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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

Professional Services External Resources (non-payroll staff)

Consultancy costs

During 2024 to 2025, the Gambling Commission incurred consultancy costs totalling £129,000 (2023 to 2024, £88,000).

The following table shows a summary of costs by consultancy type.

Summary of costs by consultancy type

Summary of costs by consultancy type

Type	2024 to 2025 Amount £ thousands	2023 to 2024 Amount £ thousands
Human resource, training and education Consultancy	0	0
Finance consultancy	0	0
IT/IS consultancy	0	66
Technical consultancy	129	22
Total	129	88

Temporary (non-payroll) staff

During 2024 to 2025, the Commission incurred agency staff costs totalling £1,235,000 (2023 to 2024, £564,000). The main reason for the increase in temporary workers relates to exceptional additional work connected with the Fourth National Lottery (4NL) Licence competition.

The following table shows a summary of costs by type:

Summary of costs by type (Temporary (non-payroll) Staff)

Summary of costs by type (Temporary (non-payroll) Staff)

Type	2024 to 2025 Amount £ thousands	2023 to 2024 Amount £ thousands
Temporary workers – admin and clerical	500	409
Interim managers	275	114
Specialist contractors	460	41
Total	1,235	564

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Last updated: 15 October 2025

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