Portfolio Update

British Portfolio Trust PLC
03 April 2007



                                      BRITISH PORTFOLIO TRUST PLC
                                  TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS AT 30 March 2007

Stock Name                                            Market Value           %
                                                         £

BP                                                    4,658,719             5.68
GlaxoSmithKline                                       4,174,710             5.09
Royal Dutch Shell                                     3,546,281             4.32
Energy XXI                                            3,319,222             4.05
Vodafone Group                                        3,126,432             3.81
HSBC                                                  2,979,825             3.63
Royal Bank of Scotland                                2,958,373             3.61
Anglo American                                        2,213,215             2.70
Astrazeneca                                           2,075,659             2.53
Barclays                                              2,025,671             2.47

Total Gross Assets                                   82,050,300


Enquiries:

Peter Ingram
Company Secretary
Tel. [phone]

3 April 2007


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