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Fourth National Lottery Licence: Regulatory Handbook

The Commission’s regulatory handbook sets out our regulatory approach to the National Lottery.

Published
1 February 2024

Last updated
18 February 2025 - Changes

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  1. Contents
  2. Annex A: Regulatory reporting timetable
  3. The regulatory reporting timetable of the handbook

The regulatory reporting timetable of the handbook

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Table Number Report Title Frequency Deadline
19 Sales and good causes contribution Weekly Working day 2 of the week (usually Tuesday)
20 Other National Lottery Distribution Fund components Weekly Working day 2 of the week (usually Tuesday).
28(a) Weekly Trust Reporting Weekly Working day 2 of the week (usually Tuesday) - defined in Trust Deed.
10 Prize payments Monthly Within 10 business days after period end.
13 Availability Monthly Within 10 business days after period end.
21 Revised estimated annual payment and weekly payment schedule Monthly Within 15 business days after period end.
28(b) Monthly trust income Monthly Within 15 business days after period end.
28(c) Monthly trust and participant funds report Monthly Within 15 business days after period end.
29 Audit certificate Monthly Within 10 business days after period end.
3 Performance standards report Quarterly Within 30 business days after quarter end.
11 Participant behaviour and protection Quarterly Within 15 business days after quarter end.
12 Enquiries and complaints Quarterly Within 15 business days after quarter end.
17 Brand KPIs Quarterly Within 20 business days after quarter end.
22 Good causes contribution forecasts Quarterly Within 15 business days after quarter end.
23 Cost expenditure Quarterly Within 15 business days after quarter end.
30 Financial covenants Quarterly 45 days after the end of financial quarters 1, 2 and 3.
180 days after the Financial Year End for quarter 4.
4 Organisation chart Bi-Annual A month after half year period end.
5 Annual assurance statement Annual Within 10 business days after first quarter end the following year.
6 Audited accounts and Annual Report Annual Publish - No later than the date which is six months after the end of the relevant Licence Year
(or such later date as the Commission may direct).
Draft - presented to its board of Directors no later than three months after the end of Licence. Year
Final – no later than the date which is six months after the end of the relevant Licence Year
7 Internal audit plan Annual No later than 45 business days prior to the start of each licence year.
14 Sales outlets Annual Last working day of April.
24 Ancillary activities Annual 3 months after the end of licence year.
25 Estimated annual payment and weekly payment Annual Before start of Financial Year.
26 Reconciliation certificate Annual Table 26 will be split as Part a (annual reconciliation certificate) and Part b (March quarter end quarterly reconciliation certificate).
Part a to be submitted to the Commission up to 10 business days after submission to the Allwyn Board (itself within 3 months of the end of the licence year).
Part b should be delivered in draft by 15 working days after 31 March (that is, 3 months after end of the licence year) with a letter from the auditors by end of May.
27 Related party arrangements Annual 3 months after the end of licence year.
28(d) Trust compliance certificate Annual No later than 10 business days after the end of each licence year.
31 Annual resilience assurance statement Annual No later than 31 March in each licence year.
35 Exit plan Annual To be defined.
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