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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

15 - Contingent liabilities disclosed under IAS 37

Gambling Regulation

We have one ongoing case, this is a misuse of private information and/or breach of confidence claim brought against the Gambling Commission in respect of “Licence Review Information” which is said to be private and confidential and which was published in a Regulatory Services Notice dated 14 July 2023 (“the 2023 RNS”) and in a Press Release dated March 2024 (“the 2024 Statement”).

Claimant is seeking estimated damages of £50,000 at the 31 March 2025 (2023 to 2024 £56,200), there is a high probability of the Commission successfully defending the claim.

4NL Competition

Contingent Liability – Fourth National Lottery disclosure (subject to confirmation from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS))

The Commission is facing 2 legal claims from an unsuccessful bidder in relation to the 4NL Competition and subsequent award that was made in February 2024. The Commission is defending these claims, and a trial date has been scheduled for October 2025. The unsuccessful bidder is claiming significant damages, which the Commission is vigorously defending.

The Commission considers that, due to the ongoing litigation and impending trial, disclosure of further information could be prejudicial to the Commission’s position. Disclosure in relation to any estimate of probability assessment or potential financial impacts have therefore not been made, in accordance with IAS 37.

The Commission is funded by Grant-In-Aid (GIA) from DCMS to support and regulate the National Lottery operations. Any liability that could arise from the case is likely to be met by the National Lottery Distribution Fund.

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Last updated: 15 October 2025

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