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Q1 2026 Results

Barclays announced its Q1 2026 Results on Tuesday 28 April.

Our Sustainability insights

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In the Field: Mixergy at Hampton Court Palace

Historic buildings have limited retrofit options, as energy efficiency upgrades must be delivered without altering protected features. In this episode, Hampton Court Palace shows how they are working Mixergy to decarbonise their hot water supply.

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Investing in the energy transition in a fragmented world

As geopolitical fragmentation intensifies, energy investment is increasingly focused on resilience. Barclays' report 'Transition Realism: Financing Energy Systems' explores this shift and its intersection with the energy transition.

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Unlocking regional strengths to reinforce the UK's climate tech leadership

Barclays calls on government to support regional climate tech clusters with better access to capital, accelerators and AI capability - turning regional strengths into national growth engines.

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Our UK unlocked insights

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Travel in 2026: A resilient industry with rewritten assumptions

Simon Atkinson, Head of Travel, Barclays Corporate Banking, analyses 2026's key travel trends, and explores how the industry is managing the impact of the conflict in the Middle East.

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What's holding you back from investing?

As Barclays launches its Investment Readiness Index, which is designed to benchmark the UK's investment culture ahead of a national Invest for the Future campaign, Sasha Wiggins, Chair of the Invest for the Future campaign and CEO of Barclays Private Bank & Wealth Management explains why.

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Banking today's entrepreneurs: Why old-fashioned rules still prevail in a changing world

Matthew Townsend, Director & Team Leader at Barclays Private Bank and Wealth Management, gives his insight on what it's like to bank the titans of tomorrow.

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About Barclays

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Our Strategy

We have a clear plan to improve our operational and financial performance, and improve total shareholder returns. To do so, over the next three years we will make Barclays Simpler, Better and More balanced.

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Our Structure

We are a diversified bank with comprehensive UK consumer, corporate and wealth and private banking franchises, a leading investment bank and a strong, specialist US consumer bank.

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Addressing climate change

We have a clear strategy to meet our ambition to be a net zero bank by 2050: by achieving net zero operations, reducing our financed emissions and financing the transition.

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How Barclays supports the defence sector

With increasing geopolitical threats, the provision of financial services to the defence sector is increasingly important. Find out more about the work we do.

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Investment Bank insights

View thought-leading highlights by our market experts and analysts from across Barclays Investment Bank.

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AI gets physical: Innovation meets opportunity

With AI-powered humanoid robots set to transform the workforce, our Research analysts unpack the investment themes driving AI's next, more physical era.

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150 investor trends to 2035: Navigating polarised outcomes

The 2035 Thematic Roadmap guides investors through the next decade's investment landscape, analysing how increasingly binary outcomes may affect portfolios.

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The Profile of M&A in 2026

Strategic decisive action defines this M&A cycle; it is not a volume cycle, it's a conviction cycle. 2026 appears set up for clients to focus on fewer, bigger M&A deals.

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