CLIMATE campaigners hit out at BP profits today as households struggle with rising energy bills.

The oil giant reported underlying profits of $7.49 billion (£5.47bn) for 2025, a 16 per cent annual fall.

End Fuel Poverty Coalition co-ordinator Simon Francis said the profits are “another reminder that energy giants continue to lock in billions while households face a fifth winter of hardship.”

He said: “These corporate windfalls do not occur by accident, they reflect a system where profits flow out to shareholders as millions live in cold, damp homes.

“Ministers must ensure the energy system is on the side of consumers, not the companies that have generated more than £125bn in UK profits since 2020.”

Uplift executive director Tessa Khan said BP is still making billions “while so many UK households continue to struggle with unaffordable energy bills.”

She said: “These results are a stark reminder why we as a country urgently need to move away from volatile oil and gas by developing more homegrown renewable energy.

“BP is moving away from renewables just at a time when the costs of climate change are becoming clear to everyone.”

She added that the company is “turning its back on the UK’s energy workers who, as the North Sea basin declines, need secure energy jobs that have a future.”

“This is a company that puts its profits above all else,” Ms Khan said.

Patrick Galey of Global Witness said: “As households struggled with weather extremes, rising food and energy bills — all intensified by climate breakdown — BP decided to recklessly double down on planet-heating oil and gas.”

BP reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.54bn (£1.12bn) and announced increased cost-saving targets of up to $6.5bn (£4.75bn) by the end of next year.