Financial and Organisational Resilience
The HCPC is funded almost entirely through registrant fees and does not rely on government funding for its core operations.
Our estimated results for 2025-26 (subject to audit) are as follows:
- Fee income was £43.5m, with a retained surplus to support future investment and cover potential liabilities;
- Total reserves stood at £10.5m, equivalent to around three months’ operating expenditure; and
- A modest fee increase was implemented from April 2025 following consultation and parliamentary approval, as part of HCPC’s commitment to regular, incremental fee reviews to maintain financial sustainability.
The organisation continues to invest in technology, security, people and sustainability, while maintaining strong governance, risk management and audit arrangements.
Strategic Direction and Performance
We have just published our new corporate strategy to 2031, Protecting the public through the people who care, which sets out how we will continue to fulfil our core public protection role in a rapidly changing health and care landscape.
While the mission remains constant, the strategy recognises that how regulation is delivered must evolve in response to system pressures, workforce change, technological innovation and rising public expectations. The strategy places patients and service users firmly at the centre of regulatory decision‐making, ensuring that regulation is not only robust, but compassionate and proportionate.
More information about our recent work can be found in the following:
- Corporate Strategy 2026-31
- Corporate Plan 2026-27
- Annual report and Accounts 2024-25
- Annual Fitness to Practise Report 2024-25