Report

Trust Statement 2024 to 2025

The Gambling Commission's Trust Statement for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

---

Published
16 March 2026

Last updated
16 March 2026 - Changes

Document actions
Print or save (opens in new tab)

Contents

• Trust Statement 2024 to 2025

---

• Foreword
• Performance report
• Accountability
• • Statement of accounting officer's responsibilities
  • Governance statement
  • Accounts direction
  • Parliamentary accountability
  • The certificate and report of the Comptroller and auditor general to the House of Commons
• Financial statements
• • Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for the year ended 31 March 2025
  • Statement of Financial Position as at 31 March 2025
  • Statement of cash flows for the year ended 31 March 2025
• Notes to the Trust Statement
• • Statement of accounting policies
  • Revenue
  • Expenditure
  • Receivables
  • Balance on the Consolidated Fund Account
  • Financial instruments
  • Related parties transactions
  • Events after the reporting period
• Appendix

3 - Expenditure

Economic Crime Levy

Expenditure

2025		2024
ECL Band	£ thousand	£ thousand
ECL Costs of collection	70	178
Financial penalties costs of collection	44	47
Total cost of collection	114	225

The total cost of collection for the year ended 31 March 2025 was £114,000, compared to £225,000 in the prior year. These costs relate to the administration and collection of the ECL and financial penalties.

Economic Crime Levy: Costs incurred in 2024 to 2025 were £70,000 (2023 to 2024: £178,000). Additional amounts were retained in both years by agreement to fund one-off set-up costs, including IT system provision required for the implementation of the levy. The reduction in costs reflects the completion of initial system development and transition to business-as-usual processes.

Financial Penalties: Costs of collection totalled £44,000 (2023 to 2024: £47,000), representing staff time and administrative expenses associated with enforcement and penalty recovery activities. These costs remained broadly consistent year-on-year.

The overall decrease of £111,000 in total collection costs is primarily attributable to the completion of ECL implementation activities in the prior year.

Previous section
Revenue Next section
Receivables

---

Last updated: 16 March 2026

Show updates to this content

No changes to show.