Portfolio Update

British Portfolio Trust PLC
02 February 2007


                                      BRITISH PORTFOLIO TRUST PLC

                                 TOP 10 HOLDINGS AS AT 31 January 2007

Stock Name                                                         Market Value               %
                                                                         £

BP                                                                           4,722,698             5.78
GlaxoSmithKline                                                              4,082,005             5.00
Royal Dutch Shell                                                            3,575,641             4.38
Vodafone Group                                                               3,417,370             4.19
Energy XXI                                                                   3,325,836             4.07
HSBC                                                                         3,097,075             3.79
Royal Bank of Scotland                                                       3,050,915             3.74
Astrazeneca                                                                  2,156,923             2.64
Barclays                                                                     2,080,495             2.55
Anglo American                                                               1,955,903             2.40

Total Gross Assets                                                          81,650,263


Enquiries:

Peter Ingram
Company Secretary
Tel. [phone]

2 February 2007






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