A gas turbine engine having: a compressor; a combustor; a turbine; and an epicyclic gear stage having: a sun gear rotatable around a sun gear axis and drivable in rotation by an engine shaft; and a plurality of planet gears meshed with the sun gear circumferentially around the sun gear; and a carrier having a carrier portion and a torque transfer portion (50, 102), the carrier portion receiving the planet gears via corresponding planet bearings, a first axial end of the planet bearings being received by the carrier portion in a first bearing plane, and a second axial end of the planet bearings being received by the carrier portion at a second bearing plane, characterised in that: the torque transfer portion (50, 102) is connected to a power output shaft (32, 23) extending integrally from the carrier portion externally to the sun gear, the torque transfer portion (50, 102) is connected to the power output shaft (32, 23) at a balanced torque transfer plane located between the first bearing plane and the second bearing plane; the torque transfer portion (50, 102) is provided in the form a torque transfer body (50, 102), and the carrier portion is provided in the form of a carrier body, the torque transfer body (50, 102) and the carrier body being different components assembled to one another; the carrier body includes a first disc member coinciding with the first bearing plane and having a first set of bearing couplers receiving the first axial end of said planet bearings, a second disc member coinciding with the second bearing plane and having a second set of bearing couplers receiving the second axial end of said planet bearings, and a plurality of connecting members extending axially between the first disc member and the second disc member, and circumferentially between corresponding ones of said planet gears, the connecting members receiving the torque transfer body (50, 102); and the epicyclic gear stage further comprises a lubricant network extending from an oil source into the torque transfer portion (50, 102), and from the torque transfer portion (50, 102) into the carrier portion and to the planet bearings. a compressor; a combustor; a turbine; and an epicyclic gear stage having: a sun gear rotatable around a sun gear axis and drivable in rotation by an engine shaft; and a plurality of planet gears meshed with the sun gear circumferentially around the sun gear; and a carrier having a carrier portion and a torque transfer portion (50, 102), the carrier portion receiving the planet gears via corresponding planet bearings, a first axial end of the planet bearings being received by the carrier portion in a first bearing plane, and a second axial end of the planet bearings being received by the carrier portion at a second bearing plane, characterised in that: a sun gear rotatable around a sun gear axis and drivable in rotation by an engine shaft; and a plurality of planet gears meshed with the sun gear circumferentially around the sun gear; and a carrier having a carrier portion and a torque transfer portion (50, 102), the carrier portion receiving the planet gears via corresponding planet bearings, a first axial end of the planet bearings being received by the carrier portion in a first bearing plane, and a second axial end of the planet bearings being received by the carrier portion at a second bearing plane, characterised in that: the torque transfer portion (50, 102) is connected to a power output shaft (32, 23) extending integrally from the carrier portion externally to the sun gear, the torque transfer portion (50, 102) is connected to the power output shaft (32, 23) at a balanced torque transfer plane located between the first bearing plane and the second bearing plane; the torque transfer portion (50, 102) is provided in the form a torque transfer body (50, 102), and the carrier portion is provided in the form of a carrier body, the torque transfer body (50, 102) and the carrier body being different components assembled to one another; the carrier body includes a first disc member coinciding with the first bearing plane and having a first set of bearing couplers receiving the first axial end of said planet bearings, a second disc member coinciding with the second bearing plane and having a second set of bearing couplers receiving the second axial end of said planet bearings, and a plurality of connecting members extending axially between the first disc member and the second disc member, and circumferentially between corresponding ones of said planet gears, the connecting members receiving the torque transfer body (50, 102); and the epicyclic gear stage further comprises a lubricant network extending from an oil source into the torque transfer portion (50, 102), and from the torque transfer portion (50, 102) into the carrier portion and to the planet bearings.