Databarracks’ latest Data Health Check shows that UK organisations are moving beyond simply having continuity plans – they’re putting planning into practice through more frequent testing and exercising of their response and recovery processes.
Since the annual survey began in 2008, continuity has steadily climbed the agenda. In 2025, 85% of UK organisations now have a business continuity plan, compared with just 56% in 2015.
Organisations with business continuity plans are also backing them up with broader response structures. Alongside their BC plans, 92% also have an IT disaster recovery plan, 82% have a crisis management plan and 80% have a crisis communications plan.
