous year. 

Radio Cymru carried just over 75 hours of trails for others and BBC Sounds promos over the year; plus  84 hours of self-promotion material. The BBC News Channel carried eight and a half days' worth of self-promotion. 

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