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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

Statement of comprehensive net expenditure

(SoCNE) for the year ended 31 March 2025

(SoCNE) for the year ended 31 March 2025

	Notes	2024 to 2025 £ thousands	2023 to 2024 £ thousands
Income
Licence fee income	4a	27,442	25,825
Other income	4b	440	357
Total Operating Income		27,882	26,182
Expenditure
Staff costs	3a	(27,823)	(24,001)
Other expenditure	3b	(31,253)	(15,321)
Provision release	3c	249	24
Interest cost on pensions liability	3c	(8)	(7)
Depreciation and amortisation	3c	(675)	(369)
Right-of-use depreciation	3c	(801)	(740)
Total Operating Expenditure		(60,311)	(40,414)
Net Operating Expenditure		(32,429)	(14,232)
Finance Income – Bank Interest received	4c	444	629
Finance Income – interest on lease liabilities	3c	274	(50)
Finance expense	3c	(22)	(29)
Corporation tax	3b	(118)	(177)
Net expenditure for the year		(31,851)	(13,859)
Other comprehensive expenditure
Actuarial Gain and/or (Loss) on pension scheme liabilities	13	(6)	(3)
Comprehensive net expenditure for the year		(31,857)	(13,862)

The Notes section of this report form part of these accounts.

The Commission receives Grant in aid (GIA) funding to cover National Lottery expenditure. GIA is treated as a financing transaction rather than revenue and is taken directly to reserves.

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Statement of financial position for the year ended 31 March 2025

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Last updated: 15 October 2025

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