The Annual Report makings interesting reading of Barclays PLC

[http://www.barclays.com/barclays-investor-relations/results-and-reports/annual-reports.html]

The three largest shareholders are:-

Qatar Holding LLC 6.65%
BlackRock, Incc  5.02%
The Capital Group Companies Inc 4.96%

The balance sheet is large….

Total assets £1,357,906 Million. That is £1.357 Trillion. (about 89% of the UK GDP).
Cash and balances at central banks £39,695 Million (£39 Billion)
Customer accounts £427,704 million (£427 billion are deposits from customers)
Loans and advances to customers £427,767 million (£427 billion are loans to customers)
Trading portfolio assets £114,717 million (The banks trading assets from its day to day trading operations)
Derivative financial instruments £439,909 million (yes, £439 billion in derivatives)
What is incredible is the amount of derivatives on the balance sheet, larger than the actual deposits from customers. The assets of Barclays are nearly the size of the total annual output (89%) of UK GDP. Our banks are too big to fail.