The BBC published the 2025-26 Annual Report on 14 July 2026, with the salary disclosures reported the same day by Sky News, STV and the Independent.
The annual report market resolves on publication of the BBC Group Annual Report and Accounts 2025/26 at bbc.com/aboutthebbc; the publication date on the document is authoritative.
Half of the BBC's bosses since 1987 resigned under pressure. The BBC has changed director-general eight times in that period. Four left in an orderly way, and four resigned in the middle of a row. What ended a boss's time early was a crisis over the BBC's journalism and programmes, and money played no part.