Facts & Figures

ARB UK Architects

Professional
Standards

Architect conduct
and competence

174

formalised complaints received (vs 136)

48 referred for formal investigation (vs 64)

Title
misuse

455

complaints (vs 431)

451 resolved without the need for formal action

4 prosecutions(vs 2)

Disciplinary
register movements

6 Rejoined at the end of their suspension

3 Suspended

4 Erased

Qualifications

32

qualifications prescribed (vs 52)

21

EU qualifications notified (vs 28)

2 UK qualifications notified to the European Commission

56

presentations to students (vs 56)

Registration

2,240

new admissions

1,404 UK route
registrations(vs 1,440)

836 EU route
registrations(vs 945)

1,932

administrative removals

669
Resignations

61
Deaths

1,202
Non-payment of annual fee

900

rejoining (vs 1,002)

223

EU and General
Certificates issued (vs 169)

Communications

2,794

ARB logo downloads (vs 1,461)

350,788

Architects Register sessions (vs 310,000)

179,182*

Arb.org.uk Sessions (vs 275,000)

* changes to our cookie consent policy between May 2018 and January 2019 impacted our ability to track engagement during this time

Operational

11**

FOIA/DPA (vs 20)

** Freedom of Information Act / Data Protection Act

Total operating
income

£4,751,929

£4,624,846 in 2017

Total operating
expenditure

£4,448,480***

£3,990,299 in 2017

*** See p23 of our Financial Statements for more detail

Architects
Register

41,170

architects(vs 39,987)

23%
under 35 (vs 23%)
39%
36-50 (vs 39%)
26%
51-65 (vs 27%)
12%
over 66 (vs 11%)

72%

male architects (vs 73%)

28%

female architects (vs 27%)

52%

male architects under 30

48%

female architects under 30

37,075

based in the UK

4,096

based overseas

31,717
in England

1,080
in N. Ireland

3,507
in Scotland

771
in Wales

Registrant Equality
and Diversity Data

ARB started collecting Equality & Diversity (E&D) information for UK architects in 2012. As of 2018 we held E&D data for approximately 60% of the Register.

It is important to note that Register data may vary from survey data. Every architect must provide certain, legally recognised information as part of the registration process. They are also invited to complete an E&D survey which asks how they self-identify and includes broader categories such as sexual preference and disabilities.

Ethnicity

54%

White British (vs 54%)

25%

Other White (vs 27%)

7%

All other ethnic groups (vs 6%)

6%

Prefer not to say (vs 6%)

4%

Irish (vs 6%)

3%

Chinese (vs 3%)

Disability

93%

No (vs 93%)

6%

Prefer not to say (vs 6%)

1%

Yes (vs 1%)

Sexual
Orientation

80%

Heterosexual (vs 81%)

17%

Prefer not to say (vs 17%)

3%

Homosexual or Bisexual (vs 2%)

Religion

40%

Christian (vs 38%)

37%

Non-religious (vs 39%)

18%

Prefer not to say (vs 18%)

5%

Other (vs 5%)