George Harrison's Oxfordshire-based widow Olivia, 63, and musician son Dhani, 32, plan to launch a number of floating schools with the help of Unicef to provide education for underprivileged children in remote areas of Bangladesh.

In the year to January 2010, profits at the Beatles' Apple Corps soared to £15.3m on nearly £50m sales. In 2009, Harrisongs, the Harrisons' Jersey company, showed nearly £6m net assets.