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2024-12-31-accounts

Registered Charitable Organisation no. 1195032

Trustees Annual Report

01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024

Contents

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Executive summary

In 2024, GamLEARN continued to grow as a UK-wide lived experience network, now supporting over 450 members affected by gambling-related harm. Key achievements include launching the Criminal Justice Support Service, delivering accredited training to 171 professionals, and expanding research partnerships with leading universities and

funders. Our financial position remains strong, with a surplus enabling further investment in our mission. Looking ahead, we will build on these successes by expanding services, strengthening partnerships, and maintaining our commitment to independence and lived experience leadership.

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Chair’s introduction

On behalf of the trustees, I am pleased to present GamLEARN’s second Annual Report.

Since our founding on 1 July 2021, GamLEARN has grown into a UK-wide lived experience network supporting people directly and indirectly affected by gambling-related harm. With more than 450 members, lived experience now shapes every part of who we are – from the individuals we support, to the team who deliver our services, and the decisions that guide our future.

Our members continue to define our values and direction, ensuring the organisation remains rooted in authenticity, compassion, and reform.

This year, 2024, we have made significant progress. The achievements outlined in this report reflect our mission, our values, and the impact we continue to make in communities across the UK.

GamLEARN members, it incorporates indepth lived experience video testimonies from individuals who have navigated the justice system.

We would like to formally thank our partners and funders – including King’s College London, the University of Lincoln, National Institute for Health & Care Research, Gambling Research Ex-change Ontario (GREO) and the Garfield Weston Foundation has enabled GamLEARN to achieve even greater impact in 2024. A special mention must go to our major funder, Derek Webb, without whom none our work would be possible.

We would like to thank our members, staff and partners for their continued commitment and belief in GamLEARN’s mission. Your dedication, insight and compassion have been the driving force behind everything we’ve achieved this year.

Finally, I must acknowledge and commend the leadership of Tony Parente, founder of GamLEARN. Under his leadership, he and his team consistently embody the organisation’s values and mission.

Steve Watts

Chair of Trustees, GamLEARN

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Introduction

GamLEARN is a national charity dedicated to supporting individuals affected by gamblingrelated harm through education, training, and accredited workshops. Our focus is on building a lived experience membership network that promotes good mental health, reduces suicide risk, educates professionals within the criminal justice sector, and helps people rebuild their lives following gambling addiction.

Established in July 2021, GamLEARN now has over 450 members. As a charity led by people with lived experience, authenticity and empathy run through everything we do. We operate remotely, reaching people across the UK so that no one is excluded because of geography. We believe that lived experience, when valued and supported, is a vital force for reducing gambling-related harm.

It shapes our values, informs every aspect of our work, and drives change at individual, community, and system levels. Lived experience stays at the heart of who we are and everything we do.

Our Values

• Lived Experience

We place the voices of those directly affected by gambling harm at the centre of our work, ensuring authenticity and relevance in all we do.

• Compassion

We offer non-judgmental, empathetic support, recognising the complex challenges faced by those affected.

• Empowerment

We help individuals reclaim control, rebuild their lives, and realise their potential.

• Collaboration

We work in partnership with communities, professionals, and organisations to drive systemic change.

• Integrity

We operate with transparency, accountability, and respect, upholding the trust placed in us by our members and stakeholders.

These values guide every decision we make – from how we support members to the partners we choose and the funding we accept.

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What we aimed to do in 2024

Mission Statement

GamLEARN exists to prevent gamblingrelated harm and promote recovery, wellbeing, and hope for everyone affected. Our mission is simple – to help people reclaim their lives, restore their wellbeing, and contribute to a fairer, safer system that prevents others from being harmed.

We empower individuals and families to rebuild meaningful lives free from gambling, using education, awareness, and lived experience led support as tools for change. Our approach combines compassion with accountability, ensuring that people feel understood, not judged – and supported to move forward.

Our charitable purpose is the promotion of good health and recovery of persons with gambling addictions and their families, achieved primarily by educating the public about the risks of gambling and improving access to treatment and support for those affected. This education is primarily carried out by our members.

GamLEARN is a community built on shared experience. We believe that recovery is strengthened when people connect, learn, and act together. Every conversation, course, and partnership we lead aims to replace stigma with understanding and isolation with belonging.

Our objectives are to:

  1. Build connection, knowledge and skills – creating inclusive spaces for lived experience, recovery, and peer learning to thrive.

  2. Collaborate with partners to change perception and influence policy – using lived experience evidence, storytelling and advocacy to ensure lived experience shapes national thinking and reform.

  3. Provide professional training and awareness – co-creating accredited and lived experience learning that strengthens understanding of gambling harm across sectors.

  4. Deliver criminal justice support – offering tailored guidance and lived experience peer-based interventions for individuals whose offending is linked to gambling disorder.

  5. Collaborate on research and innovation – working with academic and clinical partners to generate insight, evidence and longterm system change through engagement with our lived experience members.

  6. Embed safety, governance and lived experience leadership – ensuring all activity is grounded in good governance, safeguarding and the values of dignity, respect and integrity.

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Public Benefit

The trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. Every aspect of our work advances our charitable purpose – the promotion of good health and recovery for people affected by gambling addiction and their families – through education, awareness, and lived experience-led support.

GamLEARN delivers public benefit by:

The trustees are satisfied that GamLEARN’s activities deliver clear public benefit and fully meet the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.

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What we do

Benefits for Members

GamLEARN offers a member-centred network for those directly and indirectly affected by gambling harm. Members access peer support, development opportunities, and structured advocacy routes that promote recovery, resilience and voice.

Key features include:

Research

Research is essential in reducing gambling harm. Put simply, society knows far more about other addictions and consequently gambling can be ignored by policy makers and and those experiencing gambling disorder can be unfairly treated by the criminal justice system. Research is a core strand of GamLEARN’s mission. Members are involved as advisory-panel members, co-investigators and facilitators, bringing authenticity and emotional depth to projects.

GamLEARN oversees The Lived Experience Access Fund (LEAF), a unique funding programme that supports people with lived/ living experience of gambling harm, enabling peoples’ active participation in research, training, conference travel, and other related

capacity-building opportunities. Through this collaboration we’ve supported 12 GamLEARN Members applications for funding to attend international conferences, courses, as well as enabling them to complete for their PHD.

Major research collaborations

All projects are supported by a safeguarding and wellbeing framework, ensuring participation is empowering, not retraumatising.

Awareness Raising and Training

Awareness and training sit at the heart of GamLEARN’s mission. All sessions are codesigned and delivered by people with lived experience.

Flagship programmes include:

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These programmes embed lived experience in professional learning and help prevent harm before it escalates, empowering our members to safely support their peers.

Criminal Justice Support (CJS) Service

Established in September 2023, the CJS Service has supported over 75 people affected by gambling-related offending, including 63 directly affected by gambling harm and 14 affected others. The service provides one to one trauma-informed lived experience peer support through investigation, charge, court and sentencing CJS stages, ensuring no one faces the justice process alone.

What we offer

Early impact

The CJS Service has improved peoples’ ability to present accurate gambling histories, supported psychological reports, and reduced isolation through peer networks. It is now moving from early delivery to national model status, with formal data tracking and partnerships with the University of Lincoln and King’s College London.

Together, all our programmes – membership, research, training, and CJS support – define what GamLEARN does and why it matters.

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What we achieved

The following section sets out what we achieved in 2024, showing how these core activities translated into measurable outcomes, partnerships and public benefit.

Achievements and Performance Objective 1: Building Connection, Knowledge and Skills

GamLEARN has grown into a UK-wide network of over 450 members affected directly or indirectly by gambling harm. Throughout 2024 we expanded peer-support opportunities and training offers, ensuring that every member could connect, learn and contribute.

Regular online meetings, newsletters, and member blogs created a rhythm of connection and learning. The weekly Criminal Justice peer group continues to be one of the charity’s most active spaces, offering solidarity and shared problem-solving for those navigating complex legal processes.

In September 2024, 18 members attended GamLEARN’s residential event in Caer Beris, Wales, taking part in workshops and openshare sessions focused on recovery, reflection

and resilience. Participants were selected at random from those who expressed interest to ensure fairness and equal opportunity. Feedback highlighted the importance of belonging, emotional safety and practical guidance in sustaining recovery, and we plan to repeat the event on a biennial basis to offer the same opportunity to others.

Objective 2: Changing Perception and Influencing Policy

GamLEARN actively contributes to national dialogue on gambling harm and justice reform. During 2024, we engaged with the Gambling Commission and Peers for Gambling Reform, highlighting insights from our Criminal Justice programme and lived experience membership.

Our representatives contributed to the Current Advances in Gambling Research (CAGR) conference and other sector events, ensuring that the voices of those directly affected by gambling-related offending are heard within policymaking and research communities.

“I did not really know the severity of gambling addiction. I knew there was such a think as gambling addiction, but never knew the inside of how it posses’ people into do anything, including crime to get money to continue to gamble. I did not realise that gambling can start from such a young age, my personal experience, I will buy 2 scratch cards and leave my 6-year-old do one – that will stop now!”

“I am grateful to be given the opportunity to go on this course, because not only did I learn about gambling, gambling addictions -but also the seriousness of it, the vicious circle people can get into, the consequence on family and friends, the risks of losing everything (including life).”

“The explanations of how the brain is changed to create addiction was fascinating and gives real insight into how gambling can affect anyone. The lived experience stories are impactful and to understand the impact we can have at PSR stage is invaluable.”

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Objective 3: Professional Training and Awareness

Our accredited training course, Understanding Gambling Related Harm and its Links to Crime, continues to strengthen awareness within the criminal justice and public health sectors. Between January and December 2024, 171 professionals – including probation, police, NHS and local-authority staff – completed the programme.

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Delivered entirely by lived experience facilitators, the course equips professionals to identify, screen and support individuals at risk of gambling harm. Evaluation results showed improved confidence, empathy and understanding among participants.

Complementary sessions such as Addiction by Design, Safeguarding for Members, and awareness workshops funded through the Welsh Union Learning Fund (WULF) further broadened reach, embedding gamblingharm awareness in workforce training across multiple sectors.

Objective 4: Criminal Justice Support

Since its launch, the CJS service has supported over 75 people affected by gambling related offending, including 63 directly affected by gambling harm and 14 affected others.

Peer supporters with personal experience of both gambling harm and the justice system support Members through each stage of the CJS – investigation, charge, court and sentencing – ensuring that no one faces the process alone. Peer supporters log 160 support calls every month, with the 64 CJS Members supported. We hosted 62 meetings this year which amounts to over 125 hours prevention support. We regularly see

“Although my role doesn’t involve direct work with service users, on a personal level it has increased my understanding of gambling related hard one hundred-fold! I am keen to ensure this training can be delivered to all PBNI staff if possible.”

“I liked that the trainers had lived experience of gambling related harm, made the topic more realistic and enjoyed listening to their experiences. Great presentation slides, print outs were handy as I could make on own notes at the bottom, great videos, very interactive.”

“I have more of an understanding of how people with gambling issues can be targeted by companies and about the impact of gambling on the brain. These are issues I had no idea about before. I think this will make me confident in dealing with gambling related harm and more appropriately balance the risks presented by service users of further offending alongside their individual needs.”

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attendance of up to 20 members at our weekly Peer Support Group meetings for those directly affected.

The service also strengthens system understanding through delivery of the accredited course Understanding Gambling Related Harm and Its Links to Crime , discussed above.

Early outcomes show that Members supported by the CJS work are better able to present accurate gambling histories, secure prompt psychological reports, and maintain recovery after sentencing. Partners across the legal and health sectors report greater awareness of the role of gambling disorder in offending.

“I wouldn’t have got through the sentencing without them. They knew what mattered and helped me face it.”

— CJS member, 2024

From our weekly Criminal Justice Support calls oneword check-ins and check-outs that remind us how powerful reflection and connection can be.

Objective 5: Research Collaboration and Innovation

In partnership with the University of Lincoln, King’s College London, and Gambling Research Exchange Ontario (GREO), GamLEARN continues to embed lived experience in vital research shaping national understanding of gambling disorder.

Objective 6: Safety, Governance and Lived-Experience Leadership

GamLEARN’s governance model ensures that ethical practice and member wellbeing remain central to all operations. Our lived experience Advisory Panel brings together professionals and peers with over 100 years of combined experience, advising trustees on policy, safeguarding and organisational development.

Regular supervision, updated safeguarding training, and continuous feedback loops maintain safe boundaries and professional standards across all delivery. This structure reflects GamLEARN’s belief that lived experience, when supported safely, is a source of strength and leadership within the charity.

Across all objectives, GamLEARN continues to show that lived experience is not only a route to recovery, but a driver of reform – changing how gambling harm is understood, prevented, and addressed within society.

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Collaboration, funding and support

Partnership and integrity underpin all GamLEARN’s work. Our progress is possible because of the people and organisations who share our commitment to tackling gambling related harm through lived experience, evidence and compassion.

We work alongside a wide network of collaborators across justice, health, academia and public health – including universities, NHS services, probation and policing partners, community organisations, as well as other charitable foundations. These partnerships enable us to reach more people, share expertise and ensure that the realities of gambling harm inform both service delivery and national policy. We are the first, and only body founded on lived experience of gambling harm that does this. Our reach is unmatched.

As a charity, GamLEARN’s activities are funded through a combination of charitable trusts, foundations, public-sector commissions and income from our accredited training programmes.

We remain entirely independent of the gambling industry and do not accept funds from gambling operators or proceeds derived from gambling activity. This principle reflects our core values of integrity and accountability. In a 2024 Member poll, 95% of members supported maintaining this stance.

By working collaboratively and upholding strong ethical standards, GamLEARN continues to deliver genuine public benefit while modelling the independence and transparency that people affected by gambling harm deserve.

Partners and supporters include:

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The leaflet below illustrates the extensive range of services we work with.

What people say

Gambling Blocks

Support Services

It is important to consider practical barriers when providing support, especially for affected family members. Combining different types of barriers can increase their effectiveness and improve the overall support system.

Gamblers Anonymous

“ There is a network of good organisations who will support and guide you through everything. The Gamblers Anonymous is a fellowship knowledgeable and understanding teams are giving of men and women who share their people the tools to rebuild and transform their lives.” experience, strength and hope with Andrew M each other so that they may solve their common problem and help others do the same. www.gamblersanonymous.org.uk

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“ Living with a gambler is often challenging.
Knowing there is support available is reassuring.
Reaching out was the first step. Finding the proper
support is also invaluable.“ Affected Other
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Thrivin Together Gamstop Are a woman-led, lived experience organisation offering choice, voice Provides a straightforward, efficient, and cost-free method to restrict access and change for women across the to all gambling applications and websites UK. They offer advice, support, authorised in the UK, for a duration that suits you. referrals and opportunities to gain www.gamstop.co.uk confidence, and make connections. www.thrivintogether.org.uk Gamban

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“ Being supported and understood has changed how
I see myself.” LD
“ During the 10 months of my recovery, I have used 7
different services, and I have needed all of these to
aide and sustain my recovery. Having accesed these,
it has given me wrap around support that has been
vital for me to remain in recovery and build a better
life free from gambling.”
Tracey E, Recovering Gambler
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Gamban

An internet-based solution that prevents access to gambling apps and websites on multiple devices. This user-friendly tool is accessible at no cost. www.gamban.com/talkbanstop

Residential Support:

Adferiad

Residential treatment that provides help and support for people with mental health, addiction, and co-occurring and complex needs, to maximise their personal potential, and achieve a better quality of life. www.adferiad.org

MOSES

Enables individuals to voluntarily exclude themselves from nearby land based gambling premises. This program operates by having participants submit photographs that can be shared with operators, aiding the staff in identifying individuals who have self-excluded from gambling. www.self-exclusion.co.uk

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Gordon Moody Residential treatment and support programme, with various locations throughout England – with a focus on therapies, intervention and counselling. www.gordonmoody.org.uk

Bank Blocks Most banks now provide the option to restrict gambling transactions by blocking an account or card from being utilised for gambling activity.

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Support services
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NHS Northern Gambling Service www.northerngamblingservice.nhs.uk/ NHS East Midlands Gambling Harms Clinicwww.eastmidlands gambling.nhs.uk/
NHS East of England
NHS West Midlands Gambling Harms Clinic (WMGHC) www.inclusion.org/our-services/addiction-services/west- Gambling Servicewww.eofegamblingservice.nhs.uk
midlands-gambling-harms-clinic/
NHS South West Gambling Service
www.awp.nhs.uk/our-services/az-services/south-west-gambling-service National Children and Young People’s Gambling
NHS Southern Gambling Servicewww.southernhealth.nhs.uk/our-services/a-z-list-of-services/gambling-service and Gaming Clinic: www.cnwl.nhs.uk/services/mental-health-services/addictions-and-substance-misuse/national-centre-behavioural-addictions
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The services and organisations listed within this leaflet provide treatment and support for individuals and their families who are experiencing gambling related harm.

This leaflet provides information and support

Support Services

Support Services

Support Services

Support Services

East Of England Gambling Service

The East of England Gambling Service is free and run by the NHS. They offer support to individuals and families experiencing the negative impact of gambling. www.eofegamblingservice.nhs.uk

NHS Northern Gambling

Service

(Also known as the Northern Gambling Clinic) provides specialist addiction therapy and recovery to people affected by gambling addiction and to those affected, such as family, partners, and carers.

www.northerngamblingservice.nhs.uk

NHS West Midlands

Gambling Harms Clinic Provides specialist addiction therapy, treatment and recovery to people affected by gambling addiction and gambling problems across Stoke, Staffordshire, Telford and Wrekin. www.inclusion.org

NHS Primary Care

Gambling Service Offer a range of therapeutic support to those suffering from gamblers harm and affected others. Services can be provided face-to-face, online or over the phone. All services are confidential and free of charge. www.primarycaregamblingservice.co.uk

NHS Southwest

Gambling Service

The South West Gambling Service is for

people living in the South West and it provides FREE confidential support to people affected by gambling addiction.

www.awp.nhs.uk/our-services/az-services/southwest-gambling-service

NHS Southern

Gambling Service A specialist service providing evidence-based

treatment to people with gambling-related harms / gambling disorder.

www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/our-services/a-z-listof-services/gambling-service

NHS East Midlands

Gambling Harms Clinic

Offers help with specific problems experienced by

individuals, and support and advice to family members and carers. Can help with mental health, debt management and housing. www.eastmidlands gambling.nhs.uk/

National Children and

Young People’s Gambling and Gaming Clinic

An umbrella centre that houses

both the National Problem Gambling Clinic and the National Centre for Gaming Disorders

www.cnwl.nhs.uk/services/mental-health-services/ addictions-and-substance-misuse/national-centrebehavioural-addictions

Gambling With Lives

RCA Trust

Set up by families bereaved by gambling. They provide support, raises awareness of gambling

Formerly known as the Renfrew Council on Alcohol – established in 1977 providing community based alcohol and gambling related prevention and treatment services in Scotland. www.rcatrust.org.uk Beacon Counselling Trust Offer free and confidential education, treatment and recovery support throughout the Northwest of England, to anyone at risk of, or experiencing gambling-related harms. www.beaconcounsellingtrust.co.uk

disorder’s devastating effects, and campaigns for change. www.gamblingwithlives.org

GamFam

Provide advice and support to those directly and indirectly affected by gambling harms through structured

Peer Support. Groups are free of charge and run via Zoom.

www.gamfam.org.uk

NECA

Aquarius

Provide a range of short and longer term gambling advice and gambling support options either over the phone or face-to-face across the North East, Yorkshire and Humber. www.neca.co.uk

Support people 18 years and over affected by gambling, either their own or the gambling of a family member, partner or friend through 1:1 and group support sessions. www.aquarius.org.uk

Reframe Coaching Providing Lived Experience Recovery Coaching to support individuals who have suffered directly or indirectly from a gambling addiction and/or Gambling Related Harm.

Breakeven

Breakeven offers free counselling, support and advice to anyone suffering from gambling-related harm.

www.breakeven.org.uk

www.reframecoaching.org.uk

EPIC Restart Foundation

GamLEARN CJS Support Innovative recovery program We offer a personal service to and community led by lived assist individuals who have experience, using expert facilitators to deliver resorted to crime. Our goal is to empower life-changing events and online workshops. you to face your situation with confidence. www.epicrestartfoundation.org www.gamlearn.org.uk/criminal-justice-support/

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Our team

Our board, staff, consultants and volunteers understand the depths of gambling harm with a majority of those involved having personal experience, either through having a gambling disorder themselves, or as an affected other. This lends authenticity and profound empathy to our work. We employ a tight-knit team of seven paid staff members, six paid members of the research teams and 12 paid GamLEARN advisory panel members.

We are incredibly grateful to have the support and guidance from our members to our board who bring a diverse range of knowledge, skills, and expertise and all share our mission and values.

Trustees

Steve Watts , chair of GamLEARN until September 2025 is a former schoolteacher and an Affected Other who through his own lived experience set up the charity GamFam.

Sandra Adams , has been as a therapist for over 19 years and over the past 10 years her work has been committed to helping individuals that have experienced gamblingrelated harm.

Simon Howard , is a former fund manager. He ended his career in sustainable and ethical finance as CEO of The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF).

Ravi Lakhan , brings first-hand experience of gambling and behavioural addiction. She joined GamLEARN to help shape its growth and is proud to support a charity that places lived experience and learning at the heart of recovery.

The staff team at GamLEARN is a team of people primarily with lived experience of the issues facing the members. Indeed, many became involved in delivering GamLEARN’s programme of work through initially being members. All want to ensure that others did not struggle like they did. They are increasingly the people others come to when in need of support of expert insight.

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Financial review

Income for the year totalled £309,562 with expenditure of £283,596 leading to a surplus of £25,966. At the year end the charity had total reserves of £63,314.

The trustees regularly review reserve levels to ensure they are appropriate and the

charity’s assets in each fund are available and adequate to fulfil its obligations in respect of each fund. The trustees have agreed a policy and aim to hold unrestricted reserves equivalent to between 3- and 6-months expenditure.

Income Sources

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£10,647
£100,000 £211,041
£152,462
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Expenditure Breakdown – Charitable Activities

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£300,000
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£48,714 £26,391
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£34,179
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You can access our full accounts for 2024 at the Charity Commission website.

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Plans for future periods

As GamLEARN moves into its next phase of development, our focus is on sustainable growth, evidence-led delivery, and deeper system influence.

We will continue to strengthen our core services while expanding the reach and impact of our lived experience model across justice, health and research sectors. Our priorities for 2025 are:

access funding from the forthcoming Statutory Levy which expected to generate £90-100 million annually by 2027 for research, prevention and treatment of gambling harms.

Through these actions, GamLEARN will move from early growth to long-term stability – continuing to champion lived experience as a force for prevention, recovery and systemic change across the UK.

Capacity Building and Organisational Strengthening

GamLEARN will continue to invest in its people, systems, and governance to build the capacity needed for sustainable growth. Priorities include strengthening staff development and supervision, improving safeguarding and governance frameworks, and enhancing digital infrastructure through a new CRM and website improving access to our services and evaluation data. These developments will ensure GamLEARN remains safe, effective, and resilient as demand and national influence increase.

We will continue to champion lived experience as a force for prevention, recovery and systemic change across the UK.to champion lived experience as a force for prevention, recovery and systemic change across the UK.

Through all these actions, GamLEARN will move from early growth to longterm stability, reflecting the wider shift towards recognising gambling harm as a public-health issue.

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Risks and dependencies

As GamLEARN continues to grow, the trustees recognise a number of key dependencies and risks that will be actively monitored throughout 2025-26.

• Funding and Levy timing

The introduction of the statutory levy and related commissioning frameworks may be delayed, affecting the pace of programme growth. To mitigate this, we will continue to diversify income and maintain reserves at prudent levels.

• Partnership dependency

Many of our projects rely on collaboration with external partners, including universities, public health and other third sector organisations. Clear governance, written agreements and regular review meetings will manage these interdependencies.

The Board reviews these risks annually through the organisational risk register and ensures mitigation plans are in place. Trustees are confident that GamLEARN remains in a strong position to manage these challenges and continue delivering measurable public benefit.

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Structure, governance and management

The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered with the Charity Commission on the 1st of July 2021. The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:

Steve Watts – joined on 01/07/2021, due to step down as Chair in September 2025

Sandra Adams – joined on 01/07/2021

Simon Howard – joined on 21/08/2023 Ravi Lakhan – joined on 21/08/2023

Recruitment for further trustees is underway to strengthen oversight, broaden expertise and ensure the charity’s leadership structure supports sustainable growth.

The Board of Trustees approved the trustees’ report.

Date: 28th October 2025

Steve Watts Chair of Trustees To Sept 2025

Simon Howard Chair of Trustees From Sept 2025

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Resources expended (Notes 4-8)
Costs of Generating Funds
Costs of generating voluntary income
S07
Fundraising trading costs
S08
Investment management costs
S09
Charitable activities
S10
Governance costs
S11
Other resources expended
S12
S13
S14
S15
S16
S17
S18
S19
S20
S21
Total funds carried forward
Total funds brought forward
Net movement in funds
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before
transfers
Gains and losses on investment assets
Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets
for the charity’s own use
Other recognised gains/(losses)
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before other
recognised gains/(losses)
Gross transfers between funds
Total resources expended
Total incoming resources		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income
funds
Endowment
funds
Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
£
£
£
F01
F02
F03
F04
F05
211,001 - - 211,001 113,453
56,024 42,537 - 98,561 10,647
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
267,025 42,537 - 309,562 124,100
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
241,059 42,537 - 283,596 101,319
- - - - -
- - - - -
241,059 42,537 - 283,596 101,319
25,966 - - 25,966 22,781
- - - - -
25,966 - - 25,966 22,781
- - - - -
- - - - -
25,966 - - 25,966 22,781
37,348 - - 37,348 14,567
63,314 - - 63,314 37,348

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Section B
Balance sheet		 Section B
Balance sheet		 Section B
Balance sheet
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
(Note 9)
Investments
(Note 10)
Total fixed assets
Current assets
Stock and work in progress
Debtors
(Note 11)
(Short term) investments
Cash at bank and in hand
Total current assets
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year
(Note 12)
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due after one
year (Note 12)
Provisions for liabilities and charges
Net assets
Funds of the Charity
Unrestricted funds
Restricted income funds (Note 13)
Endowment funds(Note 13)
Total funds
Signed by a trustee on behalf of all the
trustees		 Note
B01
B02
B03
B04
B05
B06
B07
B08
B09
B10
B11
B12
B13
B14
B15
B16
B17
B18
B19
B20		 Unrestricted
funds
£
F01		 Restricted
income
funds
£
F02		 Endowment
funds
£
F03		 Total this
year
Total last
year
£
£
F04
F05
1,768 - - 1,768 390
- - - - -
- - - - -
1,768 - - 1,768 390
- - - - -
6,514 437 - 6,951 685
- - - - -
64,741 26,276 - 91,017 130,349
71,255 26,713 - 97,968 131,034
9,709 26,713 - 36,422 94,076
61,546 - - 61,546 36,958
63,314 - - 63,314 37,348
- - - - -
- - - - -
63,314 - - 63,314 37,348
63,314 63,314 37,348
- - -
- - -
- - -
63,314 - - 63,314 37,348
Signature Date of
approval
Print Name
Simon Howard 28/10/2025

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Section C Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

This section should be completed by all charities .

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost (except that investments are shown at market value) in accordance with:

• and with* Accounting Standards; or ü Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Enterprises (FRSSE);

1.2 Change in basis of accounting

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since last year.

1.3 Changes to previous accounts

No changes have been made to accounts for previous years.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 2 Accounting policies

This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those deleted. Where a different or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below.

INCOMING RESOURCES

Recognition of incoming These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:
resources • the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
• the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and
• the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Incoming resources with Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) the
related expenditure incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.
Grants and donations Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional
entitlement to the resources.
Tax reclaims on donations and Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift to
gifts which they relate.
Contractual income and This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.
performance related grants
Gifts in kind Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the amount
actually realised.
Gifts in kind for sale or distribution are included in the accounts as gifts only when sold or
distributed by the charity.
Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when
receivable.
Donated services and facilities These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources expended)
where the benefit to the charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material_._The value
placed on these resources is the estimated value to the charity of the service or facility received.
Volunteer help The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the
trustees’ annual report.
Investment income This is included in the accounts when receivable.
Investment gains and losses This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from
revaluing investments to market value at the end of the year.
EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES
Liability recognition Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the
charity to pay out resources.
Governance costs Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee
meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.
Grants with performance Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or
conditions output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant
has provided the specified service or output.
Grants payable without These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made and there are no
performance conditions conditions to be met relating to the grant which remain in the control of the charity.
Support Costs Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a
basis consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per
capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.
ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets for use These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. They
by charity are valued at cost or a reasonable value on receipt.
Investments Investments quoted on a recognised stock exchange are valued at market value at the year end.
Other investment assets are included at trustees' best estimate of market value.
Stocks and work in progress These are valued at the lower of cost or market value.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 3 Analysis of incoming resources

Incoming resources may be further analysed if this would help the reader of the accounts.

Activities for generating funds
Investment income
Incoming resources from
charitable activities
Voluntary income		 Analysis This year
Last year
£
£		 This year
Last year
£
£
Donations 211,001 113,453
- -
- -
- -
- -
Total 211,001 113,453
Fee income 98,561 10,647
- -
- -
- -
- -
Total 98,561 10,647
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Total - -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Total - -

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Note 4 Analysis of resources expended

Resources expended may be further analysed if this would help the reader of the accounts.

Governance costs
Charitable activities
Investment management costs
Costs of generating voluntary
income
Fundraising trading costs		 Analysis This year
Last year
£
£		 This year
Last year
£
£
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Total - -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Total - -
- -
- -
- -
Total - -
Employment costs 158,559 40,749
Other service deliverycosts 56,565 34,179
Other costs 68,472 26,391
- -
- -
Total 283,596 101,319
- -
- -
- -
Total - -

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 5 Support Costs

Please complete this note if the charity has analysed its expenses using activity categories and has support costs.

Support cost type Fundraising activity
£		 Charitable Activity
£		 Governance Activity
£		 Total Cost
£
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Total - - - -

Note 6 Details of certain items of expenditure

6.1 Trustee expenses

Please provide details of the amount of any payment or reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses made to trustees or to third parties for expenses incurred by trustees. If no expenses were paid, please enter ‘None’ in the appropriate box(es).

Number of trustees who were paid expenses
Nature of the expenses
Total amount paid		 This year Last year
3 4
Travel costs to attend
trustee meetings		 Travel costs to attend
trustee meetings
£ 86 £ 192

6.2 Fees for examination or audit of the accounts

Please provide details of the amount paid for any statutory external scrutiny of accounts and other services provided by your independent examiner or auditor. If nothing was paid please enter NONE in the appropriate box(es).

Other fees (for example: advice, consultancy, accountancy services)
paid to the independent examiner or auditor
Independent examiner’s or auditors' fees for reporting on the
accounts		 This year
£		 Last year
£
1,050 1,000
- -

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 7 Paid employees

Please complete this note if the charity has any employees.

7.1 Staff Costs

7.1 Staff Costs 7.1 Staff Costs
Fundraising
Charitable Activities
Governance
Other
Total
Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind
The parts of the charity in which the
employees work
7.2 Average number of full-time equivalent employees in the year
Employer’s National Insurance costs
Pension costs
Total staff costs		 This year
£		 Last year
£
147,611 37,917
7,191 1,782
3,757 1,050
158,559 40,749
This year
Number		 Last year
Number
Fundraising - -
Charitable Activities 3 2
Governance - -
Other - -
Total 3 2

7.3 Defined contribution pension scheme Please complete if a defined contribution pension scheme is operated. Brief details of the scheme

Group persional pension plan

The amount of any contributions prepaid at the year end
The costs of the scheme to the charity for the year
The amount of any contributions outstanding at the year end		 This year
£		 Last year
£
3,757 1,050
501 140
- -

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 8 Grantmaking

Please complete this note if the charity made any grants or donations which in aggregate form a material part of the charitable activities undertaken.

8.1 Total value of grants

8.1 Total value of grants
Purpose for which grants made Grants to
institutions
Total amount £		 Grants to
individuals
Total amount £
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Total - -

8.1 Grantmaking costs

If the charity’s accounts are prepared on the “activity basis” please give details of any support cost associated with grantmaking. Please enter “Nil” if the charity does not identify and/or allocate support costs.

Support costs of grantmaking

£

8.3 Grants made to institutions

If the charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in the context of its grantmaking please
give details of the institution supported, purpose of the grant and total paid to each institution listed. Sufficient
information should be given to provide a reasonable understanding of the range of institutions supported.		 If the charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in the context of its grantmaking please
give details of the institution supported, purpose of the grant and total paid to each institution listed. Sufficient
information should be given to provide a reasonable understanding of the range of institutions supported.		 If the charity has made grants to particular institutions that are material in the context of its grantmaking please
give details of the institution supported, purpose of the grant and total paid to each institution listed. Sufficient
information should be given to provide a reasonable understanding of the range of institutions supported.
Names of institutions
 Purpose
 Total amount of
grantspaid £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total grants to institutions -

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 9 Tangible fixed assets Please complete this note if the charity has any tangible fixed assets

9.1 Cost or valuation

9.1 Cost or valuation
Balance brought
forward
Additions
Revaluations
Disposals
Transfers
Balance carried forward		 Freehold land
& buildings
£		 Other land &
buildings
£		 Plant,
machinery and
motor vehicles
£		 Fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
£		 Payments on
account and
assets under
construction
£		 Total
£
- - 1,317 - - 1,317
- - 2,026 - - 2,026
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - 3,343 - - 3,343

9.2 Accumulated depreciation and impairment provisions

Basis
Rate
Balance brought
forward
Depreciation charge for
the period
Impairment provisions
Revaluations
Disposals
Transfers
Balance carried forward
Brought forward
Carried forward
9.3 Net book value		 SL or RB SL or RB SL SL or RB SL or RB SL or RB
33%
- - 927 - - 927
- - 648 - - 648
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - 1,575 - - 1,575
- - 390 - - 390
- - 1,768 - - 1,768

9.4 Revaluation

If any fixed assets have been revalued please give details of the valuer and method of valuation

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 10 Investment assets

Please complete this note if the charity has any investment assets.

10.1 Fixed assets investments

10.1 Fixed assets investments
Add/(deduct):net gain/(loss) on revaluation
Carrying (market) value at beginning of year
Carrying (market) value at end of year
Add:additions to investments at cost
Less:disposals at carrying value		 £
-
-
-
-
-

Please provide below:

10.2 A breakdown of the market values of investments shown above agreeing with the balance sheet row B03.

10.3 A breakdown of the income from investments agreeing with SOFA row S03.

Analysis of investments
Other investments
Total
Investment properties
Securities not listed on a recognised Stock Exchange
Cash held as part of the investment portfolio
Investments listed on a recognised stock exchange or held in common investment
funds, open ended investment companies, unit trusts or other collective
investment schemes
Investments in subsidiary or connected undertakings and companies		 10.2
Market value at
year end
£		 10.3
Income from
investments for
the year
£
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -

10.4 Material investment holdings

If any single investment is material in terms of its value (for example represents more than 5 per cent of the value of the charity’s total investments) please provide details.

Investment held

Market Value

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 11 Debtors and prepayments

Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments.

Analysis of debtors
Trade debtors
Amounts due from subsidiary and associated
undertakings
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
Total

Amounts falling due within
oneyear
Amounts falling due within
oneyear		 Amounts falling due after
more than oneyear		 Amounts falling due after
more than oneyear
This year
£		 Last year
£		 This year
£		 Last year
£
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
6,951 685 - -
6,951 685 - -

Note 12 Creditors and accruals

Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals.

12.1 Analysis of creditors

12.1 Analysis of creditors
Loans and overdrafts
Trade creditors
Amounts due to subsidiary and associated undertakings
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income
Total		 Amounts falling due within
oneyear		 Amounts falling due after
more than oneyear
This year
£		 Last year
£		 This year
£		 Last year
£
- - - -
- 192 - -
- - - -
6,712 3,469 - -
29,710 90,415 - -
36,422 94,076 - -

12.2 Security over assets

If any loan, overdraft or other creditor holds a charge or other security over any assets of the charity please provide details.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 13 Endowment and restricted income funds

Please complete this section if the charity has any endowment or restricted income funds.

13.1 Funds held

Please give a brief description of any of the following type of funds held by the charity:

• restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity (R). • restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity (R). • restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity (R).
Fund Name
Type PE, EE
or R
Purpose and Restrictions
UoL R Grant income received for specific project work

13.2 Movements of major funds

Please give details of the movements of the major funds summarised in the restricted and endowment columns of the Statement of Financial Activities.

Fund names Fund
balances
brought
forward
£		 Incoming
resources
£		 Outgoing
resources
£		 Transfers
£		 Gains and
losses
£		 Fund
balances
carried
forward
£
UoL - 42,537 -42,537 - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
Total Funds - 42,537 - 42,537 - - -

13.3 Transfers between funds

Please give details of any transfers between funds.

From Fund (Name) To Fund (Name) Reason Amount

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Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)

Note 14 Transactions with related parties

If the charity has any transactions with related parties (other than the trustee expenses explained in note 6) details of such transactions should be provided in this note. If there are no transactions to report, please enter “None” in the relevant boxes.

14.1 Remuneration and benefits

Please give the amount of, and legal authority for, any remuneration or other benefits paid to a trustee or other related parties by the charity or any institution or company connected with it.

Name of trustee or connected party Legal authority (eg order,
governing document)		 Amounts paid or benefit value Amounts paid or benefit value
This year
£		 Last year
£
None

14.2 Loans

Please give details of and amounts owing to or from the charity’s trustees or other related parties by the charity at the year end.

Due to trustees and
related parties
Due from trustees and
related parties		 Name of trustee or
connected party		 Legal authority Amount owing Amount owing
This year
£		 Last year
£
None
None

14.3 Other transaction(s) with trustees or related parties

Please give details of any transaction undertaken by (or on behalf of) the charity in which a trustee or related party has a material interest.

has a material interest.
Name of the trustee or
related party		 Relationship to charity Description of the
transaction(s)		 This year
£		 Last year
£
None

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees
On accounts for the year
ended
Set out on pages
Responsibili9es and basis of
report		 GamLEARN GamLEARN GamLEARN
31 DECEMBER 2024 Charity
number		 1195032
1-14
I report to the trustees on my examina?on of the accounts of the above charity (“the
Trust”) for the year ended 31 December 2024.
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the prepara?on of the accounts in
accordance with the requirements of the Chari?es Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examina?on of the Trust’s accounts carried out under sec?on 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examina?on, I have followed all the applicable Direc?ons given by the Charity Commission under sec?on 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement aTen?on in connec?on with the examina?on which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other maTers in connec?on with the examina?on to which aTen?on should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualifca9on(s) or body (if
any):
Address:		 28 October 2025
Paul DearsleyFCCA
Chartered Cer?fed Accountant
Aston Ley Limited
The Mill House, Street Farm, The Street,
Stoke By Clare, Suffolk CO10 8HR

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees
On accounts for the year
ended
Set out on pages
Responsibili9es and basis of
report		 GamLEARN GamLEARN GamLEARN
31 DECEMBER 2024 Charity
number		 1195032
1-14
I report to the trustees on my examina?on of the accounts of the above charity (“the
Trust”) for the year ended 31 December 2024.
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the prepara?on of the accounts in
accordance with the requirements of the Chari?es Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examina?on of the Trust’s accounts carried out under sec?on 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examina?on, I have followed all the applicable Direc?ons given by the Charity Commission under sec?on 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement aTen?on in connec?on with the examina?on which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other maTers in connec?on with the examina?on to which aTen?on should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualifca9on(s) or body (if
any):
Address:		 28 October 2025
Paul DearsleyFCCA
Chartered Cer?fed Accountant
Aston Ley Limited
The Mill House, Street Farm, The Street,
Stoke By Clare, Suffolk CO10 8HR

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