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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

11 - Trade and other payables

11a) Amounts falling due within one year

Amounts falling due within one year

Description	2024 to 2025 £ thousands	2023 to 2024 £ thousands
Trade and other payables	1,471	1,054
Consolidated Fund payables	679	158
Other taxation and social security	1,661	960
Staff holiday pay accrual	339	88
Other payables	264	122
Accruals	3,142	1,320
Deferred income	14,647	13,954
Balance at 31 March	22,203	17,656

Other payables 2024 to 2025 includes £115,000 (£104,000 2023 to 2024) which is payable to operators for refunds in Quarter 1 2025 to 2026

Accruals 2024 to 2025 includes £2,317,000 (£2,241,000 for legal fees and £76,000 for secondments and subcontractors) for the Fourth National Lottery licence.

Deferred Income held by the Gambling Commission totalled of £15,315,000 (£14,579,000 in 2023 to 2024).

These relate to:

• licence fees received, due to be released to income within one year of £14,647,000 (£13,954,000, in 2023 to 2024)
• licence fees received, due to be released to income after one year of £668,000 (see Note 11b) (£625,000, in 2023 to 2024).

11b) Amounts due after more than one year

Amounts due after more than one year

Description	2024 to 2025 £ thousands	2023 to 2024 £ thousands
Deferred income	668	625
Balance at 31 March	668	625

In accordance with IFRS 15, the Commission's deferred income due after more than one year relates to Personal Licence fees paid that are due to be released to income in years 2026 to 2027 onwards.

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Last updated: 15 October 2025

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