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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.
Contents
- Foreword
- Performance report
- Accountability report
- Financial statements
- Notes on the accounts
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- 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
Parliamentary accountability and audit report
Fees and charges (audited)
In accordance with Managing public money (MPM), entities should provide an analysis of fees and charges income where material.
The Gambling Commission aims to ensure that the costs incurred in delivering the organisation’s areas of strategic focus are recovered from the industry through application and licence fees set by the Secretary of State. We periodically review our costs to drive efficiency and value for money as well as review our approach to cost recovery via fees to see how it could be made more equitable.
Operator fees vary and are dependent on the size of the operator and the type of licence they are applying for. This can range from applying for a new licence, varying a licence, or changing who controls a business. Details of all these fees can be found on our website. Current application and licence fees range from £235 to £907,832 dependent on operator size and licence type.
The Commission’s total income from fees and other sources was £27.44 million for the year (2023 to 2024 £25.83 million). There has been no overcharging during the year. Further analysis of fees and charges is provided in the Performance Analysis section.
Regularity of expenditure (audited)
Losses and special payments
MPM states that individual losses and special payments of more than £300,000 should be noted separately.
There were no losses or special payments exceeding £300,000 during 2024 to 2025 (2023 to 2024 nil).
Gifts
MPM states that any gifts where the total value exceeds £300,000 must be recorded and disclosed. Gifts did not exceed £300,000 in either 2024 to 2025 or 2023 to 2024. Remote contingent liabilities
MPM states that any material remote contingent liabilities (that is, those that are disclosed under parliamentary reporting requirements and not under IAS 37) should be reported.
There are 4 claims relating to employment tribunal cases assessed as up to a 10 percent probability of incurring damages totalling £48,760 as at 31 March 2025 (2023 to 2024 £68,760).
The remote contingent liabilities figure has been calculated under the guidance of IAS 37, based on events existing at the balance sheet date.
Andrew Rhodes
Chief Executive and Accounting Officer
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Last updated: 15 October 2025
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