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Annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025

The Gambling Commission's 2024 to 2025 annual report and accounts. For the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.

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Published
15 October 2025

Last updated
15 October 2025 - Changes

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Contents

• Annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025

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• Foreword
• Performance report
• • Introduction
  • The organisation
  • Financial performance analysis
  • Complaints
  • Sustainability
• Accountability report
• • Overview
  • Corporate governance report
  • Remuneration report
  • Staff report
  • Parliamentary accountability and audit report
  • The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General to the Houses of Parliament
• Financial statements
• • Statement of comprehensive net expenditure
  • Statement of financial position for the year ended 31 March 2025
  • Statement of cash flow for the year ended 31 March 2025
  • Statement of changes in taxpayers' equity for the year ended 31 March 2025
• Notes on the accounts
• • Statement of accounting policies
  • Statement of operating costs by operating segment
  • Expenditure
  • Income cash receipts
  • Property, plant and equipment
  • Right of use assets
  • Intangible assets
  • Financial instruments
  • Cash and cash equivalents
  • Trade and other receivables
  • Trade and other payables
  • Provisions and charges
  • Retirement benefit obligations
  • Lease liabilities
  • Contingent liabilities disclosed under IAS 37
  • Related party transactions
  • Amounts of income to the Consolidated Fund
  • Events after the reporting period
• Appendices
• • Annex A - Key operational data
  • Annex B - Performance by Business Plan Deliverable in 2024 to 2025

9 - Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents

Description	As at 31 March 2025 £ thousands	As at 31 March 2024 £ thousands
Balance at 1 April	31,132	30,051
Net change in cash and cash equivalent balances	524	1,081
Balance at 31 March	31,656	31,132
Balance held at Government Banking Service at 31 March	19,677	20,537
Balance held at Commercial banks and cash in hand at 31 March	11,979	10,595
Balance at 31 March	31,656	31,132

Most of the Gambling Commission's cash and cash equivalent balances are held with the Government Banking Service apart from £11,979,000 (2023 to 2024, £10,595,000) which is held with commercial banks or as cash in hand. Please refer to Note 1p) Cash and cash equivalents for further details.

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Last updated: 15 October 2025

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