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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

Sustainability performance summary

2024 to 2025 compared with 2023 to 2024

Direct Greenhouse Gases (Direct GHG) generally increased during the 3rd and 4th quarters as these are colder months. We have made a consistent effort to reduce temperatures within the office and the benefits of this can be seen through comparison between Quarter 3 (October to December) and Quarter 4 of 2024 to 2025 (January to March) in comparison to Quarter 3 and Quarter 4 of 2023 to 2024.

Overall Greening Government Commitments (GGC) performance

Scope 1:

Direct GHG emissions – these occur from sources owned or controlled by the Commission, for example, emissions as a result of combustion in boilers, or emissions from fleet vehicles.

Scope 2:

Energy indirect emissions – as a result of electricity that we consume which is supplied by another party, for example electricity supply in buildings.

Scope 3:

Other indirect GHG emissions – all other emissions which occur as a consequence of our activity, but which occur from sources that are not owned or controlled by the Commission, for example emissions as a result of staff travel on official business.

We use the 2017 to 2018 financial year as our baseline for sustainability reporting, in line with the UK Government’s Greening Government Commitments (GGCs). This ensures our performance is measured consistently against national targets. The following tables show our progress since that baseline year.

Details of the Commission's performance - Total tonnes CO₂

Overall emission reduction and/or increase - Total tonnes CO₂

The Gambling Commission's 2024 to 2025 performance compared to 2017 to 2018 baseline : minus 54 percent.
Government's target 2017 to 2018 baseline: minus 58 percent.

Details of the Commission's performance - Tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.

Scope	Type	2024 to 2025	2023 to 2024	Baseline 2017 to 2018
Scope 1
Tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e)	Gas	7.80	8.16	4.55
Kilowatt hour (kWh)	Gas	42,637	44,616	24,725
Cost	Gas	£10,753	£10,842	£9,148
per full time equivalent staffing	Gas	0.02	0.02	0.01
Scope 2
tCO2e	Electricity	39.26	39.02	102.45
Kilowatt hour (kWh)	Electricity	174,226	173,419	266,504
Cost	Electricity	£48,584	£12,1261	£28,139
per full time equivalent staffing	Electricity	0.09	0.10	0.32
Scope 3
tCO2e	Travel	63.25	40.89	132.22
Kilowatt hour (kWh)	Travel	558,320	518,859	1,184,066
Cost	Travel	£144,181	£147,345	£301,816
per full time equivalent staffing	Travel	0.15	0.11	0.41
Total tCO2e	-	110.31	88.07	239.22

In 2024 to 2025, our total greenhouse gas emissions (tCO₂e) were 110.31, representing a 54 percent reduction compared to the 2017 to 2018 baseline. This marks a 9 percent increase from 2023 to 2024, primarily driven by a rise in Scope 3 emissions due to increased travel activity. This reflects our growing domestic and international engagement, which is expected to continue.

While Scope 3 emissions have increased year-on-year, they remain significantly lower than the 2017 to 2018 baseline. We continue to monitor and manage our emissions to support sustainable growth in line with the Greening Government Commitments.

References

¹ The electricity costs in 2023 to 2024 include a number of credits as a result of reduced usage during covid.

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Last updated: 15 October 2025

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