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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
Remuneration report - Pension entitlements
The following provides details of the pension interests of the Directors. The information is subject to audit.
Pension benefits 2024 to 2025
| Directors | Accrued pension at pension age as at 31 March 2025 (£ thousands) |
Real increase in pension and related lump sum at pension age1 (£ thousands) |
Cash Equivalent Transfer Values at 31 March 2025 (£ thousands) |
Cash Equivalent Transfer Values at 31 March 2024 (£ thousands) |
Real increase in Cash Equivalent Transfer Values (£ thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Rhodes Chief Executive |
55 to 60 | 5 to 7.5 | 969 | 859 | 60 |
| Sarah Gardner2 Deputy Chief Executive |
55 to 60 plus a lump sum of 135 to 140 | 7.5 to 10 plus a lump sum of 15 to 17.5 | 1,108 | 910 | 153 |
| Alistair Quigley Chief Technology Officer |
35 to 40 | 2.5 to 5 | 766 | 686 | 45 |
| Helen Child Head of Governance |
10 to 15 | 0 to 2.5 | 143 | 105 | 22 |
| Helen Gibson Finance Director |
45 to 50 plus a lump sum of 65 to 70 | 2.5 to 5 plus a lump sum of 2.5 to 5 | 758 | 662 | 54 |
| John Tanner23 Executive Director - Fourth National Lottery Committee |
85 to 90 plus a lump sum of 205 to 210 | 5 to 7.5 plus a lump sum of 2.5 to 5 | 1,968 | 1,872 | 83 |
| Katharine Diamond2 General Counsel |
50 to 55 plus a lump sum of 10 to 15 | 15 to 17.5 plus a lump sum of 2.5 to 5 | 944 | 609 | 304 |
| Kay Roberts Executive Director of Operations (to 31 March 2025) |
5 to 10 | 0 to 2.5 | 92 | 56 | 23 |
| Lucy Denton Director of Communications |
15 to 20 | 0 to 2.5 | 192 | 154 | 19 |
| Natasha Harris Director of People Services (from August 2023) |
35 to 40 | 2.5 to 5 | 519 | 438 | 37 |
| Tim Miller Executive Director - Insight and Safer Gambling |
25 to 30 | 2.5 to 5 | 364 | 302 | 28 |
Accrued pension benefits included in this table for any individual affected by the Public Service Pensions Remedy have been calculated based on their inclusion in the legacy scheme for the period between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2022, following the McCloud judgment. The Public Service Pensions Remedy applies to individuals that were members, or eligible to be members, of a public service pension scheme on 31 March 2012 and were members of a public service pension scheme between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2022. The basis for the calculation reflects the legal position that impacted members have been rolled back into the relevant legacy scheme for the remedy period and that this will apply unless the member actively exercises their entitlement on retirement to decide instead to receive benefits calculated under the terms of the Alpha scheme for the period from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2022.
Average number of persons employed as at 31 March 2025 (audited)
The average number of whole-time equivalent persons employed during the year was as follows.
| Description | Permanently employed staff | Temporarily employed staff | Total (2024 to 2025) | Total (2023 to 2024) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directly employed | 357 | 30 | 387 | 349 |
| Agency staff | 0 | 15 | 15 | 2 |
| Total | 357 | 45 | 402 | 351 |
Number of senior staff by grade (audited)
The total number of senior staff by grade was as follows.
Analysis of senior staff by grade as at 31 March 2025
| Grade | 2024 to 2025 | 2023 to 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 8 | 8 |
| 15 | 2 | 2 |
| Non-executive directors | 8 | 11 |
| Total | 19 | 22 |
The Commission has 11 Executive Directors and 8 Non-Executive Directors. These are the only staff categorised as being at a grade equivalent to the senior civil service.
References
1 Pension benefits accrued during the year calculated as (the real increase in pension multiplied by 20) plus (the real increase in any lump sum) less (the contribution made by the individual). The real increases exclude increases due to inflation or any increase or decreases due to a transfer of pension rights.
2 Final salary member (classic or classic plus or premium) who has transitioned to alpha. The final salary pension of a person in employment is calculated by reference to their pay and length of service. The pension will increase from one year to the next by virtue of any pay rise during the year. Where there is no or a small pay rise, the increase in pension due to extra service may not be sufficient to offset the inflation increase – that is, in real terms, the pension value can reduce, hence the negative values.
3 CETV as at the 31 March 2024 has been restated to correct an error of data provided by MyCSP.
Last updated: 15 October 2025
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