Overseen by and reporting to the SRB, Regulation continues to work to maintain public trust and confidence in the profession. This is achieved by adhering to our strategic direction of professionalism in the public interest and fulfilment of our Royal Charter.

We support the profession, underpin consumer and wider public confidence, and uphold professional standards through regulatory activities and assurance programmes. This includes:

  • supporting members with annual continuing professional development (CPD) compliance
  • supporting regulated firms with registration and renewals
  • supporting Valuer Registration scheme members with registration and renewals
  • supporting client money protection schemes and designated professional body scheme firms 
  • member-support visits and regulatory-review visits to scheme members
  • analysing regulatory risks and data, creating a regulatory risk outlook
  • regulatory compliance workshops and webinars
  • professional indemnity insurance support and assigned risk pool applications
  • receipt of concerns about RICS members and regulated firms
  • investigation of concerns and 
  • referral and prosecuting of disciplinary cases before single decision makers and disciplinary panels of the independently led Regulatory Tribunal.
Globally,
we monitor:

9,892 

regulated firms

140,070

individual professionals and trainees

15,966

registered valuers

Globally,
there were:

1,979 

concerns about RICS members or regulated firms from members of the public, RICS members or their clients.

640

investigations cases opened 

439

investigation cases closed

320

member support or regulatory review visits conducted 

46

regulatory compliance workshops and webinars held

246

regulated firms and

2,576

members reached

96.28%

of RICS members complied with their CPD obligations

The independently led Regulatory Tribunal, chaired by Alexandra Marks CBE, dealt with:

A disciplinary panel is formed of three (one RICS and two independent) members selected from the pool of Regulatory Tribunal members. Certain cases, including CPD compliance cases, may be considered on paper by single members of the Regulatory Tribunal, providing a more efficient and less costly process.